Sheryl Update

On Tuesday we went to the Anthropology Museum which was truly amazing. It was so big we only made it through half of it.

Before we even entered we saw this dance being performed. Or, some lost a contact.

We started on the second floor and were not impressed. The above was ok but we weren’t blown away. We were confused until we went back down to floor one.

The below statue was giving me the side eye.

I think we all know if I was an artisan in this time which one below would be mine.

Jeff thought the one on the left might have been a kid’s artwork.

The above one looks disgusted.

I think the above statue has a bird on his head but it also looks like a faucet.

This is my ancient role model. Not just sitting down but half reclining.

After a few hours I was done. If there had been beds in this tomb I would have taken a nap.

And then we went out to lunch. The restaurant at the museum was really good.

On Monday all the museums were closed so we did a Hop On, Hop Off sight seeing bus. We normally don’t do these, but Mexico City is huge. It was a good way to see a lot of things.

It was fun seeing the second stories of the buildings which is hard to see from street level. Due to the heat, and laziness, we didn’t get off the bus. We just saw,everything from the bus.

Although we had already seen some of the things at different stops.

After the bus did it’s 10 stop loop we stopped for lunch. I was super thirsty so ordered a “jarra”of jaimaica which is hibiscus flowers, water and sugar. They must use a lot of sugar because it tasted a lot better than when I tried making it at home. I learned that jarra does not mean jar but jug. It was a lot of jaimaica.

Good thing Jeff was dehydrated too.

On Sunday we woke up in the hotel we had moved to and ate some bread. A few days prior we bought this really heavy, delicious sourdough bread.

Little did we know we’d be carrying it all over town. When we moved hotels the night before, our Uber took us to the wrong hotel. The bellhop loaded all our suitcases onto the cart, Jeff carried a five liter bottle of water, and I carried the bread down the street and around the block. This is the bellhop after he unloaded the suitcases.

Next we went to Bosque de Chapultepec. This is a huge park in Mexico City. It’s been a forest since pre-Aztec times. It has a zoo, several museums and of course a Starbucks.

Jeff and I were talking about our hatred for Trump when a nice young gentleman asked us if he could interview us for a paper he was writing for univeristy. We agreed as long as he didn’t us our names.

We had planned on going to some museums, but they are free on Sundays and were packed. We decided to walk around in natural instead.

A lot of other people had the same idea. There were a lot of stands selling all kinds of things.

We ended the day with more tacos. These were slightly different and I thought better.

On Saturday we spent most of the day trying to get out of our 2 week Airbnb reservation.

The apartment had a lot of problems such as the couch.

The biggest problem was the “air conditioner” which was really a big fan. It didn’t cool the bedroom or any room down. The host didn’t want to give us a refund do we had to get Airbnb Support involved. They were able to refund our reservation and even pay for our night in a hotel. We were so happy to get into an air conditioned hotel.

We normally travel with a stainless Steel French Press but since we’re traveling light (by our standards) we left it in Merida. We thought we’d just use whatever was in the Airbnb. That lasted a day. Then we were in the market for a pour over. Not that we don’t have several in our storage locker in Seattle.

Dinner was Tacos Al Pastor. Mexico City is famous for them.

Vegetarians enjoy this photo of beer and stop reading. Skip the rest of this post.

They are pork tacos cooked on a spit like gyro meat . There is always chunks of pinapple included which is whats on top of the spit.

These were good. The best? No. We, have to keep trying more.

They are small, but was eating 5 overdoing it? Perhaps.

Should we have been curious and looked up the translation for the part of the menú with the skulls? Definitely not.

Suritida-assorted

Trompa-snout

Cachete-cheek

Ojo- eye

Maciza-solid (I don’t want to know)

Sesos-brains

Lengua-tongue

We have a lot more tacos to try. We will be only ordering tacos al pastor an no cabeza de rez. There was a time when I was trying to eat all parts of the cow in Argentina. I’m glad I stopped that quest before I got to any of the above.

On Friday we went out to see Mexico City. The good thing about having an AirBnB that is 90 degrees is it got us out the door earlier than normal.

Breakfast was at a cute outdoor cafe. The food wasn’t great but there were piñatas. The waiter got mad when Jeff blind folded me and I smashed this one with my knife expecting candy to fall out. (Just kidding).

This man sang. I normally don’t like that sort of thing but he was really good and it was worth the equivalent of fifty cents.

Next stop was the main square which had hundreds and hundreds of these tents. At first I thought it was a REI sale. Then maybe the world’s cleanest and most orderly homeless encampment. But after some Googling found that it is a protest of educators. Maybe they’ll give us a tent if we joined them. It would be cooler than our Airbnb.

The Cathedral was huge. There was a mass going on so we didn’t take photos inside, but it was beautiful.

Next up was the Palacio de Bella Artes

It was so big I had to get this picture from across the street. Inside there was an amazing floor of murales including two by Diego Rivera.

After the museum we went out for a late lunch and I got this pretty drink.

It was gin, lavender and a bunch of other things these made it pretty and delicious.

On Thursday we flew to Mexico City. We took the cheap airline which was great except for boarding. Since I have this hernia, Jeff had to carry both of our carry ons up the stairs.

Ironically, we are not beating the heat. In Merida. And Panama City it was hot but we had great AC.

Here there’s s heat wave and in the upper 80’s. The apt only has this portable AC that doesn’t really work. Sven and Sergio couldn’t figure it out either.

The good thing about a hot apartment is it got us to drop our suitcases and go right out. We started at a bar pretty much on the street which was cool but we were about 20-30 years older than everyone else there.

We had mole enchiladas which were good. And something we’ve never had before, wine from Brazil.

On Wednesday I went in for my maintenance treatment. The infusión was the smallest part of the entire thing. After signing forms I was led to my room where they showed me the stocked fridge. I noted the multiple jellos.

I chowed down the fruit plate but skipped the ham sandwich, jello and cokes while I waited for the nurse.

While I was getting a blood draw the phone rang. The nurse handed it to me. It was the cafeteria asking me what I wanted. I went with eggs.

I ate these eggs and ham after the blood draw. Then my doctor and nurse came in and they practiced Spanish with me. They are always impressed (or pretend to be) with what I’ve learned in the three weeks since I’ve seen them last.

Then I had the infusión which only takes 30 minutes. Once it was done while I waited to get my invoice lunch showed up. I told them I didn’t want it but they insisted.

This was not very good. The roasted veggies were good and the jello probably was but I skipped it.

After trying that chicken I felt like I needed dessert so broke into the cookies and pocketed the granola bars.

When the person from accounting came with my invoice she insisted I have a wheelchair.

They wheeled me to the door and I was done. The wheelchair is so silly even the guy pushing me seemed to think it was dumb.

Every Airbnb except this one has had a washer and dryer in the unit. This is a really fancy building but there is a laundry room. You pay the equivalent of $5 and have a washer and dryer assigned to you for the day. It was me and maids. I guess when you live in a fancy building your maid does your laundry.

On an unrelated topic. I guess these chips have the salsa built in. They look good. I would try them but I’m sure they are too spicy for me.

On Monday we took an early morning walk. Its was nice having it cooler. I saw this flower. Not sure what it is. Then Jeff worked and I studied Spanish and had a lesson.

Then we had some Milch. It was a pretty normal chocolate bar, but the name sounds funny to me.

It’s weird how Oreo sounds good and Milch doesn’t.

On Sunday we swam in the morning and then went grocery shopping. Here is the strangest thing I’ve seen yet.

I guess for Catholics who think, “wow I could really go for some communion right now but don’t want to go to mass.”