It Was In My Head-Mexico City is Good

Ok the Jamon stayed down as did the cheese. I slept in and left the hotel at 11am. I took a taxi ride down to the main square and walked around the cathedral an archeological dig (skipped the museum) and then down a few side streets to look in shops. It is interesting that all of the shops are arranged by the type of goods here. I found one street that was all fabric and notions another that was jewelry and another that was men's clothes. I like fabric stores so it was nice to see what they had and how much per yard things were. The zippers and ribbons etc. were really inexpensive as was most of the fabric. I didn't buy anything mostly because I am a big chicken and avoided trying to communicate. I also know that I don't really have any room in my suitcase to go home tomorrow.

After window shopping I went into an art museum and had a look around and then walked back to one of the hotels to get what the concierges call 'safe' cabs. I have no clue whether I would have done just fine with the regular cabs but I guess better safe than sorry. I took a cab to the anthropology museum. I was VERY GOOD. On the ground floor were archeological artifacts from all of the native populations in Mexico and on the second floor were displays about how the Spanish occupation changed them as well as much of their modern culture. I really enjoyed the museum a lot.

It is the rainy season and while I was in the museum (I didn't have a clue) it rained really hard outside. I left the museum and walk under gray skys to the nearest hotel (about a mile). I thought the storm was coming in but did not realize it had already dumped a bucket load of water on the city. I got a cab at the first hotel I came across (man pesos are hard to come to terms with as the cab fare was 400 of them). I rode home for at least 2 hours in bumper to bumper traffic. The rain had flooded many of the roads and most cars were having huge difficulty getting through them. Some roads had to be closed. I was in an a tall SUV so thankfully when we finally got up to the flooded streets the driver could forge them.

I am now back at my hotel and planning on going down for another drink and some sort of dinner. Food is kind of difficult as I go back and forth between fear that I am going to get food poisoning and fear that I will get a huge portion that I cannot eat. I have had a lot of water today but only a protein bar for food. I feel fine but I know I need something to eat. It is now 8pm I guess I had better get down to the lobby. Dinner starts late in Mexico but when I go to bed my stomach doesn't care what city I am in and needs to be empty.