A bunch of Mexico City missionaries decided to go to dinner for Valentine’s Day last night at a famous restaurant downtown called Cafe Tacuba. It’s a Mexico City landmark and even has a band named after it. There were about 20 of us, and we had a good time.
Amy and Cole watched Nathan for us, so we were able to have a real date. He did really well with them, and he stayed in bed late this morning. He must be getting over his sickness. I think overall, we all had a great night.
More of our pictures from Xochimilco are here.
There’s video of Xochimilco is here.
Have you ever spent hours at the airport when you weren’t traveling? Well, I have. Last night, my friend Rob and I were on our way to pick up our friends from the airport a little after 8 pm when we got a call from Janell. She said that they called and said that they missed their flight from Houston and would not be coming in until 11:16 pm. In any other city, this wouldn’t be much of a problem.
With the traffic in Mexico City, however, we decided to just continue on to the airport. It would take us a long time to get home anyway, so we might as well go and spend some time in the airport. We arrived around 9 pm and had to wait for 2 and a half hours before they landed. We talked a lot, drank some Starbucks coffee (in the new sit-down Starbucks, woo hoo!), and got to know the airport really well (which is looking a lot better with all the new construction).
It was an incredibly weird news day in Mexico. Here are two interesting stories. First of all, this weekend, a bull tried to get the upper hand in a bullfight as he jumped into the stands, injuring some of the spectators. For me, this is one reason not to pay for the expensive ring side seats at the bullfight.
Then, earlier today, an Austrian stuntman parachuted off of one of the skyscrapers in downtown Mexico City. I think it’s funny that he ran from the police after the stunt. I wish I would have known about it. I could have video taped it.
There’s a lot happening in Mexico City! What fun!
Hey! We made it back safely to Mexico from the US. Nathan is great on the plane and in the airport. We almost missed our flight to Mexico City because we had to walk all over the Dallas airport, but other than that, it went well. Customs and Immigration in Mexico took like 5 minutes, so we were pleased with that. We knew we had arrived back in MC when we were stuck in traffic for more than 2 hours to get home. On a good day, we can get there in 30 minutes from the airport.
We were talking on the plane about how travelling always has its happy moments and sad moments. There is always, for us, a happy moment upon landing. We get to see our old friends and family. On the goodbye side, it’s always sad. So, it’s a difficult thing to say goodbye to people, even though you know you have people waiting for you on the other end of the trip, which will make it happy.
Nathan is sick, so it’s making us all miserable. He has a cough, runny nose, and lots of congestion. It seems that he is coming out of it, though. He is taking some medicine the doctor told us to get, so hopefully, he will be fine in a day.
Fog closes Mexico City Airport, disrupting 71 flights: This is what happens when you mix fog, smoke, and smog in a city surrounded by mountains. I’m just glad it didn’t happen yesterday (although there was a lot of smoke yesterday morning.)
