First Impressions aka 3/365ths

We arrived on Thursday around 1:00pm. We took the Metro (subway/El) to the Hostel, which was more complicated but less expensive than a taxi. The Mexico City Metro is incredibly cheap, just about 25 cents a ride with unlimited transfers. The trains also arrive about every 2-3 minutes, so generally it blows the public trans in Chicago completely away. We've also felt very safe and the people are incredibly helpful.

We've spent our first three days in the Historic Center of the city. There is a giant "Zocalo" which is like a colonial town square. A lot of cities in Mexico have a Zocalo, but Mexico City's is huge. It's kind of the equivalent of the loop area in Chicago, near a lot of the primary tourist attractions and very crowded. Tomorrow we are moving to a new hostel in more of a neighborhood rather than such a busy area, so we can get a different perspective of the city.

We took a brief walking tour where we saw the National Palace, a huge bakery, and a photography exhibit. We also have hung out with some hostel friends, and visited a huge indoor market where they sell... pretty much everything. We had Tostadas for lunch there (picture on the right), and basically you could pick between probably 15-20 different types of tostadas. Rich had Ceviche (fish) and Kendra had chicken.

We enjoyed the sunset tonight on the observation deck of the tallest building in the city (and the highest in the world if you include the elevation), and tomorrow we're going to check out Chapultepec Park which is the largest urban park in the world.