Las Trajineras & Coyoacan

The last 2 days I pretended to be a tourist ;-)

Yesterday in the morning I went with Paty and Carlos to La Reforma. That's the big street pasing the "Angel". Normally there is very much traffic and loads of cars, but now it is closed on sundays and people can walk there or bike or skate... was really great to see. We also went to Bellas Artes and the Zocalo... I just missed D.F. realy much.

In the afternoon I went with Dani, her husband, her family, some friends and Katrin to Xochimilco. This is supposed to be the Venice of Mexico City. There you can go on boats - las Trajineras - and go on a canal. We had really very much fun, although the canal was really so so crowded by boats, it was unbelievable.

After that we went to a nice restaurant to get dinner. And there I realised again, how big Mexico City is. A friend of Dani's was taking us in his car and we were driving for 1,5 hours to get there... and that's kind of normal for this town. At home, I am driving 1,5 hours to get from my parents place to my place in Munich (and that's 135 km).

Today I met Katrin in Coyoacan. This is supposed to be a really nice and good place to buy presents for your friends and family at home. But it's just so touristy, it was nothing for us. And the prices are clearly for the tourists who have no idea about Mexican prices. But well, Katrin got some presents and we were happy.

For Lunch we were meeting with Dani - it was 2 p.m. Definitely much too late for me if I was at work. Thank god, Germans are very strict about this habbit, and we always went to eat at the latest at 12:20 p.m.
But as I had a late breakfast, it was okay. And finally, I got my Tacos. I just missed Tacos al Pastor con todo (The meat is prepared like a Döner, and you add a slice of pineapple, onions and some herbs, and of course red and green salsa).

The plans for the next days are also made:
Tomorrow I will got to the Nuevo Museo Soumaya and afterwards shopping.
On Thursday I will go to Guanajuato with Paty and Carlos and stay there for Easter. There I will hopefully meet a friend, and also visit another friend in Morelia.
Next week wednesday, I will fly to Villahermosa and then take a bus to Palenque and after visiting the pyramids there, I will try and get a bus to Guatemala. I guess, this will be a journey of 24 hours, mas o menos, but the good thing is, that I have another 2 weeks to stay at the same place then.

And from tomorrow on, I can finally make some pictures. I of course forgot my "little" camera at home. I only brought the big one which I do not want to take with me all the time. But lovely Katrin left here small camera with me, so that I can pictures now whenever I want to.