Mexico! Part Tres

Last entry about Mexico! So, Friday morning, Eduardo and I got up and were a wee bit hungover…I felt bad for Ana and Luis Felipe, as they had to get up early and go to work! Ewww, not fun! We were hungover and we slept in! Anyway, we got some amazing Mexican pastries and headed to downtown Mexico City for tourist-y things. The downtown was so much more historic and beautiful than I expected. I LOVED the buildings. We wandered around a bit (with plenty of Gatorade to make up for the drinks the night before…man, I miss real Western Gatorade, rather than the shitty Gatorade here), then ended up at the third largest public square in the world? Or something. It was huge! It looked like we were in Russia. They had an enormous church there that was very pretty, but the foundation of all of that area is all screwed up because it used to be a river or something…..so all of the buildings are like sinking in. Anyway, that means all of the buildings are a bit crooked, and it messed with my head whenever we went inside anywhere. It felt like I had vertigo or something! After the church, we went inside…um…a diplomatic big building thing. I think it might have been the president’s house back when they were all dictators. I think. Eduardo will have to help me on that one! It was huge and really interesting…it made me feel patriotic and I’m not even Mexican! I loved loved loved the murals on the walls by Diego Rivera (it is where Diego was painting in the Frida movie). They were beautiful, and showed the history of Mexico. We explored in there for a while, then walked around downtown some more. We ended up at the BIGGEST bakery I have ever seen in my life. It was seriously my definition of heaven….pastries as far as you could see, and they just kept wheeling out more fresh ones! I wanted to take pictures, but was sadly too embarrassed. I think I want to live there!!!!

After being in heaven, we next went to hell….an unairconditioned subway for a half hour on a very very hot day. Not very fun! We went to the part of the city that Frida lived in, which felt completely different from the other areas we had gone to. It was very hippie-ish and didn’t feel like it we were in the city at all. It was really pretty, though, and a nice area. We had lunch there, then wandered around the markets and stuff. The area had a really cool vibe.

We returned to Eduardo’s exhausted, watched some Sex and the City, then showered (much needed after a hot day in Mexico, eww) and went out for a gay night on the town! First we went to Lipstick, a very pretentious gay bar where everyone looks the same and thinks they’re the shit. Aww, how I miss the gay community! I FINALLY had the Red Bull vodka that I have been craving for 11 months, and it was fucking $15!!! WTF! Beers were only three bucks, tho. We danced there for a while until the music started sucking quite a lot of ass, and we decided to have dinner at 1 am. Mmmm, tacooooooooooooooooooooos.

We next went to what Eduardo calls “the trashy gay bar,” which was even trashier than I expected. Um, they had a Beegees music video on when we went in. Since when did they even have music videos back then?! It was awful and there were like five people in the bar, so we didn’t last very long there. On that wonderful note, our night came to an end! Hehe.

Saturday was like the busiest day EVER EVER EVER. We got up far too early for going to bed at 4:30, went to Costco (aww, I miss me some Costco), had brunch with Ana and Luis Felipe, then did a few shopping errands I had to do before leaving. We then went to Eduardo’s aunt’s house for dinner/his cousin Julia’s birthday party. His aunt made tamales and they were SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good. They were also in the hugest pot I have ever seen in my entire life. There had to have been hundreds of tamales in there, and I am not exaggerating. God, they were so good.

We stayed there for a long time, and it was fun…then we went to Ana and Luis Felipe’s to say goodbye. We thought we would only be there for like a half hour, then go back to Eduardo’s to pack and relax…we didn’t know that they had made us ANOTHER huge dinner! Holy shit! I had had six tamales, plus two desserts and was sooooo full….but I didn’t want to be rude, so I somehow had yet another dinner AND a dessert. Who knows how that worked. It was really fucking good, tho. We got back really late, I packed while we watched 40 Year-Old Virgin, then got two hours of sleep before we headed to the airport at 4:30 in the morning (fun!).

We had my last mango of the trip at the airport (sad!!!!), wandered around a bit, then said goodbye (MUCH MORE SAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). That was not fun at all :( :( :(

I then traveled home for 25 fucking hours, where I landed in the “why is it cold in May?” country of stupid Japan and returned to my stupid lonely apartment! Hee hee, I am not bitter.

Anyway, it was an incredible trip. Before going, I had only thought about seeing Eduardo, and didn’t really think about actually going to Mexico….I was very pleasantly surprised at how much I loved the country. It is so beautiful and has really interesting history, architecture, etc. Also, everyone was so nice! Well, Eduardo’s friends/family, not bitchy people on the street, hee hee. Plus they have good-ass food, of course. So yes, it was a GREAT trip, and I want to go back right now. AND I GOT TO SEE MY BOYO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway, yep, that’s my trip! I am really behind on posting pictures, but I hope to do that in the next week (yes, I always say that, but I actually plan on it this time).