M@ Around The World

Finally a Great Adventure On Sat, July 14 my co-worker, Henrik, and I left our hotel at 8:30 am to have a day-long adventure seeing different sites around Mexico City. We signed up for the combination Mexico City / Teotihuacan Pyramids tours with our hotel concierge and although it meant waking up early on a Saturday, we were psyched to get out and about around here. First Stop: Zocalo Plaza After being picked up, brought down into Mexico City by a tour-company transport, and being "sorted" into our vans for the day, we zoomed off through the streets with out tour guide describing everything that was flying by us through the windows. See the previous entry about driving in Mexico City for kicks :) We arrived at the main plaza, referred to as Zocalo (although technically the word zocalo refers to any plaza). Here the three main attractions are the Placio Nacional (main government building), the Metropolitan Cathedral (one of the oldest Catholic cathedrals in the city), and the...

A beautiful day in our neighborhood... Today my co-auditor, Henrik, and I met up with some other auditors in the region to take a look at the surroundings in "La Ciudad de México" (Mexico City). Our local expert, Ideli, picked us up from our home in Stadía Suites around noon and whisked us off, east, to the city. Mr. Toad's Wild Ride... First, let me tell you a little about driving in Mexico...it's nuts!!! Concepts such as speed limites, stop lights, the right of way, and general defensive driving are lost on the citizens of this fine country. :) Luckily Ideli is a native and knows all of the ins and outs of driving around here. I do admit, though, that I had to close my eyes from time to time. Haha! A simpler life... We took a quick swing by the Sheraton in downtown to pick up another auditor, Charles (yes there are many of us...over 400 to be exact ;), then we headed north to check out one of the smaller, more cultural areas of the city. We arrived and took a quick ...