Ooh, I hate it when people answer their business phones "hello."
OK. Dishes, rug, and self are clean. Backpack is packed, as are the rest of my clothes. Note is written to cat sitter. Sweet.
Well, we may not have parted on the best of terms. I realize certain words were exchanged. Also, certain... bullets. But that's air through the engine. It's past. We're business people.
Mal ,'Serenity'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Mar 17, 2006 4:17:24 pm PST #4775 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
sarameg - Mar 17, 2006 4:39:12 pm PST #4776 of 10001
Don't drink the water! Don't buy food from street vendors!
(ok, the last? I'd totally ignore. Because I love me some taco van food. Honestly, some of the best basic regional food I've had has come from independent vendors on the street with carts that every health department would condemn. Man, I want a prague hot dog now. More sausage than unidentified meat product, stuffed into a roliky with brown mustard...only 5 koruny. Basically $0.20.)
Basically, eat your gut out. Mexico City mexican is different from what I know, but I've heard it is really good.
Jesse - Mar 17, 2006 4:45:26 pm PST #4777 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I've got to say, I'm (possibly irrationally) sketched out by street food here, so I don't know about street food there. We'll see how it goes....
sarameg - Mar 17, 2006 4:48:13 pm PST #4778 of 10001
Eh, pack plenty of immodium and enjoy. A family we were friends with did a sabbatical and basically did everything you weren't supposed to and were fine. But I wouldn't drink the tapwater. There was an NPR story on water issues in MC and it wasn't pretty.
Mole! Beef! Enchiladas! Tortillas to die for!
Jesse - Mar 17, 2006 4:50:57 pm PST #4779 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Pretty much the two things not to do are drink tap water and hail a cab. Hailing cabs leads to "express kidnapping" -- they take you, make you go to the ATM, and then let you go. Still, more trouble than I'd prefer to get into in a foreign country.
sarameg - Mar 17, 2006 4:55:40 pm PST #4780 of 10001
Leave your atm card at home! No issues!
Jesse - Mar 17, 2006 4:57:59 pm PST #4781 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Heh. I think not hailing a cab will be easier -- they have cab stands and radio cars, so it's not like we're stranded. Also, I totally want to take the subway. Not that we'll have more than about 10 free hours over the week.
sarameg - Mar 17, 2006 5:04:07 pm PST #4782 of 10001
I kept boggling this week over the fact that the city has 22 MILLION people in it. And it's in an old lake! 22 MEEELION! I live in a city under 3/4 million. And it feels big.
Jesse - Mar 17, 2006 5:09:45 pm PST #4783 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
They actually ended up arranging the site visits by location rather than subject area, because it just takes so long to get from place to place. OK. I guess I should go to bed. Crap! Forgot to call parents! I think it's too late now. Ah well. Oh, I can call from the airport, I guess. Anyway, have a good week, y'all!
Jesse - Mar 17, 2006 5:11:42 pm PST #4784 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, and PS: the city itself is only 8 million -- it's the metro area that's 22. Edit: Or possibly 11 and 26, depending on the website. Hmph.