I started out in Reforma to visit one of my friends who works for a Senator in the Torre de Caballito. It was so cool to head up to the 25th floor and be in an actual office of one of Mexico's Senators! What was even cooler was the he wasn't there, so my friend took me into his office and everything--and WHAT A VIEW. You can see the whole north end of the city from his office, totally incredible!
Here's a picture of the Torre de Caballito:
Afterward, I headed to Cafe la Habana where legend has it that Fidel & Che spent many hours planning the Cuban Revolution over a strong cup of coffee. It was there that I met Chris, an English traveler who had just arrived in Mexico City! We became fast friends and ended up chatting for a couple of hours about everything from former travels to Flight of the Conchords.
Sipping a limonada in Cafe la Habana:
(The picture makes it look a LOT bigger than it really was!)
After Cafe la Habana, we decided to head to El Cuadrilatero, a torta restaurant/shrine to lucha libre!!!!! The walls are covered with lucha masks and pictures of the owners with luchadores, and they sell a torta that must weigh at least 20 pounds called "Torta Gladiador"--if you finish it in 15 minutes it's free. What a deal, huh? The heart attack is also free of charge. Apparently the luchadores come to eat there all the time!! How cool is that?!
Anyway, I introduced Chris to micheladas, which he of course loved, and then I made the 2 hour trek back to my house in Tlalpan, which I loved because I got to take the metro. I REALLY miss the metro--I almost never get to take it these days because I live too far, so it was really great to be back on it.
Que viva la lucha!
With Chris in El Cuadrilatero:
Hope everything's well with all of you--I'd love to hear from you soon, it's been such a long time! xoxo
1 comment:
How did you get in contact with Chris? I didn't catch that from the post...
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