Off to the Big City

Friday, Jan. 9, 2015--Morelia to Mexico City

The lady who makes breakfasts showed up late this morning at our hotel, so we wasted time getting up earlier than we needed for getting ready and packed.  We waited another 15-20 minutes for her to have breakfast ready for us.  But things went well from there.  We had no problems walking the 6 blocks to where we could catch the combi to the bus station; only a few people were on the sidewalks.  Then the combi we needed was right there waiting for the light to change when we arrived at the corner.  We actually got to the bus station about 50 minutes before our bus was scheduled to depart.

It was a 4-hour bus trip that was uneventful.  We entered Mexico City in the Santa Fe section of town--a new, high-rise, high-income section of the city.  It's amazing how much growth in construction is taking place there and in other parts of this city.  I bet they have added as many people to the city within the last 10 years as live in all of San Antonio!!  From our hotel window, we can see 3 highrises under construction.  And that is in the Zona Rosa, an older part of the city.

We are at the Eurostar Suites Zona Rosa.  It's a nice hotel, although the upholstery on the sofa and chairs needs updating.  It's in a convenient location for exploring the areas where we will go.

Our first outing today was to go to a tourist office in Condesa, a part of town with very nice older individual homes, and get a map so we could more easily find our way around the city.  While there, we spent time at two parks (Espana and Mexico) which are especially nice, and we walked up and down Av. Michoacan, a trendy street with fancy restaurants serving high-income people.

We were tired, and it started to drizzle.  We ate a quick torta from a street truck, and then we rushed back to the hotel to relax the rest of the evening.