A Trip into the Big City

Today Bekah and I went downtown Mexico City. We left about 10:00 this morning, walked out to the end of the Goldfusses’ road, and waited a few minutes until we could catch a pesero (bus). We rode that for about 45 minutes down the mountain and got off and hopped on another pesero which took us to the starting point of the Metro’s green line, Ciudad Universitaria (or Universidad). We rode the Metro up to the red line, changed trains, and rode one stop to Villa Basilica, where we got out and looked for soccer jerseys. We ended up buying two for my nephews and one for us, had a quick pit stop at McDonald’s, and got back into the Metro.
It was a little more crowded by this time, but we retraced our route back and got off at Juarez, where we looked at ties (bought five silk ties for $N150 (about $14.40), looked at watches in some more street stands, and walked through the Alameda, a park in downtown Mexico City. We sat on a bench and watched and talked a bit, and then walked up to the Latin-American Tower. After the tower, we had lunch at Sanborn’s and walked back the way we came to the Ciudadela, a sort of market of “Mexicanish” stuff for sale. Bekah bought a silver bracelet, and we headed for the Metro again.
The Ciudadela is right at the Metro station Balderas, and we rode the green line all the way back down to Universidad. There we got in another pesero (after some trouble finding the right bus), and rode it back up. We got off two blocks from the church building, and arrived there with about twenty minutes to spare before prayer meeting. It was a fun day with lots of walking, lots to see, and we were thankful for God’s protection. We did see this one interesting sight and thought we’d pass it along.