Mexico City " Buena Onda"

Day 1

I arrived late and was glad to see Mr. Francisco "the driver" waiting with a nice cardboard with my name on it. What can I say, I know people that know people that can get me a free, safe ride in Mexico City.

Just flying over the city made me tremble, describing the city as completely massive would be an understatement, think 18 million people sprawled around different "barrios". My barrio is called Coyoacan and is located in the south of the city. Other cool facts about the area; Frida Khalo used to live here, it´s has lots of cafes and restaurants, basically it feels boheme and outside of the rush of central mexico city.

As soon as i arrived I started looking for a flatshare as I plan to be here for the next 3 months and it´s definitely time for me to get out of "hostel world". I called an english girl called Claire who had a bedroom going in San Angel another barrio nearby. Although the room had already been taken she knew of another room that may be available. As I approached our agreed meeting place, looking lost with my lonely planet open upside down, an american girl took pity on me and asked if i needed help. Grateful, I accepted. We got chatting and it so transpired that she had just accepted a room in an house with an english girl...who just happened to be Claire! Small World or what?

To make a long story short, I liked their house, I liked them and they didn´t think I was a freak. So although the room was now taken, Plan B was to occupy a space that is not quite a room but big enough for a double bed, a desk, a window and a big curtain to partition it all off. So I now have a bed in a great house, modern but still quaint, in a small gated complex with cobblestones and a cute piazza nearby. And big AND ... it is safe. Not forgetting a really cool bunch of flatmates, in a safe neighbourhood not too far from work.

All this (and more) for the bargain price of 150 UKS per month.

Not bad for Day 1.

So here are a few pictures of us newly baptised Mexicanas having a bit of fun in the most random places!

DisneyLand

The Deep Blue Sea

Eh...oui...Paris!