As I sit here this evening watching the Boston temperatures plummet down through the single digits headed for a low of -5 or -10 Farenheit (-20 to -23 Celsius), I find my thoughts floating back to January in sunny Mexico….

I started browsing through the pics of some of our adventures there and started feeling warmer already.  Even those who know no Spanish could probably figure out that the title of the post means “I miss Mexico City!”.  DF is short for distrito federal (federal district), which is how most people refer to Mexico City when you are there.  Pretty much like we refer to Washington as “DC”.

For those of you in cold places tonight, I hope these warm you up a bit as well.  And for those of you in Mexico — espero verte pronto!

Castillo Chapultepec – our first evening in DF, the whole gang of interns went to Chapultepec Castle at sunset for a performance by Ballet Folklórico de México.  Incredible place, incredible views of Mexico City, incredible performances!

Ballet Folklórico de México

Teotihuacan – on one of our weekends, a few of us headed to Teotihuacan to climb the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon.  More amazing views… and a bit of exercise!

Xochimilco – our next excursion was to Xochimilco, which some people described as the canals of Mexico City, sort of like Venice….  But seriously — a sunny afternoon, a group of good friends, a bucket of beers, brightly painted boats with fun “gondoliers” and mariachi boats floating by playing music — it was a floating party!  Lovely, relaxing afternoon 🙂

Museums – It wasn’t time to eat again… yet! (see below for a very small assortment of our culinary adventures).  So we headed to check out some modern art at Museo Jumex and Museo Soumaya back in DF.  Mexico City is huge, with dozens of neighborhoods, all with different architecture – some traditional, some grand, some quaint, some hip, some imposing, and some just fun!  Soumaya was one of my favorites.

Vamos a comer! – I knew my foodie friends wouldn’t forgive me if I didn’t take a few shots of the cuisine along the way.  Unfortunately, I was enjoying drinking and eating way too much and mostly forgot to take pictures(!), but here are a few.

¡Abrazos!