This is my last full day in Mexico City (DF stands for districto federal, kind of like DC in Washington DC) and it has been great so far. I went for a 5.5 mile run this morning, which was really nice. I'm at about 6000 feet, although the altitude hasn't bothered me at all. The polution is bad, but the amazing weather (58 degrees at 8am) makes up for that completely.
After breakfast, I headed down to San Angel, a rich "suburb" of DF, where there is an amazing crafts market. I spent a few hours there, although I only bought one small thing. I know there are a number of nice crafts markets in Oaxaca, my last stop in Mexico, so I'll do more of my shopping there.
After San Angel, I headed over to another nice neighborhood, the name of which completely escapes me, although it starts with a C. Again, amazing houses, nice streets, lots of colors, etc... I wandered into an indoor food market kind of similar to Reading Terminal Market in Philly and saw tons of chile peppers, fruits, spices, raw tripe, etc.... Quite impressionable!
One last interesting story - last night I wandered into a cafe for dinner and saw an american looking woman sitting alone, so I sat with her and we ate together. It turns out that her and her husband just moved to philly as well - about a month ago. Small world!
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