Mexico City 2007

I made it to Mexico City just fine. Flight was good and smooth, I even had first class. Leaving LA, I had a good view of the Santiago fire and then the massive Witch fire in San Diego. Its clear and cool here, supposed to be down to the low 40s tonight.
In Mexico City, I am staying at the Hotel Catedral until the 29th, then hoping to catch a bus down to Oaxaca for another three nights. I want to be there for Halloween and maybe the Day of the Dead as well. People are already dressed up in Mexico City for the celebrations and I saw people dancing around the old town, near where I am staying. Looks like its all part of the celebrations.
Planning to be home next Thursday or Friday.
I am going to try and find "Los Simpsons" on TV; I think my favorite part about visiting Mexico is watching the Simpsons dubbed in Spanish.
Had a great day walking around and eventually stopping at three
different cafes for coffee and tea. I think I read about 80 pages of
"Geek Love" today, so I am down to the last 100 pages now. The street
with my hotel has at least 5 second-hand bookstores within a couple
blocks, so I popped into them looking for English language books. Had
a big fruit plate an american at Cafe La Habana, where Che and Fidel
used to meet! Then had karekes (sp?) tea at a Turkish place near a
great open air market with fountains and antiques and paintings. The
Diego Rivera museum is closed for renovation so that was a bust and
the art museum that is supposed to have Goyas and Van Dykes, had none
of those, but there was some things to see. I think tomorrow I'll
visit the Frida Kahlo museum and maybe the Leon Trotsky house. I saw
some bad parts of town (exampled by the person passed out on the
sidewalk) but also lots of good things. The metro is so busy and easy
to use. Trains every 2-3 minutes with at least 8 cars and always
full. Plus it only costs about 20 cents a ride. There are police all
over and I haven't seen anything bad. Wearing my brown coat all the
time. It was warm today, but then very chilly after sundown. Daylight
Savings ends tonight, so I'll only be an hour ahead of you for a week.
US and Canada switch next weekend, I guess. Should have brought a
scarf, everyone wears them and its only supposed to be 58 tomorrow.
Flipping through TV channels, I saw "The Game" and "Brazil's Next Top
Model." Its confusing because its in Portuguese with Spanish
subtitles.
Found a good vegetarian restaurant for dinner, but had to eat at 5, so
then I went out later for more coffee and desserts