today we explored chapultepec park in day time. well we wouldn't at night of course because it's closed off and probably dangerous. that's the funny thing about this trip to mexico city, it doesn't feel dangerous. last time we came i remember not feeling so safe. now the city seems clean and safe. i'm not sure if it's because i've been here before or if it has changed or it's too cold and windy and the danger and dirt has been blown away. i'm really not sure the reasons but now i am starting to think it's really possible i could live here. the only thing i'm not sure about is vegan food (i'd have to cook more than i do now) and employment (something awful like teaching english?).

bosque de chapultepec is a huge park. dare i say the largest in the world? commonly it is divided in three sections for reference to what is in it. we only explored one section. it is full of museums and we concentrated on that. we walked by some areas that we didn't on our previous trip. this time i saw the statue of the niños heroes, el sargento the ahueuete tree (it's dead, don't bother), the lake, and the train that goes around the park. there's a bunch of vendors selling very cheap souvenirs and food. naturally we had lunch there. the museums we visited were the castillo (it's changed a lot twiddle thumbs says but i can't recall) and the anthropology museum. the anthropology museum is huge and would day 1-2 full days to see and appreciate everything. since we climbed the pyramids yesterday, are going everywhere on foot, and just explored park of the park, i was too tired to really explore the museum. i concentrated on the local region section rather than looking at artifact from other parts of mexico. this trip, i'm all about df.

at night we met my buck-tick friend from the other night for dinner. believe it or not but we had vegetarian pozole. sitting in a restaurant with the locals and eating what the locals eat really made me feel like i was part of the scenery instead of an outsider. we were in the azcapotzalco neighborhood and my friend said there would be some nice ofrendas to view so we walked around. not all of them were setup yet but to be in df for el dia de los muertos is one of the must dos in life if you're interested at all in this sort of thing. i was content.

happy halloween!

me with tomorokoshi-kun, potzolcalli