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    January 15, 2020
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    Off I go to my adventure!

    January 14, 2020 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C

    Train to Frankfurt Fernbahnhof, stay in AirBNB because plane is leaving very early tomorrow.
    Did you know that you have to pay 74 Dollar for a AmericanVisa if you stay more than 3 hours in the transit area of an a American Airport??!! My stay is 4 hours and something. F... this s...!Read more

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    I’m so done with U.S goverment..

    January 15, 2020 in Germany ⋅ 🌙 7 °C

    I can carry mosquito spray but not pepper spray in checked in 🧳 ? Explanation: Pepper spray can exploded in the air, mosquito spray cannot. WHAAT??
    Then the lady wants to know when I’m leaving Mexico?? Okay, that’s it. No more invading my privacy. You want me to buy another ticket??? IT IS NOT YOUR F...... BUSINESS! Discussion. I want to talk to her supervisor. Again discussion. Please give reason that makes sense. Talks to his supervisor. Result: We really don’t need to know. 😤
    From all my swearing one can’t tell how pissed I am. I usually don’t swear.    Read more

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    So pissed

    January 15, 2020 in Germany ⋅ 🌙 7 °C

    The day started out so well. Host made me coffee at 5.30, bus driver let me drive for free because I didn’t have Euro.
    Check-In at the airport:
    Clerk: “When when is your flight back?”
    Me: “Don’t have a flight back.”
    Clerk: “You need one☝️ .”
    Me: “Why? I’m only in transit to Mexico.”
    Clerk: “ You need one anyway, there is no such thing as transit in the U.S.”
    Me: “ »🧐🙄😳🤨😒😞😔😟😕🙁⚡️🏴‍☠️😤🤮👺☠️🤖👎🥅🤼‍♀️💣🧨🔫
    Go online, buy the cheapest ticket (New York-Frankfurt) for 295 SFR. So much for low cost 🧳 as a retired individual.
    Did not read that anywhere.
    I could have bought a direct flight Zürich-Mexico City.
    For once I’ll be explicit: Fuck this shit!    Read more

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    Avoid JFK

    January 15, 2020 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C

    Forgot: Always avoid JFK. To big, it’s a hassle. Could only console myself with a cocktail. But helped translate from French to English for a French couple with immigration officers. Good deed!

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    Just sleeping

    January 16, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    Not much. Bought local sim card and mailed my key at home which I accidentally took with me.
    Bad air and the short walks on 2’400 meters exhausted me 💤 😴today.Good night....

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    Condesa

    January 17, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    Mike&Oxanna live in a neighborhood called Condesa in Avenida Amsterdam. It’s a very hip place with many Restaurants, Cafes, Galleries, local art shops, Yoga places, Organic food and so on. You get the picture?
    Condesa is inhabited by many Expats and American retirees. Mexico forAmericans is like Spain to Northern European.
    In the morning they gather for coffee in one of the many coffees.
    The prices here are incredibly cheap. For example Manicure 8.80Sfr., Acrylnails from scratch 20.- Sfr. (Of course only woman can understand!) One Taco 93 Rappen. Even if you eat 3 (and I was done after 3) that amounts to not even 3Sfr. Big Salad with onions, tomato and avocado 2.60Sfr.
    Suits my budget!
    Avenida Amsterdam once upon a time was horse race track. They made it into an Avenue with many trees and the Avenue is basically a loop where people take leisurely walks. Joggers and dogs collaborate in the space. Apropos dogs; At every corner there is dog saloon. Mexicans seem to quite adore their dogs and send them to the dog Spa once a week!
    Condesa also has two big beautiful parks. I can definitely feel the difference in breathing between walking in parks or under trees and on roads with heavy traffic an no greens. On those streets my throat starts to ache.
    I’ve been here 15 years ago and traveled north with my boyfriend at the time. I felt Mexicans were quite unfriendly. Today I realize that they might have reacted to my (jerk) boyfriend.
    Mexicans are totally friendly!
    The announcement says; This park is morning because of the million trees that died in the fires in Australia. Trees are amazing!

    Covered 8.6 km    Read more

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    Museo Nacional de Antropologia

    January 18, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C

    Lazy day with museum trip. We saw the department early and late Mesoamerica, which as a cultural concept included Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Belice, Honduras, Nicuaraga and Costa Rica. All these amazing civilizations which of all kinds of Pyramids over Centralamerica representing them. Cultures like Maya, Teotihuacana, Mixteca, Olmeda etc.
    It was impressive. The artefacts go from tiny, tiny to enormous.    Read more

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    Impressions of 10.4 km walking

    January 18, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    Guabana for 0.98 Rp.....
    With Uber App you can also rent a bike!
    People gathering with friends and family for brunch.
    Poverty and the monster that has a wise saying!
    Wanted to visit the Palacio des Artes. Queued up to enter for about 20 min., then I realized I had to cue up again for the exhibition, decided it wasn’t that important. Again the building is amazing. The Spaniards really knew how to impress- then again it’s easy when you don’t pay for labour...

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    Diego Riviera

    January 19, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    One of Diego Rivieras most famous Mural is Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park.
    He was a gifted painter and Muralist as you can see from the painting.
    The mural 15.6 meter wide, 4 meter high, weighs 35 tons!) represents three principal eras of Mexican History: The Conquest, The Porfiriato Dictatorship, and The Revolution of 1910. In chronological order starting from left to right we meet numerous prominent figures from Mexican history.
    Now Diego Riviera was also a Don Giovanni and Machista. The picture with the yellow lady and the open legs represents Diego’s opinion about woman. He thought that in order to obtain a hus-band, make start a business or succeed in live she had to open her legs....... No comment.
    The lady in yellow is a famous and wealthy singer at her time. Nonetheless the men in front of her won’t let her pass because she is indigenous.
    At the very left you see Hernandez Cortes, the Spanish conqueror who landed in Veracruz, Mexico in the 1400. The blood on his hand symbolizes the pain and horror he brought the Mesoamerica. Little up and right the symbolization of the Inquisition Cortes also brought the continent (only to be seen in the movieclip.
    A side note; Riviera did not include his long term affair Frida Kalo in the Mural. She got offended and demanded that he would. He did!
    Posted movieclip on facebook.

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    Central Library UNAM

    January 20, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

    The underground where the library stands is lava because of the nearby volcano. The ground is 60 deep! The architect thought best to mostly use the lava to build the library, As the ground was uneven, he had to first build terraces and the buildings.
    When I stood in front of this building I was both in awe and I did not like it. A weird feeling.
    In awe because of the vision the Architect had, the thought of so many little lava pieces, all cut and painted by hand and the time it took to build. Overwhelming.
    At the same time I found it to be very ugly. I learned that the builder was a functionalist architect. Meaning that it is all about the function of the building not caring about the esthetics. Not my cup of tee!
    But it’s cool that such a iconic building host’s a library!
    If you wanna know more read here https://en.mxcity.mx/2016/03/juan-ogorman-mural…
    Side note. The University campus is so big (770 hectares!) that they have a bus to transport the students. Of course for some unknown reason I was standing at the psychology stop:-)

    Covered 8.6 km    Read more

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    Hop on and off bus tour

    January 21, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

    I always use such a bus in a city, it helps you get oriented. But no - not in CDMX!
    This city is so huge - there is now way for a orientation dummy like me to get oriented.
    One of the main roads is 64 km long in the south and 53 km in the north. So basically the city is as big as from Basel to Bern! 2 hours a day commute to work is considered lucky, 3 hours is normal, many do 4 hours.
    I wonder how does one manage such a big city? CDMX without the surroundings suburbs is 8‘000‘000 people. That is the number of people in Switzerland.
    With big cathedral I also have mixed feelings. One one hand I admire the artistic value and in awe of craftsmanship, and that they left us signs of their culture. On the other side I think of the people who did the hard work. Suffered, died, were hungry and sick. I suppose most of laborers were slaves.
    Impressions of two different kind of arts.

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    The Captain1My own boat!Floating kitchen

    Interesting facts in CDMX

    January 22, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    The Xochimilco https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xochimilco and Coyoacan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyoacán tour was disappointing.
    They took us onto the canals of Xochimilco. We were supposed to first ship around one hour on the canals. It took us 90 minutes to get there because of the heavy traffic. I was lucky enough to sit in front next to the guide.
    What actually happened was that there were floating kitchen, bars, mariachi singer and vendors and we were encouraged to consume. Our guide Sergio was very knowledgeable and funny, but the group was not interested in facts but kept eating, drinking and chatting away.
    Once we got the Coyoacan (historically very wealthy neighborhood) it was dark and we couldn’t see anything. One (not so) not so fun fact; Only Ex-Presidents, politicians and big time drugdealer can live there:, it is so expensive:-).

    More facts;
    - The metro in CDMX transports 7000000 people every day.
    - In 1818 the acting president of Mexicos (and his politician friends, of course all white Spaniards) pushed through a law that land could now be bought and owned. Before that the ones who worked the land were the owner. As soon as they left it, they weren’t any more. The consequence was that the President and his friends bought all the land around CDMX for 300 pesos and then sold it for much more. There was no urban planning and hence the city spread out in all directions. It’s is one of the reasons CDMX is so big.
    - CDMX is in a valley and before the city was build there was water and lagoons. Until today houses are build on platforms. The indigenous had a perfect water cleansing system. The water was perfectly clean. Shortly after the Spanish invaders arrived, there was a cholera breakout...

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    Pyramids yet not Pyramids

    January 23, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ 🌙 7 °C

    I took another toor and was yet disappointed. We were visiting the „Pyramids“ of the sun and the moon in Theoticlan. We could hardly understand the guide because of his really thick accent. Also he did not seem very motivated. Talking he walked ahead without caring weather we would here or not what he was saying. At 16.00 he sent us alone on tour because he had to accompany the driver to take bus from gate 3 to gate 2. We were supposed to meet at 17.15. So he needed 75 minutes for 1 kilometer???? However, we were a small group of 5 and had a lot of fun.

    I learned from my guide of the trip the day before; The „Pyramid“ in Centralamerica are not called (and are not) Pyramide because they are different in built and purpose. (Forgot the right name)
    They are round/flat at the top and have stairs. They are built for the gods, observe the stars and developing their knowledge in Astrology.
    Au contraire the Pyramide in Egypt are pointed at the top and are graves for the dead loved ones.
    Only the base of the construction is the same.

    I climbed the pyramid of the sun but did not make for the other pyrami which is three times higher.

    On the way to the Pyramide we passed the Favelas of CDMX.It must have been for about 20 kilometer. They sit on the mountains. The young Brasilien couple said: „We have favelas but we never saw something like this. Apparently the favelas have basic infrastructures as well as school and healthcare. It was a shock.

    Two ease the shock I had two very good corncobs covered with Mayonnaise, cheese, chilipowder and salt. Mhmmmm, niammi.

    Will write very bad review for the lazy tour guide.

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    Mezcal Festival

    January 25, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ 🌙 10 °C

    Well, I learned that for Mexicans fiestas are very important because it‘s a good occasion to mingle with people from other social classes. Everybody is the same in a fiesta.
    It certainly helps that for 2.50 Sfr. You can have as many shots of Mezcal as you want. Each state of Mexico is at the Festival with their Type of Mezcal. Finally I did not eat the 🐜 Torta....
    We had fun!

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    Got lost in the Park Chupaltepec

    January 25, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    Ich schreibe ab jetzt abwechslungsweise auf Deutsch und Englisch.
    Ich wollte das das Museum del Historia del Castillo de Chupaltepec sehen gehen.
    Das Schloss liegt auf einem Hügel inmitten dem riesigen Park Chupaltepec (678 Hektaren!)
    Trotz Google Maps, Wegweiser und immer wieder fragen habe ich mich verlaufen.
    Es war aber auch sooo schön in diesem Park rumzulaufen, dass es nichts machte.
    Als ich endlich ankam, gab es eine sehr lange Schlange und ich war völlig 😕.
    Auf der Suche nach dem Ausgang habe ich mich nochmal verlaufen.
    Ich bin überzeugt dass sie die Wegweiser verstellt haben, die Leute mir falsche Auskünfte gaben und Google Maps mich nicht mag. Ich glaube sogar das Orientierungsgenie Claudia Eller hätte sich verlaufen.
    Am Sonntag erholen sich die Mexikaner in ihren vielem, riesigen Pärken der Stadt.
    Alles ist bunt ihn dieser Stadt, sogar die Zuckerwatte und die Bändel um Kinder anzubinden damit sie nicht verloren gehen!
    Auch hier gibt es Pfadfinder!    Read more

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    History and Art

    January 26, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

    We went to see the Residence many Presidents of Mexico resided. It was surprisingly simple.
    Pottery, paintings, craft was again so beautiful. I‘m just so impressed. Somehow I like this art, old and contemporary, much better than the general European Art.
    We went to see an exhibition in a Gallery for children The theme was Panda bears 🐻 and 🍩 !
    What a combination! Of course we went again to a park to relax.

    On Sunday covered: 9 km.    Read more

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    Mercado, Coyoacan y Mariachi

    January 27, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    Ich warte auf den Bus der mich in 22 Stunden Fahrzeit nach Merida In Yucatan bringt.
    Gestern waren wir auf dem Markt, wie immer alles bunt. Ich wollte unbedingt nach Coyoacan.
    Fahre hin mit Uber...... und war dann zu erschöpft um rumzulaufen. Habe mich einer der vielen schönen, riesigen Pärke gesetzt, mich ausgeruht und bin zurück gefahren.
    Mit Mike sind wir am Abend auf die Piazza Garibaldi gefahren. Da versammeln sich jeden Abend die Mariachi Singer dieser Stadt. Für 130 Pesos singen sie dir ein Lied vor. Wir hatten Glück unsere Band war wirklich gut!
    Apropos Mariachi; Ursprünglich kommen sie aus Guadalajara. 1912, nach der Revolution (1910-1912)
    Suchte der damalige President ein „Brand“ welches alle Mexikaner verbindet. Etwas was alle Mexicaner mochten und sie sich zusammen als Land darüber identifizieren konnten.
    ET voilà, so wurden sie im ganzem Land berühmt.
    Der gleiche President hat auch die Murales geschaffen. Also die vielen Wandmalereien in Mexiko.
    Die Idee war, dass man das Volk mit Wandmalereien „erziehen“ kann. Also die Menschen über wichtige soziale Themen zu informieren und sensibilisieren.    Read more

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    Exhausted in Merida

    January 29, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ 🌧 29 °C

    I felt the 22 hour bustrip wasn‘t that bad but when I arrived I had to sleep 4 hours. Forgot my hiking boots in the bus in overhead compartment. Went to ask for them... nada... Don’t think they will return to me. 😡I hope at least men shoes have my size... not sure.
    Finally I can put on a sommer dress and flip-flops!
    The AirBnB I have for the next to weeks is amazing. Very big, sparkling clean, good location.
    Went out for dinner. Jumbo Mojito 2.50 Sfr., the plate with typical food of Yuacatan 5.00.-and I can eat two days from it. Love the prices here.
    Again no idea what I’m eating...
    Tomorrow going to see the see the cenotes with a group of couchsurfers.A cenote is a natural sinkhole resulting from the collapse of limestone bedrock that exposes groundwater underneath.    Read more

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    Need definitely to loose weight!Hübsche kleine Fledermäuse!stalaktitten oder stalakmitten?Cosy!Exit

    Cenotes - http://www.cenotesyucatan.info

    January 30, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    Yesterday we spent the day visiting two Cenotes. A couchsurfer group of five.
    Jenny (California), Nikolina (Bosnian, living in Berlin), Duarte (Spain) and Felipe (Colombia).
    The first cenote, called St. Maria, was really difficult. We basically crawled through tiny-tiny whole in she cave. The (very hard) rock beneath us was totally muddy and slippery. Stil can feel my knees and elbows.
    It was a totally worth it. The cave arch 40 meters under full of cleaning water and incredible silence. The fun we had..... just take a look at the pictures!    Read more

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    Ein ruhiger Tag.........

    January 31, 2020 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

    Was die Reisende so tut an einem ruhigen Tag;
    - Sie setzt sich in ein Uber, fährt eine halbe Stunde und holt sich den Fotoaparat zurück, welche sie im Auto der Fahrerin vom Vortag vergessen hatte. Und eine halbe Stunde zurück. 12 bangende Stunden weil ich dachte ich hätte ihn verloren.
    - Suche nach einem neuen Badkleid weil die superkluge Reisende das Mitgebrachte verloren hat am Vortag. Hat sich in einer der Grotten aufgelöst. Die Suche war erfolglos - ich hatte mir aber keine Hoffnungen gemacht. Wie soll das gehen in einem Land wo Frauen die Durchschnittsgrösse 156.6 cm ist...🤪😳
    - Danach zu einem Arzt weil das eine Ohr verstopft und entzündet ist. Praktisch auch hier; Die Apotheken bieten durch einen Arzt medizinische Dienstleistungen an. Auch in diesem Land bin ich nicht einig mit dem Doktor. Wir haben unterschiedliche Vorstellungen wie die Behandlung aussehen soll. Ich lass ihn gewinnen weil er gut aussieht, sehr nett ist und total witzig. Dafür muss ich nächsten Dienstag nochmal hingehen.
    - Danach sucht die Reisende einen Ersatz für die Hikingboots welche sie im Bus vergessen hat.
    Ich brauche eine 44 wegen den Einlagen. Männerschuhe gibt es hier nur bis 43. Bei den Frauen habe ich natürlich gar nicht gesucht😩. Es hat einen Schuh der mir gefällt aber natürlich ist er nicht da in 43.

    Fertig. Ich gehe mich in einem lauschigen Garten erholen von diesem ruhigen Tag.    Read more

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