Our Trip to Mexico (Part II of V) - Friday (12/22)

Friday was Periferico day. Periferico is the main highway which connects all of Mexico City(In some places it is 3 levels). On the way to Tia Georgina’s house we missed our exit off of the Periferico . This sounds like a minimal inconvenience however it is extremely difficult to cross over/under the highway to double-back. Thirty minutes later we arrived. At Tia Georgina’s Julia and Isaac danced and then we visited El Bosque del Pedregal (The Park) where we all played on the trampoline, seesaw and took a small hike. The rest of the afternoon and evening proved to be difficult. Leo, Julio and Isaac fought over the small piano, a balloon toy was mysteriously broken and when the toy machine guns came out we decided to head home. Miriam and I thought we would do a little shopping along the way, but the Lubin boys got extremely cranky(due to hunger-we think) so we picked up some flautas and headed to the parking lot. There David did not want to share his dinner with Isaac. As we tried to exit the parking lot and insert the ticket into the machine we realized we were supposed to have pre-paid in the shopping plaza. By then three cars were behind us waiting to exit. Miriam had to get out of the car and direct traffic so David could back up and turn the car around. On her way back into the plaza Miriam commented, “Come on David we’ll just pay the parking.” Much to David’s dismay, Isaac decided to repeat this over and over again for the next ten minutes . We almost made it all of the way home on the Periferico but we missed our exit - again! This detour absorbed 45 minutes, due to the fact that we could not cross over the Periferico to double-back - again! We decided to pull into one of the largest shopping centers in Mexico city two days before Christmas to look for a turn around, so David pulled into the parking lot only to get to the parking machine and obtain a ticket which Miriam quickly pointed out that we needed to pay inside - again!! At this point we backed out of the parking lot down a one way street back on to the Periferico and called for help from Coquis in Monterrey to guide us home, which she did.

You can see some pictures and videos from the park and Tia Georgina’s house here as well as a few shots with Coquis and Octavo in front of their Christmas tree.