Mexico City, Week 7

This week, my school had a 4-day break so I didn’t have classes Monday-Thursday. I hired a private tutor for the 4 days and tried to shore up some of my grammar and vocabulary before my classes resumed. I’m finally feeling pretty good about conveying ideas in Spanish and not sounding like an idiot. However, I still really struggle with listening. In class and with my host, I do okay ( provided I give 100% of my attention to listening). In public, it’s a gamble if I will understand. Often not.

This past weekend I went to the Lagunilla market— perhaps not as good as the tour guides would have you believe. It’s in a *not great* neighborhood and there was a lot of clothing and new furniture for sale...and pirated music/movies.

My first stop was in the giant market of dresses and suits for quinceañeras, weddings, and other celebrations. 

Tianguis in the street—I walked around through the labyrinth for a while but had sort of a feeling that I didn’t belong there.

On the route home, I stopped at the public library—huge!! And, it the architecture was pretty remarkable. Seven stories of stacks. 

On the way home, I passed by a cat café. I didn’t go in but I might circle back there another day.