Trip Report - La Ciudad de Mexico

The GF and I did a quick weekend get away to Mexico City in October. I just got my passport (I’m a child) and we wanted a quick trip to another country. We were able to score two roundtrip on Southwest for $200 + ~6000 points from HOU to MEX. Mi espanol es no bueno, last class I had was over a decade ago, but I was able to hobble through broken spanglish.

We flew in Friday morning, hopped in an uber and checked into our Air B&B - studio apartment in La Condesa - a funky hood with beautiful tree lined streets. Uber was awesome - cheap, clean cars, very friendly drivers. I pulled out 2000 pesos from the ATM and used credit card for restaurants and bars.

The room was $130 per night and at the top of a 3 story walk up. No AC or heat, just doors that opened all the way for a nice breeze:




We took off from the Air B&B to explore and have lunch




We ate at a taco joint that came recommended from a coworker from the area - El Pescadito. I had a Marlin and Que-Sotote, the gf had a Que-Sotote and a fried shrimp. This would have been excellent hangover or drunk food, I liked it, but m’lady did not.

Had a Pacifico to wash it down:

From there we walked around the neighborhood, ended up at a little craft beer store called the Beer Box. It’s a smallish chain, there we had a couple of brews, talked with the bartender about the area and picked up a few bottles to go:

This was my favorite beer I had down there - a session IPA from Principia. If we had more time, I would have loved to go by their tap room:

View from the balcony after a siesta and an afternoon shower. It was very chilly when the sun wasn’t out - high altitude, over 7000’

We walked to a cocktail bar called Gin Gin for a few drinks before dinner:

Had a gin mule and an old fashion:

We walked from Gin Gin to Fonda Fina - another place recommended from a coworker. We had a bottle of wine, guacamole, Sope de Pork Belly and a ribeye for right at $100 including tip





From there we went to by Hotel Casa Awolly for a drink, then to Mercado Roma to pick up some Churros and have a beer at the Biergarten. This was a cool market with a bunch of different vendors selling all kinds of goods.


Saturday morning we woke up and walked to Ojo de Agua - a place in the neighborhood


Really diggin their menu:

We got juice, espresso shots:

Huevos Condesa para mi muchacha:

And I got the Incrustados Deli:

This was about 400 pesos ($20). After breakfast we hopped in an uber to the Museo Nacional de Antropologia - full of pre-Columbian artifacts

Aztec Stone of the Sun:


From there we walked back to La Condesa with a few stops along the way. This is the Estela de Luz:

And stopped at Jardin Chapultepec for some Hercules:


For late lunch, we stopped by El Greco:

Doneraky gringa on arabian bread - almost like a pita tortilla, very good:

And the salsas were hot hot:

We walked to another small beer bar called El Trappist to pick up a couple of cervezas artesanales to watch the LSU game back at the crib. The broadcast was in Spanish, but I matched up the radio broadcast and we listened that way. Way better than the regular TV announcers, might have to do that more often.
We then went to Licorería Limantour for a couple of drinks, I wanted a lucky dog, but didn’t want to push my luck so we passed:


We then got some late night za and crashed, woke up the next morning, Uber to the airport and back home. The flight was easy, only an hour 40 minutes in the air, checking back in through customs was a breeze. I need to get global entry.