We then rolled to a city called Coyocan, which was renowned for its shopping and its own separate parade. It was nice, nothing too crazy....we then met up with one of our Mexican co-workers and were supposed to go to a different club called Love; however, our genius co-worker failed to mention that the club was closed. So, we went to a different bar where he [said he was 35, looked 45], proceeded to spend most of the night making out with his 22-year-old girlfriend. It was gross and really weird...
Sunday: We went to see the church of the Virgin de Guadalupe and then the ruins at Teotihuacan. The Virgin de Guadalupe, for those unfamiliar [see: Kenny especially], is mainly known and revered by Mexicans as the Americas version of the Virgin Mary in brown form. We went and visited her church, and then went to the ruins. These were pretty amazing, and soon enough, our 7-hour tour was over and we returned to our hotel.
Last night, we were invited by the Finance Lead of Latin America North, who works in the Mexico City office, over for dinner with his wife and three kids. They made Brazilian meats, Greek salad, and some great red wine. His house was amazing, with a closet for his wife that Steph would kill for. It was probably a room 15'X30', filled with glass-fronted closets for all of her stuff. It was a four bedroom, six bathroom house where every bedroom had a full private bath. Monsanto ex-PATs [those that used to work in the US and have moved out of the country for the company are called ex-PATriots] get a sweet deal with free housing, private driver, full chef and cleaning service...
So, a really good weekend. Only bad part was that the hotel inadvertantly authorized all 4 hotel rooms for our team on my card, and the amount of the temporary holds for all of our stays exceeded my limit, so I currently cannot use my card. Oh well...
Looking forward to returning to the States on Friday afternoon.
Ciao ciao.
3 comments:
You should move to another country so you can be an ex Pat.
If I change my name, am I an ex Pat
The Virgin de Guadalupe sounds like she'd be way hotter than the Virgin Mary. Oh, and you look a little like an alien.
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