The Peace in The Endless City

I’ve claimed the 42 floors up, at the Latino Americana Tower, which is located just next to Bellas Arte in the historical center of Mexico City. From here can I only see houses, houses and more houses. I can’t see the end of this city, can I only see the mountains in the horizon. From up here I you can see not only the endless city with really bad traffic and even though there at some of the roads are up to 14 lines in two layers the traffic is still standing still.

The fist month have passed at ITAM, and I’m starting to get into a routine, it takes between 50 minutes to one hour and 20 minutes to get from my home in Coyacán and to the school. The traffic different from being in rush hour and not is only 10 min. Which means that if I’m going before 8.50 from my house it will be possible to get into the metro without any problems, but if I’m leaving at 8.55 I can be jammed at the second stations so I can’t get into the metro, this Happened one day, where I need to wait 30 min, before there where a tiny space for me in the Metro.

The Peaceful forest

The city of the most museums in the world is Mexico City. Therefor shouldn’t it be possible to get bored, since every part of the city has their own wipe and fills like being in a totally different city.

This Saturday morning have I got an invitation from Isra to join him and his mum Susana to the park “Desierto de los leones” where they are going once a month to be in the forest with Isra’s dog, Bruce. There is take-off at 6.30 from his house, only 15 min. walk from my home in Coyacán. We are leaving before sunrise to crus the city without any traffic.

While we are crossing Polanco, is it clear to see, that this part of the city is the richer part. There are tall buildings and it fills like coming to a totally different city with the mountains just next to it. This morning this the red morning sunrise also adding another filing to the buildings. Just after Palanco are we interring the mountains and the forest.

On our way up to the parking are we crussing a lot of people on bikes and runners, Isra is telling me, that this place is always full of people who are going here to do sports.

When Bruce are getting out of the car does he have a lot of energy! – he is running around and when we are heading of into the forest, is Bruce already gone. Isra has taking a small ball with him so he can play with Bruce.

The walk in the forest is really quiet and peaceful, mountains bikes are passing by us but otherwise are we just our self. After some hours walk are we heading to an old cluster, where there is a restaurant where we will get our break first. There is a lot of activity at the cluster, since there is going to be a wedding doing the evening, so people are working on the preparations for nearly 200 people.