Mexico City

Well I made it safely to Mexico City with the kids last night; we had a very good bus trip with no hassles or problems. Thanks for all your prayers! It was such a sweet reunion for the kids and mommy, who hadn’t seen each other for nearly three months.

We went to the zoo today, much better then the one in Veracruz. We didn’t stay all that long as it was so crowded. I mean who wants to fight these kinds of throngs.


But we did have a lot of fun.

I won’t bore you with wordy depictions of our day so just check the pics and video clips below. Hope you enjoy!

Video clips at Zoo

Zoo and Metro Pics

The Zoo

Well we finally made it to the zoo here. People kept telling me that it was a junky zoo and that it’s better just to go for a picnic. I was starting to think maybe they were right when I go there and found out it was twice as expensive to swim in the pool then it is to access the zoo.

Not a whole lot of animals, mostly just ones native to Mexico and Texas. You can basically see these animals anytime you’re traveling in the country here. They did have a nice size monkey cage (I forget what kind they were) with about 10 very active monkeys in it, which was fun to watch.

Then way in the back I found the big cats, 4 lions and a Siberian tiger. Now that is a majestic animal. Besides them being huge with a beautiful coat it had the most amazing crystal blue eyes. This particular tiger was resting right near the front of the cage, close enough that I could’ve reached out and patted him on the head. I never realized just how big these cats really are.

We then had tacos there at the zoo for lunch. Over all, it was a great day!

Parent Days and Times

Monday was Parent Day and we had big plans of going to the zoo. The kids were looking forward to it and had been talking about it all week. Yesterday morning we packed up and headed out despite the morning rain, it looked as if it would soon blow over. By the time we arrived, it had stopped raining, so we parked got out and went to the main gates to find that the zoo is closed on Mondays. This resulted in a big emotional scene in front of the zoo.

At least it’s fairly easy to distract small children with promises of returning another day as well as doing something fun today.

Off we went to the port downtown to see the freighters and the turtle pond outside the Naval Academy. When approaching the Naval Academy we saw that there was something major happening as the area was all blocked off with Naval personnel everywhere. So no turtle pond!

Next on the list to stop the fresh flow of tears…ice cream, which always works. Off we went to have lunch and ice cream at Burger King. It was the first time we ate out since the kids have been here. They played there for about two hours before we headed home. The rest of the day was pretty relaxing at home with naps, art projects and things around the house.

Tonight for parent time I took the kids out after dinner to get some juice and nuts. We had the snack on the beach. They loved the little picnic in the dark. The moon was bright with it's light reflecting on the water so after the snack we walked along the waters edge running from the waves for about an hour. We had so much fun.