Day five, Mexico City: Is it safe to drink the rain water?

It was a quiet day for the most part. There more to see, but my dad and I just needed a break. I think we’ve seen more than our fair share.

So with nothing to do for the most part, we just stayed around the house and walked around the neighborhood through the beginning of the day. Our cousin was delayed in picking us up to take us to a huge produce market call “El Merced” where there are just seemingly endless rows for produce.

My cousin is very familiar to those that work at the market. He just has to honk once he gets close and someone opens a spot for him. He walks in and goes to his known vendors and reels off what he needs from them. As soon as he orders he usually walks away to pick up other items and parks them at a location at a vendor while he gets more stuff. Towards the end, he runs into some runners that know his vendors. He gives them his car keys and they pick up his items and drop them off in the trunk of his car. He tips the guy that helped him with the spot too.

We made it back home but I still needed to buy certain items for friends back home. Another cousin gave us a ride back to Centro Historica. It was an interesting walk. I did learn that a Big Mac meal costs about half what it does in the U.S.

We came home and had a late lunch/early dinner with my aunt making me plenty of food. After a while we walked back to my cousin’s restaurant. We didn’t eat, but we talked for more than an hour.

While we were there, it began to rain heavily with flashes of lightning. It came and went in a matter of 20 minutes or so. I came home not tired for a change, which was a nice feeling.

Today, family from the state of Jalisco is coming in to see me and my dad and should arrive in the morning. Then, me and my dad with my cousin and his two sons will head to Estadio Azteca for the World Cup Qualifying match as Mexico will take on El Salvador. And, the winner will not be considered the greatest country on Earth, no matter what the Simpsons say. It should still be fun and if Mexico wins, they qualify for the 2010 World Cup with a match in hand.