Monday, July 9, 2007

Home Sweet Home







Our house in Mexico City is in an apartment complex in Polanco, a central neighborhood. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polanco) We live in a compound with other folks who work in the American Embassy. There are 40 apartments in three buildings built around courtyards. Moving in here feels a lot like moving into the dorms in undergrad: there's the same motor court style housing, institutional furniture, and rambunctious hall mates. And I've been surprised by how relatively diverse the area is: there's a smattering of international types due to all the embassies in the area, and there's a large Jewish community here. Most of our neighbors outside the complex in Polanco are pretty fancy, but unlike Middletown, there are plenty of places to spend money here. Polanco boasts a kind of 5th Avenue shopping drag featuring all kinds of boutiques (Chanel, Cartier, Hermes, and on and on). Oh and yep, I've seen armed bodyguards at the shopping center.

Perhaps because of the dorm-like surroundings, some have called these apartments the lousiest housing in the Service which is really kinda thrilling to hear. Sergio and I are delighted by our "tenement" and really dig the fact that we haven't driven the car but once in a week! If this is as bad as it gets, we have a lot to look forward to with this career. We're sure not missing that Capitol Hill basement apartment or DC commuting much...

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