It is Sunday now in Mexico City we are just about to take an Uber to what in
Guadalajara we know as Via Recreactiva which is basically where they close off
a bunch of roads and then you can bike, or scooter, or walk, or run and normally
we'd be doing this with Laska but she's not here she's with our friend Trish.
Yeah so we're grabbing a Uber right
now from our hotel in Santa Fe - somewhere near the closed roads and then
we're gonna pick up a bike or a scooter from there.
25-30 Minute Uber - 106 pesos ($5.54 USD)
So to participate in Sunday's
activities we are getting a mobike but unfortunately there's only one here. So
we need one mobike. He just stole my joke that was so not cool!
[Laughter] You jerk! Alright, let's go find one mobike.
I hope everyone realizes we picked this bike because it's tangerine adjacent. [Laughter]
Actually we picked this because someone gave us a whole bunch of awesome tips
about Mexico City and this was one of them that this was like a great dockless
Bike that was readily accessible. Oh hey! We found one mobike. But we might need to download one mo-app
One mo-app. [Laughter] Now we need to unlock it.
You're giving away our position! It didn't make a noise
It still says "unlocking." Lock stuck, please toggle the
lock latch upwards to unlock and ride the bike. This trip is free of charge.
Where's the lock at?
Is it down there?
Well it seems to be unlocked.
This trip is free I guess. Ok, let's try to get mobikes
for free! I'm just kidding. Okay, let's go.
So I didn't realize this or I didn't
think about it but we've now done this Sunday recreation thing in
Guadalajara, Morelia, Mérida, kind of in Puebla, and now here. Yeah we did it the
most in Guadalajara though because that's where we actually lived. Like
every Sunday we would go with Laska. I tell you what, I noticed a huge different here
immediately from Guadalajara. Almost everyone in Guadalajara is like going at
a really leisurely pace. Yeah! Everyone here seems to be riding as fast as they can. Yeah
Like we're totally in everyone's way. [Laughter] We're just tra-la-la, oh what beautiful
scenery! Like this is such a nice neighborhood, and then people are like ba-shoom!! [Laughter]
[Laughter] Say that again. Ba-shoom!
We're at this gigantic roundabout here on Paseo de la Reforma and this is the
independence angel - Angel de la Independencia. Super cool statue here! I
heard that it's modeled after a street in Paris actually.
The monument or the...? I think the monument
And the street but I'm not sure exactly.
It is so cool! All throughout the city we have people..
There's people performing anything you can think of, like there's a beatboxer
back there and this peppy jazz band. People selling things, dogs everywhere,
This is the best day of all time! This band was awesome! This band was so
good. So we totally forgot to mention this in the moment, but we absolutely
loved mobike it was like the easiest app to set up and the bikes were awesome and
they were readily available, like they were all over the place, so that was
really cool. One word of caution though, is that it drained both of our batteries.
So be sure to close out of the app while you're riding the bike around. Yeah, it
might have even been sucking up all of our data so if you don't have unlimited
data like us that could be a little bit of a buzzkill when you figure that out later.
But also really affordable, it's 99 pesos a month or you can do it like a la
carte, so 10 pesos or something for every 20 minutes. Yeah.
All in all, two thumbs up! Yep.
Something about spending time in the sun just really takes it out of you so we
decided to find someplace to go sit down and get a drink. And that place just
happened to be Bukowski's Bar which is this super cool - it's like a bookstore,
and bar, and restaurant. Two stories, with patios, and I don't know, pretty cool. So I
got this sangria. Jar of sangria, way bigger than I was expecting it to be.
I got a mojito, but we're kind of confused about this place's name. It might also
be called Cafebreria El Pendulo, or it might also be called Pedro
Páramo. [Laughter] But whatever the name is we're having a good time here!
So as it turns out, we are in the Zona Juarez in the neighborhood Rosa.
Did I get that right? Colonia Juarez I believe it's called, in what they call Zona Rosa.
Technicalities. [Laughter] And now
We are on swings. We found a place. Jordan actually found this table with swings.
And as you guys should know by now, there is no better place than a place with
swings. A restaurant, a bar, anywhere.
[Laughter]
You're such a dork. What is this place called?
It's called urban spices and it's a Japanese restaurant.
And now, we are off to another highly recommended spot in Mexico City.
Laska!
Is that a cat?!?
Laska! Awe, you're the cutest! No no no no no no.
Again, everyone wants to see you, you need
to stay here. Kisses on demand.
Thank you for the kiss! Thank you for the kiss!
I taught Laska this when she was a puppy. To
kiss you when you go (kissing sounds).
She's camera shy now.
She'll only do it so many times though.
[Laughter] Good girl!
Good girl! May I have a kiss?
[Laughter] Just one. Laska!
You only get one (kiss). You're such cute!
[Laughter]
Before continuing with the video we
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learned a lot of our Spanish with them and I think one of the best things you can
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And [Bell Ringing]
GONG That Bell!
[Laughter]
Hello, good afternoon!
Hello miss, good afternoon!
Alright, we are here! We're here!
This place is super cool, it's called Monumento a la
Revolución. Right off the bat it reminds me of Madrid, Spain. Oh yeah, totally! They have these
In the middle of Glorietas (roundabouts). I feel like there's a few that kind of looked
like this. Which again, would make a lot of sense because Spanish influence in
Mexico, so there you go. But Wow! Pretty impressive! So we're gonna see if
we can go up to the top because if you see, there's an elevator that goes up
the middle of it and there's an awesome feet viewing platform up top to see the
city. And I'm pretty sure you guys want to see Jordan freak out because of his
Fear of heights. Oh no. Okay, let's go.
Now to walk many, many stairs down...
So, the lookout was really cool. But I'm sad we didn't get to go all the way up to the
lookout. Apparently we arrived too late. Yeah, it closes
at 8:00, we got here at 7:15. So yeah. They said that wasn't enough time to do it all. I mean
it's cool but I really wanted to go all the way to the top.
And this is pretty much the last day we could do this, so...
Another time. Next time. Actually, I'd say, if you want
Views of the city go to the castle. That was like by far the best in the city
that we've seen so far. This gives you a different perspective. Different
perspective, yes. But I don't think, at least on the partial way that we
went up, I don't think it was as good as the castle so that to me was better a
little bit for the view. This was fun! We had a good time here! Oh yeah, I'm
pleasantly surprised by Mexico City! Yeah, yeah. But we have two maybe, one or two
more Mexico City videos coming up, so be sure to subscribe to our channel if you
want to see those. Also, would you guys like us to come back to Mexico City? If
you would, share this video with a Chilango near you. Let us know in the
comments. And one last thing!
Okay.
[Bell Ringing]
GONG That Bell! Oh my gosh, you stole my Gong that
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