What's up amigos it's Jon coming to you from my apartment building in Roma Norte.
In Mexico City.
And this is such a humongous place. We've got a couple of weeks to explore.
But I want to start with the apartment that i've rented off of Airbnb.com.
Give you a little bit of a tour of that.
And then we're going to head out and join a gym.
So today is going to be more of a day to day sort of a video.
Just to give you a taste of what my life is like in Mexico.
And before we begin the tour.
We have to re-introduce Adriana.
Who was in many of my videos in the past.
How are you?
Good.
How are you enjoying the apartment so far.
I really like it.
It's really comfortable.
And it has a lot of space everywhere.
Alright let's start the tour and make things a little bit more authentic.
By playing some music from Mexico in the 1970s.
This is the kitchen. It's a pretty nice size.
Can't really complain about to much here.
It did come with a blender which is a huge thing for me because I like to make protein shakes
After the gym.
And in certain countries finding a cheap blender can actually be quite a challenge.
Another note that I want to make is that this oven here you actually have to take a match.
And light right there.
And the only other time i've actually seen that is when I had an apartment in Argentina.
This is the little bit of outdoor space that we have.
And i'm not quite sure what we can do here.
Basically there's some other apartment units in the building as well.
You can see the rooftop.
Probably my only complaint about the apartment is the lack of light.
The lack of views to the outside world.
I'm used to that in New York City.
But it could be something that might bother you.
It's actually a good excuse to leave the apartment.
This fits in pretty well to the Roma Norte neighborhood.
All of the funky art work.
Alright now we have the spare bathroom.
We have the extra bed room.
Not that huge but plenty of space for extra stuff.
And then the master bedroom.
Where all the magic happens.
First I will show you guys the bathroom.
Something to keep in mind when you go to other countries.
And this is not the first time I've ever seen this before.
You can not flush toilet paper down the toilet.
I learned this the hard way in Argentina one time.
Without going into detail.
Luckily she actually alerts you to this.
So you get used to it.
This is the bed, it's full size.
An extra desk.
And we have a gorgeous view of a parking garage down here.
Now what this apartment lacks for in views, it definitley makes up for in space.
We've got plenty of closet space here for all of our stuff.
All in all i'm definitley not complaing about this apartment.
I actually negoiated it a little bit.
From Airbnb. I've discussed some Airbnb tactics in other videos.
I'm going to be linking to them down below in the description.
Maybe putting up a card.
But we're paying 1,000 dollars a month for this 2 bed room, 2 bathroom apartment.
And some people might think that's a little bit expensive for Mexico City.
But this is one of the best neighborhoods, one of the safest neighborhoods.
We have a doorman in this building.
We could have gotten a studio or a 1 bed room.
But she might have some family and friends visiting.
I might have a friend or two coming here.
So I kind of like the option of having the second bedroom.
Overall i'm happy with this choice.
Now we're actually going to head out into the city.
Walk around Roma a little bit.
And head for the gym and show you what it's like.
We made it to the street and we're walking to the gym.
And on the way I might point out a couple of cool things.
So one of the first things we discovered about our street is that are three different taco shops pretty much back to back.
And we tried all of them.
Our first day.
And maybe we'll save that for another video.
Alittle taco tasting and some tortas.
Here you can actually buy tortillas.
Yes.
Explain this place.
Special store to buy tortillas.
The only thing you're going to find are tortillas and something we call Masa.
The thing we use to make tortillas.
And it's very importnat because for Mexican people
We always need to have tortillas in the house.
So one of the things that strikes me first about Roma Norte. Our little micro-neighborhood in Mexico City.
Is the amount of trees, the amount of greenery.
A lot of shade.
And the architecture on these buildings is gorgeous.
While there is plenty of pollution in CDMX
And there's a lot of cars.
A lot of noise.
The streets in certain neighborhoods like La Roma for example
Are full of cafes. It has a real European flair to it.
We made it to the gym.We both have to go sign up for memberships.
I don't think they'd be to happy if i was filming that.
So i'm going to turn my camera off until we get inside.
And then I may have to switch cameras.
You just have to put this coin in here.
Close the door.
And.. Voila.
I'm going to be filming the rest of my time at the gym, like this.
This is interesting, they actually have weights here in kilograms and pounds.
Being the american that I am of course I gravitated towards the 45 lbs
over the 20 kilo plates.
I actually got a pretty nice work out here. This is better than some gyms i've joined in the United States.
And it is absolutely humongous.
And it's about four floors.
So i'm going to show you guys a couple of the really cool features here.
The views here are incredible.
I've never been to a gym that had a boxing ring.
This is the crossfit area.
I don't think i'm quite good enough shape to make it up here.. But maybe one day?
Rome wasn't built in one day, neither your health.
Neither is your health.
Close enough.
What do you think a gym that has 5 flights of stairs?
Is that a joke or is that a good thing for people?
Man i'm getting tired walking seriously.
Alright amigos these vlogs are going to get more exciting I promise you.
I just wanted to show you some of the day to day things
About living in a new city.
Because I know a lot of other videos concentrate just on tourist things.
So let me know do you like when I cover this sort of thing?
Or would you prefer more touristy spots?
Definitley let me know that in the comments down below.
And certainly like, share, and subscribe to Here Be Barr for more
Adventures form Mexico City.
Thanks for watching.
This is the shower. It's a pretty nice size.
And this door won't keep moving. Ok.
You can stop moving really.
Stay.
Stay .Stay.