Aug 14, Mexico City.
I'm super tired after a great day. Woke spontaneously, happily, early. It's been a long time since that happened. My pastry shop was packed & whenever possible I use lines as an indicator of when to be places. I left the pre work crowd to their pastries & made an early grocery run. Then went back for wonderful pastries with no line. Transit adventures. Chapultepec park. Museo Tamayo (contemporary art, loved it! I decided to check my bag including my phone as a break so I have no pics). Lunch in the park. Got a shave and haircut (so-so but happy to be lighter). I packed a frozen water bottle in the morning; that paid off all day! (Previous days my purchased water would warm before I finished so I came up with this idea & loved it. Put in another one waiting for tomorrow. Yes I know that double walled travel bottles solve this problem but I keep deciding that I don't need them. It's a whole thing to be explained elsewhere. I just don't want one so far. Since tap water isn't potable here I have to buy bottled water anyway.) I boarded a crowded bus moments before the sky opened up. Heavy downpour for quite a long time, so long in fact that I rode the bus past my stop. Kept recalculating what to do. Got off bus and ran into a shop. Quickly got bored. Took the bus again in the reverse direction, back into town, exited at a stop with the shortest walk to a restaurant. Had dinner watching the rain. Deep puddles in Mexico City can be terrifying, particularly when vehicles turn those puddles into a crashing waves of water. Phew so glad I kept relatively dry. Thankful for the quality hooded rain jacket I bought, lightweight & collapsible. After my meal the rain had stopped and I took the same bus back again. Amazing walk through Tlatelolco ruins & outdoor art to my Airbnb. Right now is the worst part of the day. My pain increases at night with nothing to do to distract, I need rest & find it hard to get. Oh and there's an extremely loud unending beat on this Friday night that started about midnight. I can't imagine how loud it must be to be wherever it's originating considering how much it's disturbing me in my room with windows closed and thick curtains drawn. I don't anticipate sleep any time soon & simply hope that I don't lose my mind or become aggro. Sigh. I know I'm old but such a high volume level just isn't healthy. I'm a tinnitus sufferer since my 20s, with no idea what causes it. I certainly spent time in loud clubs.
🌈 Rartsy Rob en México
in reply to 🌈 Rartsy Rob en México • • •Traveling solo, even a day spent in a big city might have very few direct interactions with others. The one that I'll cherish today occurred on the metro. I had sipped from a water bottle & I was using a bag within a bag system. Interior nylon bag, loose & expandable for potential purchases; & at that point I was using it to separate food & drink from the dry contents of the leather messenger bag. The woman nearest to me, stylishly dressed, saw me fighting to hold my bag open while using my hands to pack the bag. She simply reached one hand over, never touching the bag interior just holding its outside edge to keep it wide mouthed for me. Smiles & very few words spoken. Ahhh.
She later repositioned herself & she's the white clad arm & leg peeking out from behind the plastic divider. Thank you, thoughtful stranger!
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Rob 🏳️🌈 Rartsy Humanist
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