Feliz Ano Nuevo!

Arrived in Mexico City early on the 31st, just a couple days before the start of our next 9-day Mexican Volcanoes trip. We thought we would spend New Year's in an interesting, presumably hoppin' cosmopolitan city.

Interesting and cosmopolitan it is, hoppin' on New Year's it is not.

With most storefronts and restaurants shuttered, the city seemed more prepared for a cataclysm than a celebration.

But we managed to find some charming bars to hang out in for a bit, and zipped over to the Reforma, purported to draw millions to the streets to bring in the New Year. Well, it must be a really big street, because it hardly felt crowded.

We parked it near the live music minutes before the countdown. It took a bit more thought to reverse my numbers in Spanish, but I eventually found "uno" and fireworks blasted directly overhead. Right in the middle of the city. One of the many things you see in Mexico that you would just never see in the US.

Solo en Mexico!