First day of work here was interesting. I am over here to help the guys out with some new technology that we have and they have never seen it. It made for some interesting times in trying to explain how it all works. Training in “spanglish” is certainly something interesting, not dissimilar to when I had to train in China and they all only spoke Mandarin. It’s a lot of waving of the arms and things progress very very slowly.
After 4 hours or so of training we hit the road again to go and see some of their sites for work. Most of you know how much time I spend in shopping centres for work, so it was no surprise to find myself in a couple more in Mexico, and surprise, surprise, they all look exactly the same as shopping centres everywhere else.
We cruised around through the Zoccalo, which is the main square in town on the way back. The Zoccalo is Stunning. It is in the Centro historico area of the city which is the original spot where the Maya settled Mexico City a couple of thousand years ago. The Zoccalo and the big church next to it are actually built on top of the original Maya ruins. Just amazing.
The Zoccalo is like stepping out of a third world country into the central Europe. The Buildings, the history, the architecture are breathtaking. We came down a beautiful street with intricate sandstone walls and then BANG, opening in front of you is the Zoccalo. I loved it.
We then headed back to the hotel for some great Mexican food, followed by my first Corona of the trip. Followed by about another 20. These guys know how to drink, I think its because of all the chilli in their food…….
Tomorrow is a long day with a day shift followed by a full nightshift in the shopping centre. Not really looking forward to that.
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