081106 - Mexico City


081106 - After days of taking the same route to work I asked Raul to drive us a different way. We only altered the route by a couple of blocks and we came to a very large square, the second largest in the world, second to only the Red Square in Moscow. The boarder of the square was palaces, this very old church and museums. Much better route this day.

081105 - Andre & Mark flew home today.

081104 - Full day at the office. On the way home we were stuck in traffic for two hours, for about 30 minutes of those 2 hours we had a police bus behind us sirens blazing... The traffic jams were caused by a plane crash. The VP of Mexico was in a small jet and it actually crashed on to the busy streets of Mexico City, about 5 miles from our hotel. 8 died in the plane and about 15 cars were destroyed as they were crashed into. When we got back to the hotel we went to the lounge to watch the results of the USA presidential election. Obama won, and the House and Senate are now also controlled by Democrats. Now there will be no one for them to blame... I got a late night call from Dad, he did not win his go at the County Commissioner. He did not sound too upset, but it could not be easy; he put a lot of time and effort in his campaign. The economic climate at the moment is not good, so might be for the best that he wait this round out. I am very proud of him for running and the experience that comes with it was good. There are many people out there that really like him and showed him great support. Sorry you didn't win Dad, I still love you ;-)
081103 - Normal day at work on site. Lori told me tonight when I called that Mr. Smalley our next door neighbor died. His wife Helen died about a year ago.

081102 - Andre, Mark & I worked all day. We started in the lounge, moved to the office floor then back to the lounge until they kicked us out. We all regrouped when Tom arrived for some dinner.