A Series of Tubes
A quick thought on subways: I love them. They are Lola's and my favorite way to experience a city without the hassle of traffic or the expense of taxi fares. Most interesting big cities have subways, or at least have light rail. Great cities have rail lines that go from the airport into town (I'm looking at you, Denver. Let's get it together!). Sometimes we will take a cab into town after stepping off the plane, simply because we don't have our bearings yet and our random violence paranoia and new-place shyness are both set to high, so we cab it to the hotel. After that, though, it's all subway all the time. Our trip to Mexico City last week was just like that. No different than many other subway towns we have visited: Paris, Madrid, New York, Washington D.C., Seattle, Boston, San Francisco. I thought that because the D.F. (I can call it that since we're basically Mexican nationals now after four days of seeing the sights) was so...third-worl