Thursday started out as another pretty chill day. We made the decision to go to Coyoacan in the afternoon. Got all dressed and ready...when David realized it was Thursday! Since his car has out-of-state plates, it's not allowed to "circulate" on certain days (I believe it's due to the air quality or traffic or something like that) which means that he can only drive around his neighborhood, not down on the main avenue or anywhere else. His days just so happen to be Thursday and Saturday and we just totally didn't even think of that. *Groan* So we changed out of our nice clothes, into something more casual, and hopped on his bike to find somewhere to eat. Oscar had recommended a good seafood place on the main avenue, so we headed that way. It was actually pretty good! David ordered us a michelada con camarones y ostiones (pretty much beer with shrimp and oysters in it)....sounded strange to me but it was actually really good!! I mean we both love shrimp and oysters, and the beer was a michelada so had some extra flavor to it and went really well with the seafood. Then he ordered me something, I don't remember what it was called, but it was a filet of fish baked in foil with like EVERY kind of seafood meat....shrimp, oysters, mussels, octopus, crabmeat....omg it was so good!! HUGE, so I couldn't finish it all, but really, really good!
Afterwards David wanted to take me to this bar he had heard of. We ended up finding it and grabbing a table. It was the CUTEST little place...crowded but cozy. They had a guy there playing guitar and singing some romantic-like songs (of course I couldn't really understand the lyrics but the music was amazing). And the coolest thing was, (and forgive me because I don't really know how to say this) he didn't have a full hand on his right hand! I always think that's an amazing thing to see, when someone overcomes an obstacle to develop such a talent like that.
So I had a watermelon martini and David had a beer. I'm usually apprehensive about ordering cocktails or mixed drinks down in Mexico, because a lot of times they don't make them properly (had a cosmo once that was basically cranberry juice cocktail) or make the mixed drinks REALLY weak (not worth it). So I tend to stick to beer unless we're making our own drinks. But this martini was GOOD. Then, at the next table over, we saw this girl order some incredible flaming martini-looking drink. David asked the server what it was, and it was actually a shot! Blue curacao, Baileys, and Kahlua layered in a martini glass, which the server put two knives across and then balanced three glasses pyramid-style on top, lit some absinthe-type liqueur on fire and then poured it over the glasses, landing in the martini glass. While he was doing this, I was supposed to start drinking through a straw. Now if you know me, you know I drink. And I love shots. But this was almost too much for me! I have video of the whole process, I'll try to post it here later if I can! But it was crazy!
After that, we asked for the check (I am no lightweight when it comes to alcohol, but I was definitely feeling tipsy after that shot). Headed back to the house where we ended up meeting Gina and Oscar to hang out for a little bit. We grabbed some drinks from David's bar and sat out front for a while just chatting and listening to music. Then we got hungry so we headed down to our favorite "cheese tacos" place! (I don't even know what it's called, it's just delicious!) After eating a ton of food, we headed up the hill/mountain to this overlook place to hang out a little more. A gorgeous view of Mexico City and great company rounded out the fifth day of my trip.
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