{"id":898,"date":"2009-01-02T21:44:56","date_gmt":"2009-01-03T02:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=898"},"modified":"2009-01-02T23:07:48","modified_gmt":"2009-01-03T04:07:48","slug":"winter-fun-in-mexico-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2009\/winter-fun-in-mexico-city.html","title":{"rendered":"Winter Fun in Mexico City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>After getting some advice from our friends <a href=\"http:\/\/ymimexico.org\/2008\/12\/15\/zocalo-ice-rink-panorama\/\">the Poulettes<\/a>, we decided to go down to the Mexico City Zocalo for a little winter fun.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The highlight of the day was <i>supposed<\/i> to be ice skating, but there was an <i>8 hour wait<\/i>. &nbsp;So much for that!<\/p>\n<p>However, Nathanael got the chance to go <b>tubing in the snow<\/b>. &nbsp;And Hannah and Nathanael both <b>built snowmen<\/b> (little ones &#8211; you&#8217;ll see). &nbsp;We also got to visit the market and the <a href=\"http:\/\/gomexico.about.com\/od\/sights\/ss\/df_walking_5.htm\">Sanbourns restaurant at the house of tiles<\/a>, so we had fun.<\/p>\n<p>Having missed the skating at the zocalo, we decided to try out <b>our skating rink here in Ixtapaluca<\/b> today. &nbsp;As far as we know, this was Hannah and Nathanael&#8217;s first time on skates! &nbsp;It was fun, but I think we all used a lot of muscles that we don&#8217;t use all that often.&nbsp; \ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s some video and pictures &#8211; first downtown Mexico City, then here in Ixtapaluca. &nbsp;Grandpa and Grandma Winger were along, but only Grandpa went skating this time&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After getting some advice from our friends the Poulettes, we decided to go down to the Mexico City Zocalo for a little winter fun. 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