{"id":985,"date":"2009-05-28T10:13:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T15:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=985"},"modified":"2009-05-28T10:13:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-28T15:13:00","slug":"errands-and-play-in-mexico-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2009\/errands-and-play-in-mexico-city.html","title":{"rendered":"Errands and Play in Mexico City"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday we spent a few hours driving through this:<\/p>\n

\"Mexico<\/center>
But there was good reason.  First, we picked up our passports, which thankfully were ready in plenty of time for our summer travels.<\/p>\n\n\n
\"Hannah,<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Then we met with our lawyer to work on some paperwork for the renewal of our visas, so the Mexican government will let us stay past the summer.<\/p>\n

Then we met up with the Poulette family<\/a>, and visited Papalote<\/a>, the children’s museum.  The picture is of Hannah, Nathanael, and Nathan Poulette playing with some sand and iron filings on magnets.<\/p>\n

It was fun, although of course we all spent time chasing our children in various directions.  \ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n

But anyway it was fun and great to catch up a little with the Poulettes, however briefly.  Be sure to check out their website<\/a>, and you can catch up with them too!<\/p>\n

Driving home took a while as we wound around some streets that were not as direct as we had hoped.  But I had time to take this picture just for you:<\/p>\n

\"Farmacia<\/center>
It says Farmacia de Dios<\/i> – yes, it’s called the Pharmacy of God<\/b>.  Names like this aren’t unusual here.  Apparently their slogan is es confianza<\/i>, which means it’s trust!<\/b>  Well, I guess if you can’t trust God’s drugstore, what can you trust?  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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