What the world looks like from down here...

Pictures!  I finally pulled out the camera and snapped a few this afternoon.  And now, I present them to you:

The view of our building from the outside.  Ours is the little white door to the right of the garage, and our apartment is on the 3rd floor (window open, no balcony).

Dining room

Living room

Looking into the kitchen.

And... the kitchen!  (Remember those little mini-fridges we used to have in our dorm rooms?  Yeah, we're reliving those days.)

And a view of the whole place.  Don't blink, you might miss it.

Door to the bedroom (where Luke is taking a nap, so no pictures in there today), and the bathroom to the right, featuring...

... a bidet!  Neither Luke nor I had ever seen one of these things before, and originally thought it was some sort of urinal.  One day, Luke was fiddling with the knobs and discovered, "Hey!  It's got a fountain!"

And that, friends, is our apartment.  It's small - pretty sure I've said that before.  But it does the job.  I also snapped a couple other neighborhood pictures - nothing special, just a little taste...

Kinda hard to get a feel for it, but these are 2 pictures of the Parque Espana just a couple of blocks from our place.  It's Mexico City's version of "green space".  A jungle of trees, various green plants, mulch and concrete.

An "Eco-Bici" station outside the Parque.  We've got one of these right across from our apartment, too.  It's a widely-used bike-share system in a few neighborhoods of the city - mainly the north-south strip of the city that runs through Condesa and Roma.  We've each got a membership (about $30 for a year) - Luke has used it, but I haven't tried it yet.  Apparently, the mayor of Mexico City takes a ride on one of these once a month, to help promote the use of environmentally-friendly modes of transportation.

So that's that!  There'll be more pictures soon - I promise.  In the meantime, start getting excited about the next post (coming later tonight or tomorrow because I'm tired of staring at this computer screen).  Our situation has finally changed... for the better!  I know, you're excited to read all about it, but you're going to have to wait just a little while longer...