On the other hand...

Some nice things:

• Our roommates at the last hostel were adorable: a large group of students from a university in Mexico City, they were here making a documentary film called "The 50 Faces of Cervantino." Goofy, sweet, and friendly. Some of them came in at about 3am, and were a bit noisy, but it didn't really matter. I thought they were referring to us when they kept shushing each other to not wake the "novios" but this morning we discovered that some of them had arrived earlier and shared beds -- probably they were the "novios."
• The guys at that hostel carried our large wheely suitcases down the stairs on their backs for us to the taxi. Phew! Peter and I managed to use the on-the-back technique to get them up the stairs of our new hostel.
• The new hostel is not nearly as nice as the old one, but at least it's right in the center and the women who work here are really nice (I think they might be a couple). Plus, bagels? Que padre!
• One abundant type of street food I'm looking forward to trying are corn chips in the shape of little bowls with fillings like beans, cheese, salsa.
• While we waited for the hostel folks to show up (see previous entry), we bought some churros from a guy who was walking around shouting, "Churros! They don't make you fat...at least until you eat them!"
• Whereas I never really got the internet to work at the last hostel, this one works perfectly. Hence, the blog.