I came to México City with high hopes and few expectations. I really did not know what to expect. My first impressions were typical: "Wow, this is a big city. Lots of people and everyone is speaking Spanish." Arriving at my extremely boring (but nice, amenity-wise) hotel, I decide to take a trip around the block in search of food and adventure. I'm too excited to be hungry, but I buy a pastry and a bottle of apple juice anyway. Happily consuming the fruits of my poquito de español, I am content to explore a country completely foreign to my previous experiences. I am alone, walking in a narrow alleyway of an unfamiliar city. I've never been happier. And this is only day one.