My latest trip to Mexico City is one that I won't forget.The trip itself went well. I was able to schedule the necessary meetings with the necessary people. I accomplished, from a business perspective, everything I wanted to accomplish.
There were some minor inconveniences:
- Upon arrival at the Benito Juarez Airport, I had to complete a short 'health form' in immigration. This is part of the H1N1 flu containment.
- On my way back home, I had my temperature scanned before I was allowed to board the plan.
- In between, the hotel was running about 1/3 staff, will all the restaurants closed, so we were forced to seek sustenance outside of the hotel.
Eating outside the hotel made my trip memorable for a couple of reasons.
The entire Memorial Day weekend, I suffered from that old ailment known as Montezuma's Revenge. After two years and 20+ trips to Mexico, it was my first encounter with the great Montezuma. It was brutal.
I'm not sure where I picked up the bug, but it could have been at the Sanborn's restaurant.
Or it could have been this other restaurant which gave me the second reason to remember this trip. My Mexican associates introduced me to escamoles. These are ant eggs, cooked in butter, that you eat on a tortilla as an appetizer. They were extremely good, but may also be responsible for my Memorial Day malady.
In any event, I better heal up quickly because I have to go back to Mexico City next week. At least now I have a good excuse to drink beer with dinner. And no mas escamoles.
Until next time, Montezuma willing,
Big S Ranch
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