The Longest Xmas Day

We left Heathrow at 12.40 flew for 11 hours and landed in Mexico City at 18.00 – not sure if we will get used to these time zones. Vegetarian Xmas Day lunch at 39,000 feet was an international affair – green salad with French dressing; mushroom and spinach risotto with an optional dressing of Mexican chilli sauce; English mince pie and cream; Californian wine and French brandy. First impressions of Mexico City as we were driven from the airport just as it was getting dusk were not favourable – far more gritty than Naples and roads that make those in Hackney seem like well-repaired super-highways. However we soon checked in at our über –cool 21st floor room at the W and looked out over a vast metropolis of 25 million people. The room has a shower (with hammock) at one end. Luxuriously quirky and our treat to ourselves before we start touring.