Gooooaaaal!

After nearly giving up our search on Craigslist and message boards, we somehow scored a pair of last-minute tickets to the USA v. Mexico World Cup qualifier game here in Mexico City today. The sold out crowd, el partido y Estadio Azteca more than lived up to its hype around here.

We tangled through massive crowds on the metro (subway) and surrounding area to get inside the stadium, which holds 110,000+ and was originally built for the 1968 Olympics. It was a gigantic sea of El Tri green! Josh cheered for the U.S., and while I was admittedly frustrated by their uncontrolled play, I was actually rooting for Mexico because I want to see them move up in the World Cup standings. So, Josh's allegiance left us sitting among the 200 or so U.S. fans at the game. The U.S. scored the first goal of the game early on and that's when our section was first on the receiving end of flying beer cups, garbage and heckling. We had a clue this might happen when we noticed the human walls of police and shields before we took our seats. We were definitely lucky that it was a low-scoring game and that we can pull off blending in with the natives here! Some of the U.S. section was even blocked off by barbed wire! Although it was a close game, it wasn't a surprise that Mexico won since they have never lost to the U.S. at Estadio Azteca. The Mexicans' love for the game and passionate fan antics were infectious and a blast to be a part of. Insane. I'm definitely looking forward to our next game!

Bonus photo: we took a trip to El Museo de Arte Moderno over the weekend where we saw this Frida Kahlo original that many of you likely recognize.

Hope all is well with each of you and, again, thanks for keeping up with us. We're always happy to hear from you! Enjoy our first video post!

- Olivia