In Plaza de la Constitucion, Mexico City
Before we left for our Pan-American trip, my dad asked me: “Are you going to Mexico City?”
I told him that we weren’t planning to go because we heard that the traffic is absolutely terrible. There are over 21 million people in Greater Mexico City. That’s 21 times the population of Calgary. The traffic in Calgary can be pretty bad, so we figured that navigating through Mexico’s largest metropolis would be a nightmare.
“Papa, I don’t think it would be safe for us to drive there,” I said.
“Oh, ok,” my dad replied. Then he paused, looking pensive. When my dad has this pensive look, I know that he has something else to say.