Benito Juarez was the first democratically elected Mexican president, and also the only fully indiginous Mexican president so far. As such, he has his own holiday - kind of like our Presidents' Day - where Mexicans get the day off work but don't really know how or what to celebrate.
We still had school.
But since no one else had school or work today, there was no traffic! We got to school is less than 45 minutes. After school, we went out for hamburgers and then drove through Mexico City to get home. That route has taken me from 2-3.5 hours before. We did it in 90 minutes, with a dinner break.
Which led me to say, rather egotistically, that "this would be an amazing city if it wasn't so crowded all the time!" Or in other words, if everyone else would get out, I would like it here so much more.
Of course, the 2nd largest city in the world would lose most of it's personality and charm without the constant traffic and pollution.
Or maybe not.
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