Nutcracker on Ice? Yes, Ice!

Part of the Christmas festivities in the Zocalo includes a showing of The Nutcracker on Ice. As we mentioned before, they built a HUGE ice-skating rink in the Zocalo. Each night at 6pm, they put on a show. Since the week engagement was ending soon, we thought we'd check it out. It was also my maiden voyage on the metro. Despite the rumors I've heard about it being dirty and unreliable, it was awesome! It was extremely clean and quick. We made it to the Zocalo but 5:30 but by that time, there was a line that snaked across the Zocalo about 4 times. We knew we wouldn't make the cut when at 6:30 they actually announced that the people at the end of the line were SOL. They made the announcement very politely and asked us to return at 2pm the following day? You mean to tell me those people were standing there for 4 1/2 hours? That's insane!

Instead, we grabbed some food "to go" and scoped out a spot to see the 'Cracker from afar. As luck would have it, a group of Peruvian wood flutists set up shop DIRECTLY in front of us. They assembled their mini stage/sound system right under our noses. We couldn't help but laugh at how funny it was. I was prepared to take a stand and stay strong in our awkward positions in the middle of their show. But after they played Paul Simon's "El Condor Pasa" for the second time, we conceded defeat. It turned out to be in our best interest since just a few steps away there was a flatscreen to project the ice ballet. We got some great real estate on the ground and waited for the show to start. It was so cute...a little girl sitting behind us stumbled over to Luc and was amazed by the sight of him. She started playing with his fuzzy arm hair! Oh Mexico!