Wednesday was my first full day in Mexico City.  I had been so busy getting my house packed up and getting packed for my trip that I hadn’t opened my guide book at all.  I literally hadn’t looked at a map of Mexico City or read anything about it.  I had no idea what the major attractions were or anything.  On that morning, my roommates (Teresa from Vienna and Ana from Santiago) asked me if I wanted to go to Xocimilco.  Of course I said yes even though I didn’t know a thing about it.  They said it was like a “little Venice.”  Sounds good to me, I thought.  It was a good place to go although we ended up spending more time on the metro and regional train than at the actual site.  Basically there’s all these boats and you can go on a ride through the canals.  Of course the guy tries to sell you the longest ride available, but we just did one hour.  There’s various boats along the way that will play you a song for some money or sell you some drinks.  We kept it simple though.  It was a relaxing day and a great introduction to Mexico City.