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Everyone keeps asking me where I'm living for the next 2 years....

This is how one of my future roommates, who's there right now, explained the area, "Santa Fe was once its own city but is now considered part of Mexico City (called Colonia Santa Fe). It is very far to the west and about a half hour from the nearest metro line. The brief history (google santa fe to read more) is that Santa Fe used to be the garbage dump for Mexico city. Then not too far back the gov't started a clean up project and decided to build a bunch of skyscrapers and try to make the dump into a business district. So a nice jesuit university, some resturants, a shopping mall, and a bunch of business were built where the dump used to be, thus dislocating the people that were living in small shacks there. So el PUEBLO de Santa Fe was established (this is where we live) and is filled with all the families that were forcefully removed from the dump. I'm not sure how long ago all of this happened... but there it is."

So there you go... explained much better than I could.

I will be living with 3 girls there...introductions to them once I meet them myself. =)

My address will be:
We have one address (our house) for letters or anything about the size of our mail box slot! That address is:
Lisa Rottler
Fco. Javier Mina #4
Col. Santa Fe Pueblo
Delg. Álvaro Obregón
C.P. 01210
México, D.F.

packages go to the parish because someone is normally there to recieve them.
Lisa Rottler
Misionaros del Verbo Encarnado
Parroquia de la Asunción
Galeana #110
Col. Santa Fe Pueblo
Delg. Álvaro Obregón
C.P. 01210
México, D.F.

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