Insect caviar! An urban green space twice the size of Central Park! The 52,000-pound Aztec Sun Stone!

The oldest and highest elevation North American metropolis dives straight into the hearts of the Exploregonians as they venture to Mexico City.

Katie and Jordan make a friend on the plane and after landing, has her parents give them all a tour of the historical heart of the city and then a pitstop to a secret doughnut experience.

Katie gushes about Mexico City’s art scene and Jordan loves the wild murals and graffiti.

Jordan forces himself to wear jeans in the heat of Mexico because he read, in order to blend in, wear pants; Thankfully, it doesn’t prevent him from enjoying all the trees in the city.

Katie is obsessed with Chapultepec, the enormous urban park twice the size of Manhattan’s Central Park. The two tour the National Anthropology Museum and Katie discovers the charming ball game in “The Road to El Dorado” is real and often ended in decapitation, but before they entered the museum, were ambush-interviewed by a group of 12-year-old boys on a field trip.

The city will always hold a special place in Katie and Jordan’s hearts.

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How do two scaredy cats celebrate Halloween? Katie does it by closing her eyes in haunted houses and Jordan wears a visor to weave through corn mazes in the daylight.

Tricks and treats abound as Katie and Jordan talk about some of their favorite memories of Halloween in Oregon, a famous movie that shot in the town of St. Helens, and Katie talks about a Care Bear costume that was just too snug in the hands as a kid and a handmade Tinkerbell costume that Katie enthusiastically cut way too short in the back.

And Katie remembers one of her favorite Halloweens ever featuring a Bollywood-enhanced version of Thriller.

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Katie thinks she’s hilarious as the podcast goes back-to-back Portlands! Jordan says it’s taking a bit of a “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace” approach.

Find out if Portland, Maine is the actual, true Original Recipe Portland and how a flip of a coin changed the destiny of both big-city American Portlands.

Katie loves the brick and ivy in the Old Port area, but really wishes she saw more people in yellow rain slickers and matching hats. Jordan is confused by New England Boat Culture and shares which state has more coastline: Oregon or Maine.

Also, hear about lobster rolls and a woman with aggressively strong boundaries.

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