200 pesos, $US 10 and change bought me five monster sunflowers from the flower seller off Avenida Insurgentes. He wanted 40 pesos per stem, and I gave him the asking price because I'm not sure if you bargain for flowers here. Probably, as he gave me a big smile and happily ran off to change my last 500 pesos note. Had I been able to communicate in Spanish maybe I could have gotten him to customize a bouquet of roses, gerberas, lilies and chrysanthemums, but I don't think my hosts will care. In Brooklyn, NY, their old home, likely they'd have to pay 50 bucks for these flores!
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