On Sunday, the whole school took a trip to Teotihuacan and then to a few sights in Mexico City.
Teotihuacan is a set of ancient pyramids that were originally built around 0 BC, although they were later used by other civilizations including, most recently, the Aztecs. The pyramids themselves were pretty amazing, although due to disrepair, some of them have been actually "reconstructed" and not always in the correct manner. The main pyramid, for example, is supposed to have four stages although it was rebuilt with 5 for some reason. It takes away from the mystical quality a bit ot know that we aren´t looking at what was really there, but nonetheless the pyramids were pretty amazing. The tallest was a few hundred feet high, although I´ve heard that the ones in Egypt are quite a bit higher and steeper. We were able to climb up most of them, which gave fantastic views as well as a great stair workout.
After Teotihuacan, we headed to Mexico City to see a museum (that I hadn´t seen yet) and the Zocalo (which I had seen). The trip was fun though... a chance to spend extra time with friends from school, see a few new sights, etc...
Tonight its off to Lucha Libre again. How can I turn that down?
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