Teotihuacan

On Sunday we went to Teotihuacan! (Tay-oh-tee-wah-con) It was amazing.

Funny story though. Daylight Savings Time happened in the States yesterday so us American girls assumed it was the same here and changed our clocks... And ended up at the bus station an hour early. As if 4 a.m. wouldn't have been early enough. Hahaha. Oh man.

We took a tour bus to go see the pyramids because we're not allowed to go to Mexico City (which is where they are) unless it's part of a tour. I guess it's dangerous or something. Anyway, it was awesome!

First they dropped us off and we looked at the "artesanias" - cool crafty things they make there.

All the pretty rocks they have in Mexico.

Artesanias

Voladores! They have these at pretty much every historical site we've visited.

La Piramide del Sol - The Pyramid of the Sun

Just some gueritas. 

Me, Edwin, Mandy, and Daniel.

 That's us on top of the Pyramid of the Sun. You can see the Pyramid of the Moon in the background. It was way cool! This site was HUGE and from on top of the pyramid you could see it all! So beautiful. I'm glad they let people climb them because when my family went to Chichen Itza and Tulum a few years back they didn't let you get on!

Just one of the many, many, MANY little pyramids.

Mandy, Edwin, and me.

Random side note. There were a ton of Americans here! It was so weird to see white people and to hear English! An American lady took this picture for us on top of the Pyramid of the Moon.

I love Teotihuacan!

My favorite line of the day was a vendor holding up this little hatchet made of obsidian to me and saying, "Muy barato para tu boyfriend!" (Very cheap for your boyfriend.) Hahaha. No gracias.

After about six hours at the ruins the bus took us to eat. They took us to this super nice buffet, which looked really fun until we found out it was 150 pesos per person! Which is like 15 bucks. No thank you! Our group headed down the street instead and bought some street food. This actually turned out really fun because they get a lot of tourists in Mexico City so all the restaurant guys descended on us like hungry sharks to feed. We'd have one guy say, "Free quesadilla!" And then the other guy says, "Free quesadilla and drink!" And it just kept going until we found something that looked good at a good price. And it didn't disappoint!

Plus some hilarious teenage boys wanted to take pictures with me and Betsy, so we let them. "Una fotp amiga? Pleeeease?" Haha all right. So I posed with each one of them while the others took a picture on their cell phones. So funny.

Then we hopped back on the bus and they took us to an ex-convent! We didn't go inside because it was like 42 pesos to get in and another 45 to take pictures. Unless you happen to be Mexican, then you get in free. Same thing at the pyramids! Dumb right? Oh well.

The group. We love each other!

Me standing by some giant ex-convent doors.

Ex-convent!

My favorite part of this part of the trip though was Jen, Sara, and I talking to our bus driver for about 20 minutes. We talked about a lot of things, but what stuck with me was him telling us that in twenty years of driving busses we were the first Americans to speak to him in Spanish. How sad is that? It makes me sick to think how many Americans come to Mexico without even learning basic Spanish vocabulary and expect everyone there to cater to their needs. Be polite and at least try. They really appreciate it.

Anyway, after this we headed back! And guess what we saw on our way home? You'll never guess.

That's right, amigos, SNOW! Mexico is a lot less hot than people think. It is quite warm a lot, but it also gets pretty chilly. But I never guessed I would see snow! So crazy.

It was a great day! Exhausting, but very worth it. Go there if you can!