"Bienvenidos a Teotihuacan, la ciudad de los dioses." I had to give a speech about the pyramid on top of the pyramid for my art class. I wanted to start out with that line "Welcome to Teotihuacan, the city of the gods," but I definitely didn't. The speech went alright, but my professor recorded it zoomed so that just my face was showing. It was intimidating!
We went to Mexico City this weekend and had a great time; however, we only spent two days in the city and the third day in Teotihuacan. Mexico City is the second largest city in the world, and two days is not enough to even get to know Columbus, and it's small. All in all though, I saw a lot for the time that I was there.
Teotihuacan was AMAZING! The picture above is of me in front of the Piramide del Sol (Pyramid of the Sun). It is the third largest pyramid in the world (based on volume). 2nd place is the Great Pyramid in Giza, and 3rd is another pyramid in Mexico. The base of the Piramide del Sol is the same size as the pyramid in Egypt; however, this one is about half as short. I have learned a ton about ancient Mexico and it was really cool to see everything in real life.
I have posted a lot of pictures on Picasa from my weekend. I put descriptions on most every pictures, so it's easier to see what all I did this past weekend if you go on there. If you click on the title of this post, it will take you there.
It was very weird to be coming back to Guanajuato from Mexico City and feeling as though I was pseudo-coming back home. Well, I'm going to go. Me and some of my friends from the program, as well as a few new Mexican friends, are going to a cafe or something.
Nos hablamos pronto!
1 comment:
Tyler, those pictures of Teotihuacan look unreal. I can imagine how impressive those were to see in person, because my mom was describing them to me the other day. I hope you are having an awesome time (judging by things, it seems you are doing just fine)!
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