Everything went smoothly on our plane trip to Mexico City. We even got smart at the airport and walked to the other side of the airport to get a good deal on our taxi cab. The taxi cab ride was a ride of it's own. Vince, you may be right, it'll take a bit to get used to trafic in Mexico. Good thing we won't be driving here. We got a fine welcome that first night. Heriberto, a friend of Matt's family who was an exchange student in Tacoma 22 years ago, took us out for Mariachi, Tequila and Tacos. The music was great, the Tequila was fine, and the Tacos were amazing. We got an evening tour of the city which was great with no trafic in a city of 25 million.
We went out to Tulancingo yesterday in the state of Hidalgo, and met up with Sandy, Heriberto's sister who was also an exchange student. We got to see their home, walk along the town square, which they call the floresta in this part of the country, and met their friends who have an ice cream shop there. We even got a chance to talk about the presidential race with Dr. Alejandro who owned the shop. We then went to the pyramids at Teotiuacan. The scale of these ruins are amazing, and the city was abandoned long before the Aztecs even arrived in the area. Matt and I made it up to the top of the Pyramid of the Sun... although I have to tell you, it was much easier to do when I was 17 :).
We hear in the news that there was a plane crash in Mexico City last night. We just wanted to let you all know that we are safe, and weren't close to it.
We were watching the election results last night from the Hostal with people from Mexico, Canada, Ireland and Holland. It made for an even more memorable election night.
Sending all our love,
Matt and Janelle
We went out to Tulancingo yesterday in the state of Hidalgo, and met up with Sandy, Heriberto's sister who was also an exchange student. We got to see their home, walk along the town square, which they call the floresta in this part of the country, and met their friends who have an ice cream shop there. We even got a chance to talk about the presidential race with Dr. Alejandro who owned the shop. We then went to the pyramids at Teotiuacan. The scale of these ruins are amazing, and the city was abandoned long before the Aztecs even arrived in the area. Matt and I made it up to the top of the Pyramid of the Sun... although I have to tell you, it was much easier to do when I was 17 :). We hear in the news that there was a plane crash in Mexico City last night. We just wanted to let you all know that we are safe, and weren't close to it.
We were watching the election results last night from the Hostal with people from Mexico, Canada, Ireland and Holland. It made for an even more memorable election night.
Sending all our love,
Matt and Janelle
1 comment:
Can you believe our election!?!?! I am so excited about it. :) I'm glad you guys are having a great time in Mexico City and have fun on your trip down to Oaxaca! Love ya guys. Em
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