TEOTIHUACAN!!!!
Today we drove to the ruins of Teotihuacan. On the way there I was pulled over by Mexico City police for speeding and using my cell phone. They said they’d let me go if I paid them $8,100 pesos. It felt like a shake down. They took my e mail address down to send me a “receipt” would you like to guess if I ever got a receipt?
We finally arrived at the ruins and it was amazing. Below are some of my favorite photos from the day. What wasn’t photographed were the thousands of people peddling their little trinkets for the kids. Every 50ft we had to tell a person “no thank you”. And we probably walked a couple miles today. We bought some items, mostly for other people. The kids bought things that made noises. The items were animals that made their own, owls, eagles, jaguars. It was a hard ride home.
When climbing up the first pyramid (the pyramid of the moon) our second child was kind of terrified of how steep and high up it was. He refused to walk up the Pyramid of the Sun, a much much higher pyramid. So we kind of nudged him into climbing up the pyramid and on the way down he was not happy. I taught him the Littany Against Fear from the Dune Saga and he said that worked for him.
After we left Teotihuacan, we drove back to Mexico City to have a late lunch/early dinner. We tried a place recommended by our close friend Jackie who grew up in Mexico City. The food was great, but the restaurant wasn’t very kid friendly. It would be great for a date night. Tomorrow we go see La Muñeca Island. Google it, but not at night.
Our Family Adventure 