So much to see in Mexico City…

We’ve gotten into a routine of getting up early to take advantage of our morning energy and enthusiasm. The weather has been warm with clear skies so getting out on the street before the hoards has been refreshing. Jim corrected me - I have been in a more heavily populated city than this, but I think I must be a bit more sensitive to the crowdedness of the streets here, it’s quite amazing!
Yesterday we tried to take the metro out to Chapultepec Park, but after we’d bought our metro pass, figured which line to take, which stop to get off at, we travelled only one stop, and a policeman ushered everyone off. It became pretty obvious what we were to do - go up to the street and hop on a city bus. No one but Jim and I was confused, but we found seats on the crowded bus! We eventually got to the immense park, found our way to the National Museum of Anthropology - our destination! It’s an incredibly well laid out museum with a huge collection of artifacts and can accommodate an immense amount of people without feeling crowded. Just as we were leaving the park we saw some men performing the Maya ‘voladores’ ritual - spinning around a very high pole attached by one foot upside down!
Today, we went out to the archeological site of Teotihuacan about 50 km from the city centre. To got there we rode the metro to the end of the line, then caught a bus. It was quite an excursion that took most of the day. Teotihuacan is known today as the site with many of the most architecturally significant pyramids in mesoamerica. It’s very dry and doesn’t have the lushness of most of the other sites we’ve been to, but its sheer magnitude and history are amazing.