Climbing the Pyramid

We woke up at 2 AM last night and couldn’t get back to sleep because of jet lag, but we stayed in bed trying to doze off until 6. We never quite managed it though :) Instead, we got up and took a bus out to some very famous pyramids, the Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon, a bit north of Mexico City, Teotihuacan. Many years ago, this area was incredibly significant, as it was where people came to worship the sun and the moon. We were allowed to climb the pyramids, so we did just that. Wow, the number of steps we climbed today and the view from up there was absolutely stunning! Honny has been speaking a lot of Spanish since hardly anyone speaks English, so I’ve had to dig out my Spanish phrases too. There are so many beautiful things to buy here, so we’re going to be busy shopping :) We’ve already picked up a mask made of coral and stone. It sounds a bit odd, but it’s really gorgeous. Mexico isn’t exactly known for being a safe city, but things are improving. On the bus ride back from the pyramids, several passengers were patted down by the driver. Unfortunately, experiences show that passengers can sometimes attack others on the bus, so the drivers are very cautious about who they let on. We haven’t encountered anything alarming yet, though. Street markets are everywhere in Mexico, so we only had to step out onto the street in front of our hotel to find all sorts of stalls. One big difference here is that we can walk around peacefully and browse; hardly anyone chases after us trying to sell things... maybe that’s why we didn’t end up buying anything :) To our surprise, our hotel receptionist told us we could walk to a restaurant for dinner even though it was dark outside. Normally, we would have taken a taxi. Hmmm, could we trust that...? There were still plenty of people on the street, so we took the chance. Nothing happened at all. We found a fantastic Mexican restaurant that was designed in such a way that it felt like we were sitting outside in the middle of a large courtyard surrounded by columns and murals. Mexican food is so much more than what we know from the menus back in Denmark. We haven’t quite figured out everything we’re eating yet. But that evening, we definitely had tacos, a frozen dessert, water, beer, and a piña colada for just 330. The tacos we chose were a bit different from what we’re used to. In Denmark, tacos are half shells. Here, they were completely wrapped around the filling—and they weren’t enchiladas either ;)