Mexico City, visiting the Teotihuacan pyramids

Another day trip before the wedding was to Our Lady of Guadalupe and Teotihuacan, the great pyramids north of mexico city.  But to start the trip, we visited some ruins in the city first.  this place was called the Plaza de las Tres Culturas, or place of three cultures.  this was because there were the ancient temples, the newer churches, and then the modern building around it. as you can tell, the church looks just like the pyramid brick wise.  thats because when the spanish came, they tore…

Mexico City, visiting Coyoacán again and Frida Kahlo’s House

On the eight day in Mexico City, we met more of the wedding guests for the first time in the morning.  the plans for the day were to take the city bus on a tour to Coyoacán, with the intent to see some of the city on the way there.  once there we would visit La Casa Azul, or Frida Kahlo’s house, and after that eat a late lunch. So, that morning we all got together and walked towards the bus. [flickr id=”11087364545″ thumbnail=”large” overlay=”false” size=”large” group=””…

Mexico City, Anthropology Museum

On the last day of our first week in Mexico City, people were to start arriving that evening for the wedding.  but we still had the day to spend, so we decided to go to the anthropology museum in the morning.  Noa had been before, so it was mostly for me.  I had read the history of Mexico the previous day in our guide book on the bus tour, so i had some things i really wanted to see, and others that were not as…