Rest, 5 Hour Bus Ride, Pyramids, Out Again

I haven't written since Thursday...and that's because I've been sooo busy!!! Really, nothing happened on Friday. It was the last day of class for the week, and we had to rest for our first excursion. Having to wake up at 5:00 in the morning usually isn't that hard for me to do, but I just happened to sleep through my first 2 alarms. We had to meet at 5:45, and I woke up at 5:30. We were supposed to leave at 5:35...

Definitely had to rush and didn't get to prepare myself like

I wanted to, but we made the bus and finally got there with the rest of the group. The bus ride lasted 4 and a half hours! I felt like I was back in high school driving to a marching band competition (ha, did I just admit that...?). We finally arrived and set out to climb the pyramids at Teotihuacan. The 2 main pryamids are El Piramide del Sol and El Piramide de la Luna. It was so beautiful there, and it actually wasn't nearly as difficult to climb to the top as we thought!

El Piramide del Sol

El Piramide de la Luna

El Piramide de la Luna behind me

While at Teotihuacan, I bought so many souvenirs for my friends and family and spent at least 500-600 pesos! Our director of the program told us that everything is cheaper there, so I just went ahead and bought almost everything I needed. It's good to have most of that finished already.

After the bus ride back to the city, we decided to go out to eat at a place called Santo Cafe. It's a really nice place, and you can eat on the bridge that overlooks the street. I love it. Here are some pictures:

View from the bridge outside, where we sat

Side of the restaurant, looking into the windows

All the girls...you can see the effect the sun had on us at Teotihuacan. ha

After that, we went out to Zilch and Boga again. There was a really good band who came to perform at Zilch, and then we went to Boga to try and practice salsa dancing. It didn't work out too well, but we had a good time as always.

Slow day

We had a pretty slow day yesterday, since we didn't have anything to do in the evening. Again, class was interesting. Our professor for music class is going to take us to el Mercado Hidalgo on Friday to look at the CDs. At the market, they only cost 10 pesos (less than $1 US)! Of course, I have already downloaded some songs on Napster, but I'd really like to buy some CDs before I leave. The Aztecs' version of the creation of the world is so interesting!!! I am absolutely loving that class.

I think I had the best soup ever today. It was tortilla soup with avocados in it, cheese, and some chips. Just delicious.

We walked through the city after lunch and I took some pictures. The lighting for the pictures wasn't all that great, and I had also switched the megapixels on my camera (they definitely don't look as sharp). Here are a couple of my favorites though:


We went to another salsa dancing class because it was free (for the first time), and almost all of us decided to sign up for a month of lessons. I really enjoyed this class, and I feel like I can learn a lot in a month. The next time we'll go is Monday, so I can't wait! He also said that people come to dance on the weekends, so we can practice on the weekends if we want.

I definitely think salsa dancing has become my new obsession...