Of Learning: メキシコ！The End!

あたしはおそいね…ごめんなさい！メキシコのりょこうの最後のブログです。きれいな写真がたくさんありますよ！

Sorry this is so late! (>_<) It's hard to write about a trip that is so old... Anyway, after Oaxaca, we took the night bus back to Mexico City, and that's where we spent our last few days. Our hostel was right next to the Zocalo, so the first thing we saw in the morning while looking for the hostel was this:

The Zocalo with a view on the Cathedral.

Background: The National Palace.

What are these weird, colorful animals?
We're not sure either, but it has to do with the Day of the Dead...

The hostel's location was perfect to visit the Cathedral and the National Palace (part of which is now a museum), so that's what we did first.

Inside the Cathedral

Inside the National Palace.

Then we headed to the Templo Mayor – a compound of ruins right in the middle of the city.

One of the patios within the Templo Mayor. See the rows of skulls on that wall?
Background: the Cathedral.

This painted bas-relief of the dismenbered goddess of the moon is
one of the most famous findings in Templo Mayor. (Reproduction)

The rest of the day we spent walking around the old center of Mexico City. We mostly walked along the main streets... Got some delicious ice cream, and found a few gems...

Mexico City's Art Museum.

Day of the Dead Art. Chalk on whatever-the-ground-was-made-of.

Unique bench!

それから、つぎの日に、バスでTeotihuacanにいきました。Teotihuacanはメキシコシティのちかくにあります。It is a huge Aztec compound, with three famous temples: the Temple of the Feathered Serpent, the Pyramid of the Moon and the Pyramid of the Sun. It's a trek to go from the first (at one end of the straight road that runs through the linearly arranged compound) to the last (at the other end), but it was worth it. It was a beautiful day, too.

Inner façade of the Temple of Feathered Serpents. Heads of feathered serpents alternating with
Tlaloc heads (four-eyed, snake-like god). We can see the bodies of the serpents in bas-relief.

Pyramid of the Moon.

The view from the Pyramid of the Moon (but a fraction of the whole complex).

Pyramid of the Sun.
(Huge building – the biggest of the three, but somehow not as interesting.)

Finally, we spent our last day in Mexico visiting just one museum in Mexico City: the National Museum of Anthropology. This museum is so worth the money, the time, and the energy!! I could have spent at least two days in there... There's just too much to show, but just a few highlights for me: