Seeing the Pyramids is an awesome experience. You just can’t imagine how big they are until you are at the top looking down. The Pyramid to the Sun is the 3rd largest in the world. Climbing up the 248 steps was not easy. However the lines were so long and so slow that we made it ok. The city was 15 km square and its population was 150,000. The largest city in Europe at that time was 75,000. The city was divided in neighborhoods according to their craft. Each neighborhood had a leader called a Priest. The city was inhabited in 150 BC and abandoned in 750 AD after internal fighting became rampant. The archeologists are still exploring the area. They have only begun to work. Much is left to be discovered Having learned all we did just makes us want to know more. Here is a web site so you can begin to learn if you want. http://www.differentworld.com/mexico/areas/mexico-city/guide-teotihuacan.htm

When we arrived back in Mexico City we went first to the Plaza where the old and new Basilica de Guadalupe are. The old Basilica was built in 1531 and an addition built in 17th century Because of the condition of the old cathedral and the size of the pilgrimage the new one was built between 1974 and 1976. It is 300 feet in diameter and can accommodate 50,000 people. Mass is held there every hour from 6 AM to 8 PM every day of the year. It is a beautiful building with a very modern style.