On December 27, I flew to Mexico City with my dad and brother Adam for a six-day vacation, and we fit a lot of great experiences in! Here are a few photos:

<– Adam on Pyramid of the Sun (MUCH bigger than I expected! Awesome!!) with the Pyramid of the Moon in the background at Teotihuacan.


–> Inside the Amecameca cathedral. With two 17,000’+ volcanoes towering over the city, think of Amecameca as Mecca for alpine pilgrims.

Adam flew home the day after our Izta hike (he made it above 16,000′, I made it to 15,500′, and dad made it to 14,800′). Dad and I then headed south to Cuernavaca where Dad would take a 2-week Spanish immersion class.
–> On New Year’s Eve, Dad and I visited Xochicalco (try saying that three times fast!) which rose about the time Teotihuacan fell (700 AD).
<– Dad’s school. Looks fantastic.
We went to mass next to a 600 year old cathedral and welcomed in 2012 with the family of the pension owner where we stayed. Great people! All very nice. ^ note the Mayan calendar t-shirt.
I caught the bus back up to the DF and flew home the next day.