Buenas Noches en la Ciudad de Mexico

Well, we´re still trying to recover from lack of sleep - so we slept quite late today. Then had lunch at a vegetarian restaurant, then booked a tour for tomorrow to go to the Teotihuacan pyramids outside of the city (as well as to the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe, and the Plaza of 3 Cultures). This afternoon, we rode the subway to the Museo Nacional de Antropologia and spent several hours there. It is a huge and very well designed museum, with different rooms for the different cultures of Mesoamerica. Also noticed while walking around near the Museum, and near Chapultepec Park (largest park in the city), that the Paseo de la Reforma, the widest and main rode through the city, was completely closed off because of the protestors and demonstrations that had situated themselves on the road. Then we rode back to the center of the city and went up to the top of the Latin American Tower for a beautiful 360 degree view of the city, the Valley of Mexico, and the surrounding mountains and volcanoes. There were patches of rain here and there off in the distance, a rainbow, and the sun beginning to set. After descending, we walked to Chinatown and ate dinner there. I think we´ll go to bed pretty soon because we´ll get up early for the tour to the pyramids. I was able to get in touch with my mexican host family and we´ll plan to visit them at their home in Cuernavaca on Friday. They sounded excited to hear from me, and it will be neat to get to visit with them again.Well, I guess that's about it for now. Hope ya´ll have a great night and a great Thursday!