On our first day of vacation, we decided to go to the Pyramids. I always wanted to go there, but did not have time on the other trips. I also mentioned to the driver that I would like to go to the Virgin de Guadalupe Church and he suggested we went to see both on the same day since the "Basilica" is on the way to the pyramids. And so we did, the kids, the driver and I. it took about 40 minutes to get there.
The neighborhood where the churches are is a little rough. I say the churches because there are several churches at the same site. All of them have been home to the image of the Virgin. Well, we couldn't park at the churches parking lot because many streets were closed. We parked a few blocks away and had to walk thru a street market to get there. I did not feel very safe walking around with the kids and I won't bring them back if I have to return there. We visited 4 churches but decided not to climb the mountain. We had to save some energy for the pyramids. I thought we would see a statue of the virgin but all we saw was a painting.
After visiting the churches we headed to the Pyramids. It took us about an hour to get there and the drive wasn't so bad. We decided not to hire a guide, I had studied some history before the trip to explain things to the kids and we wanted the freedom to go wherever and whenever we wanted to- the guides were charging 500 pesos to foreigners and 200 pesos to locals but you can negotiate the local price but they only spoke spanish.
The pyramids were impressive. We were told by a local that we had to climb them in a zig zag pattern not to upset the Gods. And so we did not to take any chances. We got to the top tired. The kids had to take a couple of breaks, but we were glad we climbed. Going down was much easier. We also visited the museum. Then it was time to have lunch and go back to Mexico City and try to avoid traffic.
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