The Adventures of Kerri & Matt

Mexico City had a lot of cacti for a city built on a lake.

Some were flowering

But most of them weren’t.

A lot of the buildings aren’t standing quite straight because they’re built on a lake.

There were protests so all of the tourist attractions were surrounded by these metal walls and we had to squeeze through.

There are skulls around the cross in front of the Cathedral

They look a lot like these ones at Templo Mayor

Which was torn down to build the Cathedral

The Cathedral has a market in front of it

There were Christmas decorations in the street.

They have a weird library.

Templo Mayor was an Aztec pyramid.

There aren’t many Aztec pyramids around.

The Aztecs weren’t around that long and they did a lot more conquering than building.

And then they were conquered

So most of the stones from the pyramid are currently in that church in the background.

They had really good drainage because they built the city on a lake

They sacrificed people with really cute knives

Which were kept in funky cases

The dead people got cute eyes too

The archeologists say these held fire during ceremonies, but they’re obviously for umbrella drinks

They had colourful murals

And curly haired gods.

This is the pyramid of the sun at Teotihuacan

It has stairs that don’t seem to go anywhere

There’s not much left of the houses where the people lived

But it’s been abandoned for over 1200 years so that makes sense

Cougars were more sausage-shaped back then

And they really liked pyramids

Which are quite pretty

Is it still a pyramid if it’s flat at the top?

These are really just frustums.

They carved some cool birds

And painted other animals

I’m not sure the big kitty should be drinking that.