My Summer Vacation...May

To kick off our summer we went  on an eight day trip to Mexico City with two close friends, Jonny and Diana. We stayed with Diana's family in a neighborhood built around Diego Rivera's house. We took buses and the subway everywhere and saw the real sights of Mexico. Some of the highlights of our trip were: The Teotihuacan pyramids, the palace of chapultapec, the LDS temple, a lucha libre match and the Zocalo. But really the biggest highlight was simply walking around, taking in the culture and eating street vendor food. We had an awesome time there with our friends, but returned home exhausted. Before we left for Mexico Alaska was in a period called "Break-up" this is when the snow/ice is melting. During this time all the plants are still dead and there is a film of dirt covering everything. Up until this point Alaska had been somewhat ugly. Mexico city had very poor air quality which would turn our boogers, and probably lungs, black. When we returned from Mexico Alaska was officially in summer mode- the vegetation was out of control, the streets had been cleaned, the temperature was perfect and the air was so fresh. It was like walking into a new world, we didn't recognize the city we left only a week ago.

The pyramids had a very, very interesting history.... you can look it up.

This was the Lucha Libre match. In the middle are jonny and diana (Daniela and I on the right).

The is the rooftop of the house that we stayed in.