EPIC weekend

Lets start with Saturday. My dear friend Erin and I decided to go to the Gallos soccer game. For those of you who are unaware, soccer is very intense here. And although I thought I was aware of that before I went to the game, I clearly was not until we had safely made it home. First of all, Erin and I are both blonde (at least as far as Mexico is concerned). Therefore, we happen to draw a lot of attention. But this wasn't even the worst of it. So the opposing team (they were green so we'll call them greenies for the sake of the story) scored in the first three minutes. Everyone was quite upset right? Well of course the Gallos come back and the score is now 3-1. Everyone is full of joy and fabulousness, except for the defender of the greenies who got punched in the face for NO apparent reason without the ref seeing (I have never seen dirtier soccer in my entire life). Then something happens. The Gallos score on their own goal. Now Erin and I saw this occur because we were sitting right behind the goalie, however many people throughout the stadium thought it was a bogus call and thus, riots. The people below us began to fight because the fans of the greenies who weren't in the caged in area were fighting with the gallos fans. Go figure. Did I mention the SWAT team lines the entire soccer field? So the game goes on. La-di-da. I'm not quite sure what was happening in the caged in Greenie fan section but by the time there was still 15 minutes left in the second half, the SWAT team had escorted all of the fans out of the stadium, slowly but surely. Now the caged in, barb wire lined section was empty, however there were still a few Greenie fans spread throughout the stadium. Everyone now starts chanting "cinco cinco!" because they want to get a fifth goal. They did. And the game was over. Oh and somewhere in there another riot had broken out above us, so we were surrounded by rioters. Also, might I add, that there are VERY few women at these games. Maybe a wife or girlfriend here or there, but for the most part, men, young and old, with Erin and I, blonde as you can get, in the middle of it all. With that image in mind, and the chaos of the game, we decided to evacuate the premisis verrry quickly, however it was not quick enough. Lets just say it took us holding hands and literally running to shut people up (we were moving so fast they couldn't see us). What an experience that soccer game was. I had nooo idea that that was what I should have expected when people cautioned us to go. CA-RA-ZY!

Sunday we went to the pyramids called Teotihuacan, where the pyramids of the sun and moon are shared with the world. This was such an amazing experience thanks to our fabulous tour guides. They let us do things that other people were clearly not allowed to do. One of these being going underground, turning out the lights, lighting a fire, and playing the flute for us. The other being taking down a "prohibited, do not pass" sign and letting us pass to see the recently descovered god sculptures where we had to sit on the ground so the security gaurd would not see us. Our tour guides were indigenous men who still use these grounds to worship on to this day. They had sooo much cultural information for us that my mind was bursting. The way these people lived was amazing! After our tour, we climbed to the top of the pyramid of the sun, where at the top there is a tiny piece of metal where you can recharge your energy just by touching it. After this, we hiked up the pyramid of the moon as well. Our tour guide told us that if you don't go up both, your mother-in-law dies, or you best friend. However you can only go half way up the pyramid of the moon, but it was very very cool to see and there was a gorgous view as well. The trip ended with subway and ice cream from wal-mart, a well-deserved treat!

On wednesday and thursday we celebrate Independence day here in mexico. And facinatingly enough, this is NOT the day they won their independence from anyone, contrary to popular belief. It was the start of a very long revolution against the government that was in place at the time in Mexico. Because of what happened on the night of the 15th, years of war were to follow, leading, eventually, to Mexico's Independence. I'll let you know how the celebration is (its supposed to be craaaazy!)