we went to cholula last weekend to visit the zona arqueologica. they were originally dedicated to quetzalcoatl, but when the spanish arrived and realized the hill contained ´pagan´temples, they built a cathedral on top of it. we had to take an underground tunel to get to the other side of the hill to see the ruins!

here is the backyard of my school!

cuernavaca is know for its hidden courtyards... there is a huge house on our way to school that i´ve been wanting to see, one day the gates were open and i snuck in for a picture!

we went to xochicalco and taxco this weekend! xochicalco means ´house of the flowers´in nahuatl and we saw the pyramid of quetzalcoatl.

this is one of the pyramids at the ruins, which is the site of a cultural and religious center for the toltec, olmec, zapotec, mixtec and aztec tribes.

i visited Jardin Borda this afternoon. here i am sitting by one of the many fountains! the extravagant gardens were designed after versailles in 1783 for manuel de la borda. emperor maximilian and empress carlota entertained here and used the house for their summer home.