Travelog for: LOU

Hi mom!
I finally got to Mexico!!! When Niza my host came home she found me here along with another tv from Germany called Sansibar
She says thank you so much for the haribo gummies! she loves them!
And already here there is Schnappi and Barry they are also from Germany and they've been here for a few days and told us everything is great! I just can't wait for our first stroll around Mexico city!


Here with my fellow german freunde learning a bit of spanish with the dictionary


Well I'm off to rest a little bit, it was a long trip!

Hey hey hey (:
Today we got to go on our first stroll around Mexico city and it was awesome!

First we went to the post office


The inside was amazing!


We sent some Frida Kahlo's postcards


Some nice french building we passed by


We also walked by the latin american tower


There were this sculptures outside


We ate some cookies


And we passed by some places Barry and Schnappi had already visited

The MUNAL (national museum of art)


The monuments to aztec emperors, Nezahualcoyotl, Izcoatl and Totoquihuatzin




Palacio de Bellas Artes (the palace of the beautiful arts)


El hemiciclo a Juárez (a monument to an important former mexican president)


I'm liking Mexico city a lot! I can't wait to see what we will be doing next!
Lots of love
Lou

Hey mom! (:
Today we went over to Niza's grandma's house for breakfast (:
We got to meet her nephews & niece who absolutely loved us!

Santiago


Ali


and Nathan


he even took us on a ride on his bike!


He liked us so much he wanted to snap some pics




This is a pear tree however since winter is coming all the pears already fell off except one you can watch in the back!


And we played a while in the leaves



It was a nice sunday! (:
Love, Lou

Hello hello mum! (:
Today we went around the city again and this were the adventures of the day:

At alameda central, a main street of the city, you can see the melia hotel on the left, the national lottery building on the right, the fountain and the monument to the mexican revolution on the back


We passed by the fountain of abundance that is outside of the national lottery building
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Since 20 of november is the anniversary of mexican revolution and this sunday it was extra special because it was the 100 anniversary of the ending of it we went to the monument to the mexican revolution!

We were supposed to go up but when we got there Niza realized she forgot her student card so we couldn't go up ): however she promissed friday we will!

Here's the street towards the square of the republic (where the monument is) you can see the mexican flags and palm trees! (:


This is the sculpture of "el caballito" or the little horse which is modern, the side view is better but since they're doing work on the street we couldn't stand there to take pictures


When we arrived home we found eine neue freundin tv! her name is Entchen


xoxo
Lou

Hi mum!

Yesterday as Niza promised we went to the monument to the mexican revolution again...


And this time we got to go up! it was incredibly amazing because we could see how big the city really is!

On the entrance


Right under the elevator that took us up and has a height of 52 meters!


On the elevator almost reaching the top


When we reached the very top


One of the amazing views of the city


Another view on a level lower


Group picture!


Another on this telescope


It was pretty fun! and the views were absolutely amazing!
Lou

Hi mom (:
Niza apologizes for not making any updates, but this days have been a little bit crazy, anyways on wednesday last week we got to go to Mexico city's museum night!
It was pretty fun!

We started at the MUNAL (national museum of art)


With one of the paintings there


This was part of the promo for the 1986 worldcup in Mexico!


The beautiful staircase


The inside patio of the MUNAL!


There was a Picasso expo!


We also went to "El estanquillo" museum, the ceiling was beautiful!


With this cartoon figurines of former mexican presidents


Sorry about the photo quality but we were not allowed to use flash ): and also we didn't took a lot of photos because we had to get moving fast!

This week also we cooked pasta!!!
Here's us with the empty ingredients, we should take the photo when everything was still there but we forgot


Cooking the pasta


And the sauce...


Ready for the feast!
Barry & Schnappi already had cloths to cover them from getting dirty so Niza made me, Sansibar & Entchen napkin bibs! (:


And we did a little toast with this delicious fruit wine, don't worry I just had a little bit


Well that's all for now, hope you had a nice weekend mom! (:
xoxo
Lou

Hi mum!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Yesterday we went to do some x-mas shopping...a bit crazy :/ but we got to see the tree at the Zócalo (Mexico city's main square) and some decorations





Also last saturday we went to Niza's cousin wedding, it was so much fun!!

The ceremony was held on a franciscan convent of the XVI century! in a little town called Tepeapulco


On the inside patio of the convent


Along the others on the fountain


The main cross


The convent also has a mini museum with pieces from the ancient cultures that lived here before the spanish conquer!

There were shrunken heads :S


Some necklaces & carved stones


With Barry and some pots & vases


Some excavations


With some stone figures


And then came the party, there were lots of dance & fun and we got to eat lots of sweets! including some bride & groom cupcakes!


I'll show you some pics of the gifts & the dinner tomorrow, have a great evening! Love you lots
Lou

Hey Mum!
We snapped some post-christmas pics, they are not a lot since this days have been mostly lazy-ness but Niza says she has a big surprise for us tomorrow! I can't wait!!!

Here we are before X-mas with the gifts, Niza got also postcards & packages, we were thinking if inside one of those there was a new tv...


And yes there was someone new! Edi der Bär he comes from Switzerland and he's a class mascot!


Also this days we learned how to play this game called "mexican train" it's so much fun!!


This family sure loves to play and there were some big money bets!


Well that's all for now, I can't wait for tomorrow!!!
Love,
Lou

Hey mum!
So far we've known Mexico as it is today but this days we've get to know a little bit of prehispanic Mexico and it has been awesome!
To start, on wednesday we took a little roadtrip to the ancient city of Teotihuacan, you can read a little bit more here if you are interested

Remember Niza said she had a surprise for us? well it was the roadtrip!


We saw the pyramid of the sun


And got to go all the way to the top!!! here's a view from when we were going up


Then we went for the pyramid of the moon


And got to climb it too! here's a view to the avenue of the death and the pyramid of the sun


The mural of the puma


And in one of the sculptures to god Quetzalcóatl


It was so much fun!!! more pictures to come of what we've done in this few days, also have a happy new year mummy! I'm excited about my adventures to come for 2012!
Love you!
Lou

Hey mum!
Well we've been up to some stuff this days so you can see here (:

We went to the national anthropology museum


They had lots of neat stuff there!










And we saw the original aztec calendar!!!!


We spent new year's at a little town in the mountains


Here we are with Niza's new year necklace & bow


And on January 6th, the 3 kings day we ate the "rosca"


With the 3 kings figurines


And one day Niza had to go to the world trade center and she took as along, so here's the WTC building


Also Barry and Sansibar left us last week ): sure we're gonna miss them but we've got two new friends!  Gammler and  Awit also from Germany!


And that's all so far (:
Lou