Mexico City College trip continued.

Day 2 began after a NOISY night at the "Posada Sol y Luna" in the one donkey town of "Teotihuacan" near the pyramids. We had the whole hotel for our group and the kids were clearly full of energy even though it was almost 11:00 pm when we got to our rooms. We managed to get the front desk to order in some pizza and soft drinks for the "starving" masses and it was amusing to see four motos from "Benedetti's" pull up to the front door and off-load stacks of pepperoni pizzas and gallons of sugary pop. (Not the best thing for inducing sleep!) Small towns mean limited selection and there really was no other option. It was past 3 am before the noise started to die down and probably closer to 4, but amazingly enough, everyone was up, dressed and ready to go by 8:30 when we loaded up bound for the Mercado and some locally prepared delacasies.
I have to say the breakfast at the Teotihuacan market was the best meal of the trip! A kindly Señora and her husband tended to about half our group at their puesto and although the service was slow, the food made our taste buds sing! They started by blending up a fresh salsa verde which was served in a plastic tub labelled "Pig's Brains" and then they plunked a piece of paper down in front of me in order to write our choices. I struggled to keep up with the demands: Quesadillas with tinga, champiñones or savory chicharrone. The tortillas were being hand patted behind us as the food started to arrive and each taco seemed better than the last. In front of us at a neighboring puesto, another Señora was busy blending up delicious licuados and jugos for a few pesos. We order the popular Carrot/orange juice mix and weren't disappointed by the freshness of the flavors. We were so "into" our food there was only "oohs" and "ahhhs" and "una mas" to be heard over the table and maybe "pass the salsa." When it was all done, we tallied and left the money behind knowing we had savored both good food and good value which is always a good way to start the day!
Next: The Pyramids in all their glory and some serious exercise!