We’ve lived in Mexico City for over 4 months in the shadow of one of Mexico’s great monuments, walked past it numerous times plus see it two blocks away from our window, but we’ve never toured it.

On Sunday we went from deep in the foundations to the top of the summit! Really enjoyed the experience.

Like many huge structures, you really can’t appreciate how big something is until you stand next to or under it.  This structure is massive!  There’s a glass enclosed elevator that takes you up most of the way, but then you take the stairs to the summit.

We’re starting to learn about the history of Mexico and this was a good history lesson for us.  We learned that the monument actually never started out to be a monument, was once considered for demolition, stood partly completed for quite awhile – but that’s for another blog sometime.

What I really enjoyed was watching the late afternoon thunderstorm moving in as we stood at the summit.  We got home just before it hit!