Izamal--class field trip

Our group once we all got up on top of the pyramid!

The long, high climb on awful stairs that we made to get to the top!

One of the outdoor hallways outside of the sanctuary of the cathedral that reminded me of Sound of Music for some reason, so I took the picture!

The incredible, jaw-dropping altar in the cathedral.

The climb we made to get up to the cathedral. I love the antique look!

On Thursday I went with my Mexican Civilization class to a little town called Izamal. We thought the drive to the town would be a piece of cake until we realized that our Civ. professor did not have directions to the town...haha. We stopped and talked to a couple different people and made a lot of turn arounds, so it took us about 1 1/2 hours to get there instead of 45 minutes which is what it would have taken us if she would have had directions! That part of the trip drove me nuts because again I like to know where I'm going and how I'm going to get there! Oh well, we got there safely and got to see the beautiful cathedral built on the base of a pyramid as well as old ruins/pyramid that are located there. The drive into the town was beautiful all the buildings were painted yellow just like the Vatican is, or so I hear :) so the longer drive was worth it!

It was so neat to see the old architecture in the cathedral and think of how long that building has been standing. After that us girls ate our sack lunches while our professor from Central and his wife along with our Civ. professor ate at a restaurant. They said they would be back in 45 min. but we knew that wasn't possible. After 1 1/2 hours of waiting for them to show up, our Civ. professor came and picked us up and told us that the Central professor and his wife would have to find their way to the ruins because they were taking way too long to eat at the restaurant.

The ruins/pyramid were amazing! It seemed so tall and I wasn't sure I would climb up them because of my fear of heights, but I told myself that this is probably the only time I would be there, so I climbed them and climbed back down without screaming or freaking out once. I was so glad I did climb it because I was able to see for miles! However, I don't think I had sweated so much since playing volleyball by the time we got down from the pyramid. It was nice and cool up there because of the breeze, but it was very hot when we got back down!