M8: Tenochtitlan Rocks!

    Sadly TTI has assigned me to leave Africa and go to the Americas. I have really enjoyed Africa, it was one of my favorite places to go. But I am always excited to go to new and different places. I'm already in my car now, flying to the Americas, but as my hands are steady on the steering wheel, I notice that my arms are really tan. I thought it was kind of funny. Then I started bursting out laughing for no real reason. I think I might need to visit home soon because I think I'm loosing my mind...
   When I got outside of Tenochtitlan (the city I was assigned to explore in), I was literally out of breath from laughing so far all the way here. I got out of my flying car and walked in to the wonderful city of Tenochtitlan. It felt like I was blinded by the sun in front of my face, but no, it was the beautiful radiant palaces. They were gleaming with beauty.The place that looked most interesting was the Great Temple. I walked closer and closer to it. It had great big stained windows, that had paintings painted on it. It was truly amazing to be seeing it, but only if I could go in it. The Great Temple is used for the priests to preform sacrifices,and also used where nobles play a game called tlachtli. This is pretty awesome. But now to discover some more.
  I ended up in a market place. I noticed it was really busy. There was a person every couple steps. There was kids tampering with other stands and funny people yelling at them.I looked at all the stands set up, there were things being sold such as, food, utensils, warrior costumes, quetzals feathers, and slaves. Also what I noticed was that they didn't use money, they used their  barter system. I thought that would be pretty cool, not really having to buy anything. I kind of wish I lived here.
   I guess that they have those big markets everyday.On my way out of the market, I wanted to stop and get something to eat, well first of all because I'm hungry and I'm interested about seeing what they eat. I knew  that Tenochtitlan barters a lot of tortillas, so I went up to the nearest tortilla stand and waited for my turn. I was watching these 2 old ladies turning maize kernels in a big boiling pot. They would then ground them into flour. It kind of looked like pizza dough. It was cool to see how they made them. I kept on waiting until one was "right out of the oven."
    Ahhhh, finally they were done. It was toasty.Things are always better when they are fresh. I don't actually think I've ever had anything fresh before I ate it. I guess that's just how it is in Florida. The ladies that were making the tortillas(I learned from them) have to make fresh tortillas everyday, because it is their daily task they have to do. I walked out of the market place and just decided to sit down on a piece of grass and gaze in the sun, watching all the beautiful sites I have seen in Tenochtitlan.