Bienvenidos a Mexico City!
Our crazy family at Teotihucan pyramids with our 18 month and almost 4 year old outside of Mexico City Mexico City is home to Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and over 22 million Mexicans, making it the 10th largest metropolitan area in the world! Art Deco apartments with fancy retail shopping and a courtyard with a fountain near our AirBNB in Polanco. Located above 7,000 feet on the central Mexican plateau, Mexico City is surrounded by mountains. Originally it was build on an island by the Aztecs in the 14th century and soon became the capital of their territory. The Aztecs were powerful and eventually their rule expanded from the Gulf coast to the Pacific Ocean. However, when the Spaniards came in 1519 what started as a friendly relationship soon turned into war. The Aztecs tried to push out the settlers but the Spaniards regrouped and began a siege of Tenochtitlán (former name of Mexico City) in May 1521. For three months, the Aztecs suffered from the lack of food and water