Mountain View

 When we got off the train at Zinacantepec, we stopped at a nearby restaurant and had something to drink and a bite to eat, and, most importantly, use the facilities.  (One major flaw to "El Insurgente" is that neither the train cars nor the terminal has restrooms.)

Alejandro was looking at Google Maps while we ate, and he saw that there was a large park just a couple blocks away from the station.  So after was finished our light meal, we headed there to take a walk.

The Zinacantepec terminal in the background

The park was a natural area with unpaved paths.  It was forested predominately with pine trees.  (Toluca is at an even higher elevation than Mexico City... 8730 feet above sea level... so pine trees are common here.)

The best part of our walk was that we had views of the volcano Nevado de Toluca.

Nevado de Toluca, with an elevation of over 15,000 feet, is the fourth highest mountain in Mexico.  It is an inactive volcano, and it is thought that it's last major eruption was over 10,000 years ago.  The word "nevado" means snow-covered.  The mountain used to have permanent glaciers, but due to global warming, the glaciers have all disappeared.   As you can see, there was a small amount of snow on the mountain peak.