Blogs from Puebla, Mexico, North America - page 13

Hello!!! Here I am taking a break in between packing and trying to spend as much time as possible with my family and friends, just 5 daus before I leave!! This is just a trial to see if this blog works and if all of the subscribers are notified!! I Talk to everyone soon!! Kate... read more

Determined to make one more tourist stop before returning to Mexico City, we spent New Year's Eve in Puebla. Given the city’s population of over a million, and its claim to fame as home to - amongst other things - the chocolate-based sauce mole (pronounced 'moh-lay'), a retired Popemobile, and a local Oktoberfest, we imagined that New Year's Eve would prove a lively date on the calendars of the gastronome, the religious, and the reveller. We managed to find an establishment on the main square or zócalo which would provide us with dinner and the 12 grapes that tradition requires be rapidly consumed with each toll of the bell as the new year is rung in. Taking a preprandial ramble, we noticed a large queue spilling out of a Kentucky Fried Chicken and halfway down the ... read more

We had a 7am start today. First stop was Teotihuacan to climb the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon. I climbed them last weekend with my GAP tour group so I stayed back and helped Lisa buy and prepare lunch. That gets my lunchtime responsibilities out of the way for the rest of the tour. After lunch we took the Tucan bus (it's painted bright yellow with a Tucan on the side so you can't miss it) to Puebla. On the way we stopped and took photos of Popocatepetl, the second highest volcano in Mexico. Our hotel in Puebla is lovely and perfectly located opposite the town square. Today is Mexican Independence Day so there are street stalls, music, clowns and lots of families on the streets. Puebla is famous for talavera ceramic tiles and ... read more

Our next stop of our travels was to the city of Puebla, which is approx. 2 hours outside of Mexico City. Upon arrival by bus, we took a cab to the apt. we would stay at during our time in Puebla. One of Carlos' friends offered her apt. while we were in Puebla. It was great to have our own apt., which was quite close to the city center, only a few dollar cab ride or a few pesos by local bus. Gracias a Viry!!! Our first day there, we decided to tour around on the tour bus due to the threatening weather. We rode on the top on the red double decker tour bus for the majority of the tour, but the last 30 minutes or so were spent down below inside the tour ... read more

Puebla/CholulaToday we headed to the Universidad de las Américas in the city of Cholula. About 30 minutes from Puebla. We first heard a lecture by Dr. Ramirez on ‘NAFTA and Migration Issues’. The topic extremely interesting and very complex, and really left me with more questions than answers. One interesting note is that NAFTA in Spanish is referred to as TLCAN. We were then given a tour of the campus, which is one of the few universities in Mexico that has dorms on campus. We then had a lecture by Dr. Aguirre who spoke about ‘Mesoamerica’. The discussion revolved around the different indigenous groups in North and Central America, focusing on the language of each group and the architecture during the Pre-Classic, Classic and Post-Classic era. After eating ‘cemita’ for lunch, we went to see Cholula’s ... read more