Blogs from Puebla City, Puebla, Mexico, North America - page 8

Hey everyone! The first week was rough but its getting better little by little. On Saturday we went to Teotihucan - Ruins of the ancient Aztecs. The bus ride was 2.5 hours and I slept the whole time. It was freezing when we got there but by noon we were stripping our layers off which resulted in mass sunburns - including me. There are 2 major pyramids (built with the same base as the egyptians) called Sol (the sun) and Luna (the moon). Sol is one of the biggest pyramids in the world and I climbed to the top! It reminded much of the Mayan temple in Tikal, Guatemala. The trip was organized by the International club who is headed by Pili and Berto, 2 mexican students at my school who try to help the exchange ... read more

HOLA!!!! I am looking out my dorm room window right now as the sun is shining brightly and i can hear the very nice women who clean our rooms everyday just outside my door. Nishi and I are rooming together even though we requested Mexican roommates. There just weren't enough new Mexican students this semester, but its okay because we are making friends all over the place, both within our international group and with Mexicans at the University and at nearby Universities. This place IberoAmericana is sooo beautiful!1 I have never seen a University like this, everything is so nice and new and all of the classrooms are open air and there is a big court yard that runs through the whole thing where everyone hangs out talking and on their laptops (the whole campus is ... read more

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