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Puebla Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Puebla, Mexico
Puebla & Nausea
So we left Mexico City for Puebla, on our first of many bus journeys with our newfound Intrepid Friends. Puebla was established in 1531 - planned and built from the ground up by the Spanish. As the main route between Mexico City and a ...
Puebla
Puebla - just a 2 hour bus ride from Mexico City in a very confortable bus on good roads...... I could be in any european city with an old central square - it is very sureal, just not what I was expecting to see at all. Not much to do here and I have ...
The winter heat
Well today has been a great one but quite exhausting. It started with a delicious breakfast on the terrace. A balmy morning with views over the mist shrouded town. A buffet of fresh fruit, muesli with yoghurt, fresh pastries and hot coffee. All for 44 ...
Citta' del Messico
Arrivo a Citta' del Messico, sono le 7.30 ora locale, 14.30 ora italiana, dal finestrino dell'aereo si vedono solamente case, 20 milioni di abitanti, 1/6 di tutto il Messico, un area metropolitana grande quanto la Lombardia e forse di piu'....mamma ...
Rustic
Last weekend 5 of us headed to Puebla, a colonial ciudad a couple of hours away from DF. I've been kinda seeing a guy who use to be from there; Salavdor, we met in the cafeteria at uni, he also knows a few intercambios. He goes back there on the weekend ...
Breakfast Club
Puebla was a welcome change from Mexico City with a population of 2 million only 10% of Mexico City!! Colonial City with a really laid back feel visited the food market which was lively with everything possible on sale and rats were only spotted ...
Of fleas and crickets
Today we had another full day in Puebla, which was a treat. We managed to pack a whole heap in. First though was a return to the flea market which is in full swing on Sundays. We went back down to the plaza of the toads to find lots and lots of stalls but ...
Santa Ana - Antigua - Tapachula - Oaxaca - Puebla
... agricultural activity - animals ploughing the fields and donkey's pulling old wooden carts overflowing with grasses. We arrived in Puebla, one of Mexico's oldest cities at 4pm. and it's lovely. So many magnificent buildings.... we're heading out again! ...
Colonial splendour
Had an excellent day in Puebla today. Consulting the Internet I found a walking tour of the colonial central district so I loaded it up on the trusty iPhone and off we went. First stop was the zocalo (central plaza) where we had some breakfast at ...
Mexico city to Puebla - Georgie's post #2
... , I know it's only my second post but I'm going to try to write more often! Today we took a bus from Mexico city to Puebla. The day started by us getting up late and leisurely getting our gourmet cardboard cornflakes and covering them in sugar to ...
Oaxaca - Puebla, México Ciudad
... höchste sondern auch die zweitgrößte Kirche ganz Mexikos. Die Hauptstadt des gleichnamigen zentralmexikanischen Bundesstaates „Puebla“ hat am 5. Mai ihren Nationalfeiertag. Während der zweiten französischen Intervention besiegten die ...
Kaffee am Zocalo
... für mich süsse, grüne Peperoni gefüllt mit Früchten und einer Erdnusssauce. Die Spezialtät des Ortes. Aber Puebla ist auch zum einfach nur dasitzen und Kaffee trinken ideal. Nachmittags gings nach einer Kirchenbesichtigung direkt an den Zocalo und ...
Puebla
... at this stage! The Cathedral in Puebla is no exception in the catalogue of beautiful churches in Mexico. In fact, the interior of the Cathedral in Puebla is the most beautiful I´ve ever seen. Unfortunately, I was stupid enough to leave ...
Pebbles of Puebla
... days - the local specialty is a type of pottery which is quite beautiful. We got in this morning after a 2 hour bus ride from Mexico City. The convoy of taxis to the bus terminal before and after the trip was a new experience. We only managed to lose ...
Puebla, Mexico
Puebla is one of Mexico´s most ´Hispanic´cities, with many beautiful colonial buildings still standing (the city centre is UNESCO heritage protected), with a lovely cathedral and zocalo. We spent nearly a week here, taking the tourist bus around ...
Bienvenidos a UDLA
After a really long day of airplanes and buses, I finally arrived in Puebla. I didn't really get nervous about not being fluent in spanish until I got to the airport in Mexico City and couldn't find my way around. Becky, the other girl from CMU staying in ...
Puebla - Another city, Another Cathedral....
... on top of. It was good fun! I went back and did my full ashtanga yoga practice which I don't think I have done since Mexico City! During a seated forward bend (Marichyasana a) I suddenly thought of something from the past that I hadn't thought of for a ...
New Friends, New Sights!
... But as I said earlier I do have other options. One of them is to join others from my Spanish class on a bike ride around Mexico City. Apparently once a month the roads are closed to allow this bike ride……but my plan is to do it next month ...
Boats, tons of party boats, no motors
... that I get out of the house. Ok, so I do. They were going to this place Xochimilco, old Aztec community. It is in Mexico City, Federal District, but it is on the southern part. Its a clean little area. It takes us about 3 hours to get there because ...