Casona de la China Poblana Puebla

... due to its age. <br><br>As we walked through the market, we went by a park that had a bunch of those battery-operated cars that little kids can drive. They were just sitting there.... waiting to be used.<br><br>Camden and Hallie would have been in heaven!<br><br>After the market, we visited some absolutely beautiful churches in Puebla. Wow. They were so beautiful. One of the churches that we visited was of Saint Francisco. I felt a little obtrusive taking pictures of the ...

... story books, stuffed animals, and positive words on the walls; a perfect place to teach!<br><br>Our first group was brought in at 10:30 a.m. and we started right away with the activity. We asked 6 questions, asked them to "take a stand" and then talked about each question.<br><br>Apparently we had gone about this the wrong way. I'm not sure anyone in our first group said a word. They looked very scared and when I tried to give one little boy a high five, he ...

... Ronja and I have our own room and they even moved a television in our room for us. How nice of them! She has two cats - one is big and black and the other is a golden, playful kitten.<br><br>Tuesday was our first full day in Puebla - Regional Learning Day. It was an awesome day! We were split into 2 groups and my group went a tour of Puebla first. Traveling in a double decker bus, we rode around the beautiful city of Puebla. It is so gorgeous here - the buildings have so much color ...

... really good for me though, because I spent the whole day reading instead - and the book I read was nothing less than phenomenal. The theme for the week was "One Thing" based on Psalm 27:4 - and the book locked in, and tied together all of my thoughts and all of the teachings from the week. The night I finished it, I experienced God in an incredible new way, and if you contact me, I'd love to tell ...

Accommodation <br><br>Whilst here I stayed at Hotel Reforma 2000, 4 Poniente No. 916, on the corner of 11 Norte, Tel. 01 (222) 242 3363, Web: www.hotelreforma2000.com . Their current rates were 200, 250 peso for 1 or 2 persons and 350 + 400 peso for 2, 3 or 4 persons in a room with 2 double beds. This good value budget hotel is set over 3 floors around a pleasant colonial style courtyard. The carpeted rooms with en-suite and cable ...

... don't need spanish for that) and arrive back at the bus station to be picked back up...I just need to make sure if we get off the bus at any point i get back on in time...i think i can do this! It's about 11:30 by this poingt and my book tells me tours depart the bus station at 11 am and 2 pm. I expressed my concerns to paco about ventureing off alone and asked him what he thought of this option. He agreed with my concerns and thought this would be a good option for the same ...

... shade of a tree. We headed back to the guest house for a rest then went out for dinner at the same restaurant as the night before (so good we had to go back). This time I had flautas and Andy had molletas con tocino. Muy delicioso! We headed back to the hotel to get ready for our trip north to San Miguel de Allende. We´ll be there from Sunday to Thursday then back to Mexico City on Thursday for a day before taking the bus south to Oaxaca City.

... was awkward- the door into the closet-sized room opened against the toilet. Parking is in an off-site (but close) secure garage. It is also not inexpensive- $695 per night- but we would like to look around town tomorrow so will stay two nights.

... very kind and we were very lucky to have <br>someone who speaks English to help us. Pollo called when the bus just <br>departed from the station... I looked out the window and couldn't help crying. <br>I miss him after all... <br>Dogg led us to take the taxi back to Hotel Canada. Janet, Dogg, and I <br>went out to look for money exchange as we again had no cash for even a single <br>night of the hotel ...

... people. Of that group I am most definitely the tallest. Granted, I haven't seen the other 13 million in this city, but from the reaction of the locals I am almost certain that I am the tallest person in all of Mexico. And by about six inches. There are three general reactions to my height and each and every person I encounter has one of the following: The Giggling School Girl - This one started with one 13 year old girl running up and walking beside me non ...