Hotel Meson Del Molino Puebla

... its age.

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.

Camden and Hallie would have been in heaven!

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 church. On a ...

... story books, stuffed animals, and positive words on the walls; a perfect place to teach!

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.

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 ...

... Cadbury gum and candy including bubble gum suckers covered with chile! I assure you, it's delicious!


Dear Camden and Hallie, I'm about to become the best aunt ever because this bag will be coming home to you both! Just promise me that you'll save a few pieces for me to keep as souvenirs from Mexico!


When we returned to our facility (the high school) we had a great lunch and then were given reflection time. I found out that when I was working in ...

... didnt taste that bad, it was just the texture. As soon as you bit down, the grasshoppers basically became dust and bits were stuck in my teeth for a few hours after: yummy!!! Once we got to the top, we had a quick look at the church, and they tried to pronounce the name of the huge volcano we could see looming over the town. Popocatepetl, not the easiest word to pronounce, is still active and erupted back in 1993. We climbed back down and went to the part of the pyramid ...

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Le centre de la ville est inscrit au patrimoine de l'UNESCO pour sa très belle architecture coloniale, dont la magnifique cathédrale.

Gastronomiquement, Puebla est réputée pour être la ville d'origine du mole y les chiles en nogada.

... we had had the time out to take we would have......There really is SO much you can do in Mexico, so many temples, mountains, ancient ruins, history, hiking etc... it really is quite hard to know where to go next due to all the choices and you could so easily spend 2-3 months here just doing the part we are doing, definitely a place we will come back to explore and hike! On taking many a photo, we then saw the most beautiful snow covered volcano ...

... 12th of December (atleast this year) and poeple come from all over Mexico to attend the event. It happens in or near a church, and maybe you can see that Lady of Guadalupe (or an actor dressed as her) walk in the street and into the church or maybe you go into the church to see her. What exactly she stands for...maybe i can learn that later?? In the evening we went shopping for an outfit for Lili to wear for her ceremony tomorrow. She had ...

Today was election day. I went with Lili and her father and brother to see how it worked. For the most part it is pretty much the same, you sign in (they dont get cards in the mail) get your ballot and go to your booth. It is like a cloth box, so it is completly closed, no just 3 sides. And they use a crayon instead of a poker/punch out type thing. So there are no "hanging chads" causing problems here. After you deposit your balott in ...

... bit of Spanish - I have met more French people than any other nationality. Puebla itself is only two hours away from Mexico City. It is a colonial town with an attractive Zocalo (central square) - though, like MC, it is plagued by traffic. The Capilla del Rosario stuck out as an amazingly opulent, over the top, flouncy wedding cake of a church - like Baroque on acid. In the evening after finding a string of truly awful bars pumping out europop while a few ...

... to alter their perception too with the help of the plants. I also noticed Palenque had alot of butterflies floating about which added to the mystical charm. Later I visited the impressive temple of the Magician at Uxmal. This site also had its own new residents - huge iguanas. Then off to Chichen Itza, probably the biggest Mayan site in Mexico. This was impressive not only because of the main pyramid but also the perfectly preserved crypt inside which has some artefacts: a red ...