Mesonsacristia De La Compania Puebla

... Mexican restaurant for dinner.

And as we pulled up, it started to rain. Violently!

Edgardo ordered almost everything on the menu for Ronja and I. He ordered 4 different types of chalupas, a small tostada with meat (pork or chicken) and salsa. We had chalupas con salsa verde (green salsa), chalupas con picante (red salsa), chalupas sin salsa (without salsa) and chalupas con frijoles (with beans).

And I had a few bottles - glass bottles, not plastic! - of ...

... I was very nervous as I was the main communicator due to my Spanish background. I think I did okay :) At least I hope I did!

After 4 groups of children, we took a break for lunch. Because UWP provides our lunches, I had no intention of eating.

Until 3 little boys with baskets straight out of the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale came up to me, offering me different types of tortillas.

How was I supposed to say no?

In other words, I ...

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But you get such a great recap! 3 days worth!


It's a great trade-off. Really, it is.


We arrived in Puebla, Mexico on Monday and we were welcomed with open arms by Nao, the fabulous advance team intern from Japan. She was so excited to see us - she started to cry! I knew exactly how she felt because it's how I felt when I saw the cast arrive last week in Veracruz.


We were also welcomed by the rest of the advance team, our sponsors ...

After the edgy bus ride, we arrived in Puebla at 7am to find there was no buses to San Cristobal until 7pm that night! Since we hadn't slept all night, we decided to pay for a hotel for 12 hrs so we could sleep, shower and rejuvinate for the next bus that night. We managed to find a local outside the bus station who kindly walked us to a ...

Puebla est la capitale de l'Etat du même nom, située à 110 km de Mexico, encerclée par les volcans Popocatepetl, Iztaccihuatl et Malinche. C'est la quatrième plus grande ville du Mexique, où se situe l'usine Volkswagen qui produisait les célèbres ...

... throughout pre-hispanic Mexico and of the changes during the Colonial period. The Museum, housed in an 18th Century building, is named for the wife of Manuel Espinosa Iglesia who designed the Museum. This is one not to be missed. On our way to find the bus back to Choula we discovered a street full of irresistible Dulces (sweets and candies). These come in many shapes and flavors and are ...

Today we tried again to visit the Africam Safari...and this time it was a success!! We went to the bus station, Lili helped me buy my ticket and escourted me all the way outside to my bus. She explained to the bus driver that i did not speak english, but could do just fine if he could just tell me at what time to be back on the bus in english anytime we got off. The bus driver was very kind and agreed to keep an extra eye out for me to make sure i did not ...

... de Chapultepec (Max’s residence). There’re many newly added artworks along the way. We took pictures of those. It was a very nice walk as the buildings are all skyscrapers under the very blue sky. We reached El Angel (Monumento a la Independencia) which marks the western edge of the Zona Rosa. The angel once fell ...

... a cave. It was pretty awful, but not dubbed in Spanish, so I was all for it. I wandered (ie got extremely lost) around Taxco for several hours checking out the silver and comparing prices. Everything is done by weight here, so it´s very much on the up and up. I had an overpriced lunch, but it included vegetables, so it was pretty much worth it. Then off for more shopping! I bought a few pieces, and then decided it was ...