Posada Senorial Puebla

... is market day in Puebla. Omigosh I could have spent the entire day there! Carman, I was thinking of you the entire time! There was so much amazing pottery and wonderful paintings! And jewelry! And food! And scarves! And purses! I wish I had a bigger suitcase... and more money! (Or my parents! Haha!)<br><br>And that airplanes did not have weight limits or certain flight restrictions :)<br><br>Ronja and I also got our picture taken on a nearby bridge - a popular site in ...

... issue or the other. The issues were fairly simple and designed for young children: Do you help around the house? Do you like to be active? <br><br>We first arrived at the school, called La Ciudad de los Hereos (The City of the Heroes) and were greeted by the popular cartoon characters I mentioned in my last post. They serve as role models for children. We met our helper and aid, Juan Carlos, and went into our classroom. It was a colorful classroom with bean bags ...

... style. And there are so many amazing monuments and statues to look at. One thing that I have noticed about this city is that almost all buildings have a cute little balcony, and each balcony is shaped differently. What a great place to have a morning coffee (if I liked coffee), watch the day begin and the city fill with life!<br><br>We stopped at El Fuerte de Guadalupe towards the end of the tour and it was a such a cool experience to actually walk on the grounds of a historical fort ...

... with fun little outfits for kids (Snow White dresses, froggy suits and piggy suits and whatnot) and of course mexican wrestling masks!! Daryl found a good one. Unfortunately we both became quite ill... Daryl got food poisoning (and by association developed a fear of chicken enchiladas which he has now gladly overcome) and I came down with a bad cold &amp; sinus infection. So we spent a lot of time in our hotel room, listening to ...

... was Puebla de Antano Hotel, 3 Oriente No. 206, Tel: 01 (222) 246-2403, 01 (800) 0128219. This small hotel is housed in a fine period building and is hard to imagine that up until recently was lived in by a family of five. The hotel has only been open for 3 weeks and benefits from a superb location just off the Zocalo. The few spacious rooms that they offer are each different in shape and size and come with lovely period ...

... way to help. Not only was the traffic heavy on the roads but also the sidewalks were filled with people. It was lunch time and there were many teens in school uniforms. The pedestrian walkway was lined with many shops displaying very North American merchandise and lots of shoe stores. We soon reached the Zocalo which is surrounded with very historic buildings, the Cathedral and in the center a ...

... s Graduation Ceremony 11-23-11/28- Queretaro &amp; Giuanjato (sp?) / staying and traveling with Lili &amp; Patti 11/29- Puebla 11/30-11/6- Oaxaca City and State &amp; Huatilco (coast / beach / mexican turtle center) 11/7- Puebla / last minute things and ...

... something to do with leather making and I asked if we could go down there, she looked at me very confused and said "i don´t know but i guess so, it does not say you cant"...I said alright lets go then i walked a few steps away and looked back at her...she did not move...i shrugged my sholders and headed down the flight of stairs i had spotted earlier...she said hey wait! i did not see those, that is why i was confuse, i thought you were gonna try to jump or ...

... finally left the staging wearing a hat, sheath (with sword and gun), and carrying a flower. All made of balloons of course. There are some great photos. I group of Mexican school kids followed us for about ten minutes. He did a great job though, hes not easily embarassed so played along merrily. It was good fun. We also took a day trip to see some Mayan and Aztec ruins. The mian ruins were an ...

***The information on the landmarks are from Fodor's Mexico, 2004 Ed. ***<br><br> The previous night we stayed in Hotel Canada on 5 de Mayo. It's a nicer hotel for $450MX. No cockroaches J In the morning Pollo came himself. It&#8217;s the day we walked the most. Starting out from the hotel, we walked till the Anthropology ...