Puebla Marriott Real

... 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 ...

... I've been listening to a lot lately. I think it really embodies the UWP mission. It's called "'Give Me Your Eyes" by Christian singer Brandon Heath. Enjoy!


Give me your eyes for just one second.
Give me your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing.
Give me your love for humanity.
Give me your arms for the broken hearted,
The ones that are far beyond my reach.
Give me your heart for the once forgotten.
Give me your eyes so I can see.

... 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 & sinus infection. So we spent a lot of time in our hotel room, listening to ...

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 ...

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

... i was trying to figure out how i was gonna get you out.  ha-ha...it was cute. In the convention center there was an art exibit we went through, it was very interesting, i took a lot of pictures there was some really cool stuff in it. We also went to the town theater, this was funny to because we looked around in teh seating area and then i followed Lili through a small hallway with cute windows and we ended up on the stage...i said ekk...are we allowed to be ...

***The information on the landmarks are from Fodor's Mexico, 2004 Ed. ***

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’s the day we walked the most. Starting out from the hotel, we walked till the Anthropology ...

... tomorrow. He eventually gave up on the third or fourth attempt when they were still staring at him with blank faces. Poor guy, not being funny in Ireland is bad enough but he was certain he'd crack up the folks of Mexico with all his "bery fuuunny phrases"..tough break eh Left Puebla Saturday evning to face into an eleven hour journey to San Cristobal de las Casas..and not surprisingly, the bus was an hour late!!