Cholula and Puebla

Hello my dear followers, my camera died! So you won't see my pictures today but pictures from my friend Evan, better than mine.

Yesterday we left D.F. at 8:30AM and around 10:30 we arrived at Cholula.
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zona_Arqueol%C3%B3gica_de_Cholula
Cholula is a small town with 365 pyramid, yes 365! No we didn't see them all since most of them are covered and about 80+ of them have a church on top of them. The Spaniards were planning to cover them all but ran out of steem, money, time? I really don't know. Of course we climbed to the top of the main pyramid/church and the view was wonderful. Bought more trinckets and ate more fresh fruit.

Pretty steep road, the church was built on top of a the largest pyramid in the world

One of the 365 pyramids in Cholula

One more!

Magnificent view of the City of Cholula

Mayan princess at the top

Front view of one of the 80+ churches in Cholula

Then we drove one more hour and ended in Puebla. http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puebla If you ever decide to visit Mexico please go to Puebla. This is a beautiful colonial city protected by UNESCO. We had a delicious "mole" for lunch at a very nice and old hotel; and then we walked the city. We visited "La casa de la cultura" where we visited the oldest library in the American Continent. This library was founded by "Obispo Palafox" in the XVI century. Then we walked "La calle de los dulces" where one can find over 50 stores with all kinds of traditional mexican candy. Dentist love the areea, ha! We also visited the "iglesia de Santo Domingo." This is a beautiful church that has a special chappel dedicated to "La Virgen del Rosario." Later we went shopping for "talavera" a beautiful ceramic exclusive to Puebla and then for a drinks. I had another "margarita" am I becoming an alcoholic?

Eating the best "mole" ever!

The whole builing is covered with "talavera" tiles!

The oldest library in America

Very colonial!

The name of the street but later on you'll see where the battle happened

Chappel dedicated to "La Virgen del Rosario"

Chiles in nogada were born in Puebla - delicious!!

The oldest candy store in Puebla

Plaza Central

Talavera ceramic

This morning we visited "el museo Amparo" that houses a magnificent collection of mesoamerican art. Then more shopping and walking and lunch.

Unfortunately, we were not able to see the volcanoes of Popocatepetl e Iztaccihuatl because it was very cloudy.

I am not short, Evan is tall!

On the way back we stopped at "Fuerte de Loretto" where the infamous battle between the Mexican and Frech armies took place "el 5 de mayo de 1862" That's why "gringos" drink a lot of margaritas on that day.