Spring Break, Stop 1

Hello world. Welcome to Puebla.

This past week was our Spring Break, which was also during Holy Week, which is a holiday for most schools and businesses so almost everyone goes to the beaches. My friend and I wanted to avoid the crowds, so we decided to go to Oaxaca City. But there aren't any direct buses from Cuernavaca, so we figured what the hell? we'll just stay a couple nights in Puebla too. MISTAKE. Puebla is boring.

Our hostel was really nice and relaxing, and it was in a really cool old building with a nice little courtyard. After we checked in, we just got some tacos at a little place down the street and walked down to the center of town. There wasn't much to do so we just sat down and relaxed for a while. While we were sitting, a Mexican guy came up and asked us if we spoke English and if we had time to talk with him so he could practice his English. We literally had nothing else do so, so we talked for him for a while, but it got really frustrating because he wasn't even understanding basic sentences. We kept trying to ask him what there was to do in Puebla, but I don't think he ever understood the question because every time he gave a different answer that didn't have anything to do with our question. Haha, hope we don't sound like that. When we had enough of that, we went back to the room and watched Hook - dubbed in Spanish. Bed time: 9:30.

Cathedral in Puebla

The next day was our only full day in Puebla, and I honestly don't know what we would have done if we had stayed any longer. After our nutritious breakfast of cornflakes and white toast (included with the cost of the hostel), we walked to a museum that we found in the guide book. There was literally nothing inside. So we just wondered around until we ran into a really cool artesian market with really cheap prices. Then we ate at a pretty nice outdoor cafe and listened to the jazz trio. We tried to find the contemporary art museum (that was also in the guide book) but when we would ask people where it was, some people literally had no idea what we were talking about - not a good sign. We finally found it (along with some random pre-hispanic ruins, which are all over the place in cities in Mexico), but they told us we had to pay 25 pesos to get in, even though it was Sunday when all Mexican museums are supposed to be free. So we went off to try to find the House of Cultures (recommended by the guy at the hostel), but we got a little lost. We found the tourism office, but they were closed so we just sat on the steps and talked. When we got up to find someplace to eat, the House of Cultures was just two doors down. Good thing we didn't look too hard for it though because it was also really lame.

Spring Break, Stop 1

Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico