Preview of Itsgotime's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Puebla, Mexico Entry Title: "Puebla, Mexico" Entry: "Puebla is home to two things we found to be very interesting. The first is Talavera tile. The second is it is the alleged birthplace of Mole Poblano, a sauce for meat made with chocolate, chili and a bunch of other stuff. Puebla is also the first city which we´ve visited with a "real" Zocalo. It was very nicely decorated for "Feliz Navidad." Sunday night, there were entertaining clowns and a Christmas play in the Zocalo. The cathedral is the entire southern block of the Zocalo. While the architecture was not as impressive as other cathedrals we have seen, it does house the highest bells in Mexico. The interior was also fairly amazing. Arriving in the afternoon and having completely blown the directions to the campground, we decided to try a "five star" hotel from the guide book, which has cheap rates on weekends. Good move on our part. Hotel Aristos was a nice change with actual hallways, a king size bed (very unusual in Mexico), no low door jams for me to crack my head against and a very nice bilingual staff. (Note: People in Mexico are not very tall. I have numerous bumps on my head to prove it.) After cleaning up from two nights of camping (we had camped nearby Teotihuacan) we hit the streets to see Puebla and find some Mole Poblano ...
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