We departed Mexico City although it took well over an hour to escape the city! Mexico City has
a huge population somewhere between 22 million and 35 million! Our destination was Puebla and it is the shortest leg over the next three days.
On arrival in Puebla.."The City of the Angels" we drove past huge car manufacturing plants. This is the third or fourth largest city in Mexico but is the first exclusively "Mexican" city.
We stopped to inspect a pottery factory and they did have beautiful work. No purchases! Before we went to our hotel we visited the Santo Domingo a former convent that has an altar piece considered to be the 8th Wonder of the World.
The tiles over the workers wash tub at Uriarte Tiles. A special order!
The front altar. Spectacular but not the one we came to see!
The doors were closed in front of the special altar and the officials would not open them. Frustrating!
Towards the end of the day we passed again and went in and this time had a great view of this golden masterpiece.
St Dominic and The Virgin
The golden roof.
After lunch we visited the Cathedral, the first in Mexico and still the second largest.
Puebla is considered to be the centre of the Church in Mexico.
Looking up.
Puebla is an interesting city. It has 70 churches in the old town and over 1,000 colonial buildings. It was granted UNESCO World Heritage status. Our hotel is a former convent and is now a luxury
hotel. Our room is modern..not a Nun's cell but still has feature sections of wall with original frescoes.
I doubt that this was an original that now decorates the foyer!
The cloisters is now a covered eating area.
The view down from our terrace to a beautiful outdoor area.
After a short break we walked around the town visiting churches and old colonial buildings along with markets and shopping streets. A few photos from along the way:
Celebrations continue for The Day of the Dead.
Anyone for dinner?
Anyone for a tasty snack of worms?
A quiet corner of the market square.
a huge population somewhere between 22 million and 35 million! Our destination was Puebla and it is the shortest leg over the next three days.
On arrival in Puebla.."The City of the Angels" we drove past huge car manufacturing plants. This is the third or fourth largest city in Mexico but is the first exclusively "Mexican" city.
We stopped to inspect a pottery factory and they did have beautiful work. No purchases! Before we went to our hotel we visited the Santo Domingo a former convent that has an altar piece considered to be the 8th Wonder of the World.
The tiles over the workers wash tub at Uriarte Tiles. A special order!
The front altar. Spectacular but not the one we came to see!
The doors were closed in front of the special altar and the officials would not open them. Frustrating!
Towards the end of the day we passed again and went in and this time had a great view of this golden masterpiece.
St Dominic and The Virgin
The golden roof.
After lunch we visited the Cathedral, the first in Mexico and still the second largest.
Puebla is considered to be the centre of the Church in Mexico.
Looking up.
Puebla is an interesting city. It has 70 churches in the old town and over 1,000 colonial buildings. It was granted UNESCO World Heritage status. Our hotel is a former convent and is now a luxury
hotel. Our room is modern..not a Nun's cell but still has feature sections of wall with original frescoes.
I doubt that this was an original that now decorates the foyer!
The cloisters is now a covered eating area.
The view down from our terrace to a beautiful outdoor area.
After a short break we walked around the town visiting churches and old colonial buildings along with markets and shopping streets. A few photos from along the way:
Celebrations continue for The Day of the Dead.
Anyone for dinner?
Anyone for a tasty snack of worms?
A quiet corner of the market square.
2 comments:
Worms would be the perfect Day of the Dead snack. Lucky for me, I'm not an early bird. The photos and travelogues you're posting are just fascinating, I'm really enjoying your updates.
The kids loved the photos you emailed us of the scary day of the dead band members. 😬
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