Stop #3: Puebla
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| My Valentine |
While
serving my mission in Philadelphia, one of the areas I served in had so many
members from Puebla that we used to call that area Puebladelphia. Since that time, coming to Puebla has been part of my bucket list.
Puebla
is known for 5 de Mayo (May 5th), great food, and volcanoes.
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| Cinco de Mayo Celebration |
Outside of the US, Puebla is the only place that celebrates “5 de Mayo”. The 5th of May festivity is a yearly celebration of Mexico’s victory over the Second French Empire in 1862 at the Battle of Puebla, not Mexico’s Independence Day. Perhaps the Stabios should start to celebrate Dec 18 to commemorate our victory over France during the 2022 World Cup.  |
| "In case you're living under a rock" picture |
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| Calle de los Dulces |
During V-day, we went to “Calle de los Dulces” (street of sweets) where there were dozens of Mexican candy stores. The kids were a little disappointed as they are still not used to the Mexican candy, but we were able to find some places that had candy they recognized. Mackenzie scored a solid one:
Puebla
is also home The Biblioteca Palafoxiana - founded in 1646, it is
recognized as the first and oldest public library in the Americas. It has more
than 45,000 books and it had a small Hogwarts feeling to it:
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| La Biblioteca |
And
while these posts are fun, it's not all sunshine and roses… we’ve had some struggles,
but that’s for a different post… but the biggest downside to Puebla is that we
are required to wear masks when we are inside; yet no store will provide them.
And if they do, they will charge you. But we are making the best of it and adjusting
to the curveballs we encounter.
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| Cool street and building |
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