So this next week all starts with My class making Ninja Turtles for art projects. I had arts and crafts this week and since I love turtles, I thought hey why not make my kids craft them together. It was a genius idea and the kids LOVED them. I had them make all sorts of funny little crafts, and not one of them complained- it was a miracle!
That Friday we got home from school and immediately packed and left for our First REAL Vacation! I say the first real vacation, because we haven't gone farther than the outskirts of Pachuca the whole time we have been here. So for the first time we left the state of Hidalgo and wandered over to Puebla! The State of Puebla, the city Puebla. The Streets kind of look like Disneyland- everywhere you turn there is a new street full of shops. The buildings are all colorful and there are people playing music at every corner. Its quite the magical little town. In the Dark there are lights EVERYWHERE, just as if it was Christmas or something. I mean literally, it all kind of looks like Christmas because of the colors of the Mexican flag. Its glorious and the little town is filled with tiny shops and restaurants. As we wandered we found the BEST Churros EVER. They were fresh, hot, and they dipped it in sugar right in front of you. I could go on and on about the Churros, and I probably could have spent all my money on the delicious treat, but that didn't happen- that won't happen. They were just really good and that's all you really need to know. The very Next Day we spent the Whole day Touring the Cute Little Town of Puebla. We first visited the Old Historic
Second we walked town the street and into the open areas of little shops. Every where you turn there is someone sitting there just waiting for you to touch their stuff and buy it. It was also so incredibly easy to get lost in this place and never return, but eventually you run out of money and you have to find your way out. Story time: So I decided that I was going to get a turtle in Every city that I visited, that way I wouldn't buy 10 turtles in one city. So confession time, as we were passing through a shop I saw the COOLEST turtles, so just out of curiosity I asked how much they were and this guy clearly stated that he would give me all 7 of the turtles for 50 pesos. But I had already bought a turtle earlier, so I said no and walked away. For some odd reason we ended up passing this guys shop two more times. The more time we lingered there, the guy kept trying to convince me to buy the turtles for 10 pesos less. Long story short I
indeed bought all 7 of the turtles for 30 pesos. So in the city of Puebla I got 9 turtles in total...We spent two nights and one full day in Puebla and it couldn't have been better! One of the glorious nights we went to this GIANT Ferris Wheel! It was so BIG, and it went so Slow- It was so high in the air that we could see over the city of Puebla. It was simply amazing. That is all.
Our Adventure doesn't stop in Puebla! Out next stop was in Cuetzalan! The city is built on a hill, so literally every step you take is a NEW ADVENTURE. This place was so cute, it was filled with a lot of old women and lots of young men. There were very few in between and it was really weird. Anyway while I was there, I experienced some really good tacos, the BEST
Fresh Orange juice, and the coolest water cave I will probably ever tour through. First of all we found this awesome tour guide, and he took us through the jungle, cave, and then he lead us right to a really cool water fall. Now again, the whole City is on a hill, so by the time we were done hiking, and done touring the jungle cave and waterfall, we were exhausted! But we weren't done yet- We had heard from our tour guide that there was going to be a little fair right in town. Something I've learned about the Mexican culture, any excuse they get to throw a party, they go all out and party HARD. Cuetzalan is a tiny little city, so the "fair" was three little taco stands and one little shop filled with homemade things. Then the WHOLE city was in this little building having a little Mariachi band competition. It was really cute. We left at 9 pm and went straight to bed in our lovely little Hostel. The very next morning we wandered around town a little bit and made it a thing to go see the Ancient Cuetzalan Pyramids, It was something to cross
off my Bucket list- I have ALWAYS wanted to see ancient ruins! They were Amazing, really tiny, and broken up. I mean yeah they were incredibly old, but they were so cool! It's crazy to think that little ancient people of Cuetzalan made a living and homes out of these pyramids. I can just imagine little ancient people wandering around this place. Yes I say LITTLE ancient people, because I was either the tallest person in town or some of the men were just as tall as me. So these little ancient people are adorable and I'm in love with the city of Cuetzalan. Shortly after we saw the Ruins, we caught a bus back to Puebla and then back to Home sweet home, Pachuca. The bus ride was long and a little miserable, and I discovered that I get really, REALLY car sick. Anyway, the whole trip was AMAZING! I loved every moment and I'm pretty certain I can call Mexico my second home. :)
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