Thursday, May 05, 2011

Puebla: A Daytrip to Tlaxcala

We finished our breakfast by 9, so that we could catch a bus that would take us to Tlaxcala. Jennifer had done a lot of research on the surroundings of Puebla, and her verdict was that Tlaxcala was well worth a visit. And she was right. Except for a few descriptors, I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

On the bus to Tlaxcala:














Escalinata de los Héroes:



























Downtown street. Behind, the Parroquia de San José:














Here's the church from the front:














Through the Calzada de San Francisco to the Ex-Convento de San Francisco, then up the steps, towards the Iglesia del Christo del Buen Vecino:




























































































Then back down the hill towards downtown. We visited the Palacio de Gobierno to see the murals that tell the story of Tlaxcala:.














































Then up another hill, to the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Ocotlán, one of the nicest churches we'd visit on our entire trip:









































































All this walking around was good for us, but we were exhausted by the end. And since no vacation-day is complete without a decent cappuccino with dessert, we stopped downtown again for a treat:




















































This last picture was taken by Jennifer, because she thinks that the display-man in the store behind me is dressed in "Benetton clothes that are just like the clothes that you wear", according to her. I'll take that as a compliment:

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