We decided to rent a car and drive to Puebla & Cholula and stay for a couple days rather than squeezing them in during a one day tour or taking a bus because we want to go to so many different places. There was a mix up with the car and Matt had some trouble getting it, so we didn't set out until about 2:00. It was quite interesting to see the sprawling "suburbs" of D.F. (we were told locals never call it México City; they call it D.F. for Distrito Federal, like us saying D.C. for Washington). It didn't seem like there could be 21 million people here until we just kept driving and driving through densely packed, multi-story buildings as far as the eye could see. Once we got to the state of Puebla, the landscape opened up and we traversed a pass with gorgeous green rolling hills and pine trees. Once we began descending a bit, it turned into farmland—lots of corn—and open fields. |
We took the toll road and found it quite odd that there were areas where trucks and autos were parked along the side of the road and there were roadside businesses, but they were on the other side of the guardrail, so they were hopping over the rail to patronize the businesses. The road was very good and we made good time once we got out of the ever-present traffic in D.F.
We decided to stay in Cholula because we found a "family room" at a hotel there with three queen beds for $62 for three nights! Not much privacy, but vastly larger than the motorhome! The hotel is called Casa Calli and it is right on the zócalo (city square) and is super cute. It used to be the residence hall for the university here.
We were all hungry and the boys were in the mood for Italian, so we walked just a couple blocks to a great place. We all loved our meals and since it was so cheap and had started to rain, we let the boys get desserts which were not only delicious, but gorgeous, as well. Another realization we had was that the wait staff never just bring you the check, you always have to ask for it. I think they must find it rude to rush you out—very different from the U.S. We had lasagne, pasta, salmon, pizza, had four desserts, drinks, and a bottle of wine for $70 including the tip.
I'm not much of a take-pictures-of-food person, but our desserts were beautiful. The photos don't do them justice.
We decided to stay in Cholula because we found a "family room" at a hotel there with three queen beds for $62 for three nights! Not much privacy, but vastly larger than the motorhome! The hotel is called Casa Calli and it is right on the zócalo (city square) and is super cute. It used to be the residence hall for the university here.
We were all hungry and the boys were in the mood for Italian, so we walked just a couple blocks to a great place. We all loved our meals and since it was so cheap and had started to rain, we let the boys get desserts which were not only delicious, but gorgeous, as well. Another realization we had was that the wait staff never just bring you the check, you always have to ask for it. I think they must find it rude to rush you out—very different from the U.S. We had lasagne, pasta, salmon, pizza, had four desserts, drinks, and a bottle of wine for $70 including the tip.
I'm not much of a take-pictures-of-food person, but our desserts were beautiful. The photos don't do them justice.