Mexico, visiting Puebla

We wanted to see a little bit outside of Mexico City, and thus were recommended to visit two places, Puebla and Taxco.  We wanted to go to Taxco with jaime who was arriving later, so we decided to book a tour to visit Puebla.  The shuttle was to pick us up at 8, then we took a little bus to another location, where we paid and organized with others going on the same trip, and got onto another bus.  then that bus had to stop for gas.…

Mexico City, around the city

on the fourth day in the city, we met up with fiona, who’s wedding we were there to attend!  we met up for breakfast, then she showed us around a cute part of the city, and then spent the day running errands for the wedding, which included such fun things as buying alcohol and visiting an awesome local market that actually has good things to buy in it. breakfeast [flickr id=”11028970725″ thumbnail=”large” overlay=”false” size=”large” group=”” align=”none”] the house fiona’s grandparents owned, now a restaurant [flickr…

Mexico City – Chapultepec & Coyoacán

On the third day in Mexico City, noa and i decided to start the day with a visit to the Chapultepec Castle.  The Castle is roughly in the middle of Mexico City, in a huge forest.  We were told the forest is about a third of the greenery in mexico city, and therefore is referred to as the lung of the city.  it was really cool to be in such a big city and to forget about it because your surrounded by so many trees.  very…