Last Afternoon in Puebla

Having spent the morning around many other people, we decided to explore the Zocalo by oursleves. Many Mexican cities have a Zocalo, which is a plaza surrounded by the cathedral and the government building.

A man insisted on cleaning Jason´s sneakers, for a rather expensive 45 pesos ($4.50). Everything else in Puebla seems to cost only 15 pesos. We walked back to the hotel and waited for Amalio. Waiting in one place in Puebla makes you an easy target for all of the street vendors. We were able to fend some of them off, but one of them approached us and insisted we try her chocolate. It was very tasty, so of course we had to buy some. She actually had change for a 100 peso bill, but she gave me back too much money. We managed to figure it out, though.

We met Amalio and Paul and headed out for the Zocalo. We bought our nephew, Billy, a silbato de cotorro, which will allow him to make very annoying bird calls. It was a bargain at 10 pesos. We tried to find Ruby a Pokemon watch, but we couldn't find one.

Jason had wanted to try some palomitas con chile (chili popcorn), and we managed to find the place selling it. The bag cost only 8 pesos. It doesn't feel like you're spending real money when you're in Puebla!

Amalio stopped by a booth to get his picture taken. For 30 pesos, the machine will take you're picture and allow you to superimpose any number of ridiculous hairdos on top of it. He chose four crazy hairstyles and printed them out. I wish we could post them to the blog!