Familia! Who is ready to have some of fun in Puebla? I am! 

Puebla is a city in east-central Mexico, southeast of Mexico City. It’s known for its culinary history, colonial architecture and pottery. The painted Talavera tiles adorning numerous buildings are locally produced. The Renaissance-era Puebla Cathedral has tall bell towers and overlooks the central square, the Zócalo. Museo Amparo offers an extensive display of pre-Hispanic art, such as ceramics and mural fragments. However, the state is best known for cemitas, mole poblano, chiles en nogada and chalupas. Because, you know, food! Here's a cemita! 

This is our official calendar for our Puebla vacation. Items in BOLD are confirmed and paid for. So no backing out now!! 😜 Illness not withstanding. 

🛫 Wednesday, December 24 we will be leaving Tijuana via CBX at 4:40PM on flight number VB 5116. CBX recommends that we be at the airport no later than 2:40PM for that power walk across the border. Don't be late! 

🛬 We will be arriving in Puebla at approximately 10:00PM. We have airport transfer to the hotel. 

🏡 Our residence for our stay will be Hotel NH Puebla Centro Histórico. And true to the name, we are right in the middle of it all. The zocalo is a few blocks away. Restaurants, bars and optometrists will all be in walking (or rolling out of bed) distance.  

Our address is C. 5 Sur 105, Centro histórico de Puebla, 72000 Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, Pue., Mexico. Free Wi-Fi, A/C, pool, but no smoking!! 

💥 Thursday, December 25 is our first adventure. We have booked a walking tour of Puebla. The Walking Tour of Puebla: The City of Angels is a free walking tour with a real guide. Free with tip! The tour covers about 10 major Puebla attractions that are all within walking distance. We meet at the zocalo at 10:45AM. The tour is approximately 2.5 hours. Click on the link above for more info on the walking tour. One of the attractions is the Callejón de los Sapos or Alley of the Frogs. There is one below. 

After the walking tour we will convene at an open restaurant and have a white elephant Christmas exchange. There are rules. More info on that later. Merry Christmas!!

💥 Friday, December 26 we are heading out of town for our Cholula Experience Tour. Pick up is at 10:00AM outside of our hotel. This tour is private and roughly 4-5 hours. The tour guide will drop us off back at the hotel. Click on the link above for more info on the Cholula Experience. PS - wear comfy shoes. 

After the tour and maybe a little freshening up at the hotel we will head to the world famous Tacos Árabes Bagdad Centro for some authentic trompo de carne arabe! Puebla has an amazing Lebanese influence and is best illustrated in their cuisine. Let's eat!! Here's some trompo to whet your appetite. 

The night is free. Drinks anyone??? There are tons of good bars. With tons of good drinks. Let's drink a ton! 

💥 Saturday, December 27 we will find a nice breakfast near our hotel or on the way to to the Zocalo. Because that's where we will meet HOHO (that's Hop On Hop Off) Turibus. The HOHO drops off at 7 major Puebla hot spots. But we are just going to hop off at a few. I've already crossed off the bummers from the list. Our first hop off will be the Zone Historica de los Fuertes (forts, museums and the history of the Battle of Puebla!). There is a nice & quiet park where we can walk. 

We'll jump back on the Turibus and venture to the El Parian Handicraft Market. El Parián is Puebla’s largest and only traditional handcraft market. Once at El Parian, we can shop, grab a pizza, get a hot/cold coffee, see a Vampire Cupcake (this place looks good!) down a drink, have an ice cream, check out a cool museum or get a tattoo. We haven't bought tickets. We can get those when we get on the Turibus. This is an optional event by the way. You don't have to jump on and off if you want to do something else. But I hear the fort has one of the best views of the city and the Parian Market is cool! 

We'll probably walk back to the hotel instead of getting back on the HOHO as it's a light 16 minute walk. 

We'll rest and then commence part 2 of our adventure. 

💥 Sunday, December 28 is our paid and reserved Private Hiking Tour in Iztaccihuatl. Our pick up will be at 6:40AM at our hotel. It's going to be cold! So layer up. We will be back by 6:00PM just in time for dinner. Whoever is not going on the hike; you are on your own! 😜

💥 Monday, December 29 is our last night in Puebla! So we are going out with a bang!! We will venture out of town to the Tianguis de San Martin. The tianguis is a very large market selling a wide variety of products (fruit, vegetables, food, clothing, vehicles (!!!), etc.) This is one of the largest open air markets in all of Latin America. Great place to pick up your souvenirs for all of the homies back home. 

Then we head back to the hotel, nap, refresh. Because we have a cool night starting at 6:00PM with Calavera Coyote Pulqueria for some pulque and some food. What is pulque?

Pulque is a traditional, ancient alcoholic beverage from Central Mexico, made from the fermented sap (aguamiel) of the maguey (agave) plant, appearing milky white and having a tangy, buttermilk-like taste with about 6% alcohol. And Calavera Coyote is the best spot in town to down some sap! Hell yeah!!

The night gets better! Don your most fearsome lucha mask because we are then walking to Arena Puebla for a wild and crazy Lucha Libre event. We have balcony tickets for this event because I heard this is where all of the fun is at! Tickets bought and paid for. 

🛫 Tuesday, December 30. Ugh! Ready to go home? Not me! But..... Our flight leaves Puebla at 11:00PM on flight VB 5117. We have one extra room so we can store our luggage, nap, take a shower, etc, We won't be leaving to the airport until probably 7:00PM so this will be another free day to see what you missed, extra shopping, church seeing, etc. until we split to the airport. 

🛬Wednesday, December 31 we arrive back in San Diego at 1:00AM! That's morning time, baby! Welcome home!