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Cholula and Puebla Day Trip

Liza on the road to Puebla... road over the pass went over 2800m (nearly 9200 ft)?	Spanish-built Catholic church Nuestra Señora de los Remedios was built atop Great Pyramid of Cholula, the largest man-made structure by volume in the world.	Robert inside a tunnel in the pyramid (excavated by archeologists, not an original tunnel; the pyramid was presumably solid)	A long staircase inside the pyramid
Robert and Liza inside the tunnel...	...and Robert outside in the daylight	Robert checking out some interesting local artwork	Why is he smiling?  Because he just ate a grasshopper (chapul)
Partially excavated, one of the lower levels of the pyramid	Pyramid view with church	More pyramid view...	Monument in downtown Puebla
Beautiful churches in Puebla...		Inside a talavera pottery factory/shop
Enjoying lunch at the Villa Rosa restaurant in Puebla, which served a fine, representative mole poblano	Robert enjoying his lunch...	...and having fun with the musicians :-)	Puebla street - see the nice cobblestone pavers...
Liza at the Zocalo in Puebla	Robert at the Zocalo...	The Palacio Nacional in Puebla
Zocalo arcade...	Calle 5 de Mayo!  The holiday commemorates the Mexican defeat of French forces at Puebla in 1862.  The French won a year later, though.	Marimba musicians from Chiapas at the Puebla Zocalo.	Chess set, anyone?
Puebla street...	Really beautiful the blue/white tiles on many of the building façades	Robert at the fountain in the Zocalo	Puebla's full name was La Puebla de los Angeles...should be a sister city to LA...
Robert looking for interesting birds	The cathedral of Puebla, outside...	...and inside	The chapel of the rosary...
Chapel of the rosary		Lovely tile work