Laurel & Breanne in Mexico

Breanne and me in the bathroom mirror in our Puebla hotel.
So happy to be together!

Breanne and friends on a wall around a fort.
The boy on the end made us homesick for Michael!


A touristy souvenir vendor street in Puebla with painted cobblestones.

My matchy earrings I got on the souvenir street.
I'm sure I'm in the middle of saying something very important.

View from our second floor hotel room in Tehuacan,
the city Breanne lives and teaches in. I had to laugh that
morning because all morning we could hear honking
cars. Honking honking honking! They are impatient
drivers! It was funny. If I lived there, it might not be funny.

Bree stops to admire a painting in our pretty hotel

Pretty street across from the little shop where Breanne's
family makes school lunches. She works there with them
in the mornings. The school children stop on the way to
school to buy their lunch, or climb up this wall and call
to them to bring their lunch!

This is how you buy pastries and rolls.
You get a tray and tongs, walk around, take what you want,
then bring it to the front to pay for it. They wrap up your goods
and off you go. We tried a few bites of several things!

Back in Puebla, this is the view from our window
in the morning before the bustling begins.
The gray brick on the right is a church.

The church across the street

Is it a cathedral?

Church detail

Outside of the church, food vendors are setting up.
This is Holy Week (week before Easter) and there will
be a LOT of people going in and out of the churches.

These are common for lunch. I forget what they are called.
We had them in Tehuacan. $.50 for two lunches!


I saw some Mexican Scouts and had to take a picture!
I felt tall.

I'll put these photos in our next Boy Scout newsletter at work.

We stayed in on this day and watched DVD's in
our hotel room on Breanne's laptop.

Breanne feverishly finished knitting a muffler she was
making for a friend so I could mail it from home.

Here come the Holy Week crowds

This cute lady is burning "Michael" into
a leather bracelet for The Boy.

Out and about at the zócalo, the main square.
There were families, couples, teens, children, all out
enjoying the perfect weather, restaurants, vendors
and church. A lot of happy hubbub. I loved it.
I also enjoyed thinking of Uncle Earl Redd who
served in this city (Puebla) on his mission. I'll bet
you a million bucks he spent time here at the zócalo.

Laurel and Breanne at the zócalo

Breanne introduced me to many things including 'elotes.'
It is hot corn on the cob, spread with mayo, dusted with
powdery cheese and sprinkled with chili powder or sauce.
You get messy, but it's oh so yummy! It made me
think of artichokes. It was probably the mayo.

Didn't think I'd want to finish it, but I did.

Breanne brought her dad's film camera.
She's quite the photog.

Friday was pyramid day in Teotihuacan.
I saw this sign on the bus on the way
and thought of home.

Women in Mexico often link arms or hold hands while walking.
We liked doing that. This is on the pyramid bus.

It was a long way to walk to the pyramids.
I liked thinking about the Book of Mormon people
who probably dwelled here. Wow! These sunken
grassy areas were surrounded by artistic-looking
rock walls and ruins that looked complex to me.
Like divisions of rooms and even some water drainage.

Wow, the Temple of the Moon pyramid. So cool!
It felt like another world and another time.
It was all so big and spacious and ancient-feeling.

Close up of a wall

Getting closer to the Temple of the Sun

Artsy photo by Breanne
She hopes to display some of her
work at a local cafe.

Water drainage?

Almost there!

We're halfway up the Temple of the Sun pyramid!
Being out of shape, having climbed half way up,
and being at 10,000', my heart was racing and
decided to not get in line to go to the top. Breanne
had been here recently and made it to the
top with her friends.

It was bright!

Pyramid girls

Got some loot to bring home

Bree introduced me to mangos-on-a-stick.
They peel the mango and cut it like a flower
for you so it's easier to bite. I don't
remember liking mangos before today.
I fly home in the morning.

After pulling an all-nighter in the bus station and airport
I'm on my way home. I'm pretty sure this is Baja
California and the Gulf of California.
I can't wait until Breanne makes this same flight
and comes home to us. After almost four
months she only has two weeks left!
Thanks for the great week, Breanne and Mexico.