We are in Puebla!

Today we arrived in Puebla. It is a beautiful city surrounded by churches and colonial style architecture. The first place we visited was our hotel, Hotel Colonial. From there we walked around the center or zocalo as they call it here. While in the center we saw a hunger strike put together by public school teachers who were apart of the "Soy 132" movement here in Mexico. This group is in opposition of presidential candidate Peña Nieto of the PRI party. 131 students with their IDs protested how the the flower vendors were treated in Atenco, Mexico when they were mistreated by the order of Nieto. There was also a protest group of teachers on a hunger strike. For being such a conservative church town its people certainly have a voice. Next, our very hungry tummies went back to the hotel to eat dinner. The hotel is known for its great mole, a chocolate spicy sauce often served on meat, poblanos, or enchiladas. The mole poblanos are known to be the best in the world. It's also catalogued as a historic monument because of its magnificent colonial architecture. The hotel has the oldest working elevator in the country. After dinner we met to discuss our videos on the hotels breathtaking roof view of the night sky. We got good feedback on our projects and we are excited to keep moving further with them as our time in Mexico is coming to an end. :( We look forward to experiencing all that Puebla has to offer including the many churches.