PUEBLA VIEWS

Today we take the tour bus to visit the Puebla City Center and its Zocalo. Puebla is advanced, cosmopolitan, and cultured. There are a number of major universities. It is clear from the neighborhoods that the standard of living here is higher than most of the Mexico we have seen yet. There is evidence of industrialization in the outskirts of the city.

Its proximity to Mexico City must be a powerful influence.
Along the way to downtown we pass by many international cuisine restaurants. here is an Argentinian Restaurant.

Here is a basilica at the top of a hill. I didn't get the name.

This is the start of the pedestrian mall for the Artists Neighborhood in Puebla.

A shady walking mall with shops and places to eat and linger.

The shopping walking malls in central Puebla were quite crowded with Mexicans and tourists this Saturday.

We visited a Talavera factory. Talavera is a traditional stoneware originating in Spain.- - - - - - - - It says: Talavera Factory - Welcome - Come in.

A fine exemplar of Talavera Stoneware. It is heated to over 2000 degrees in the finishing step.

At the Zocalo.

Main downtown street.

Crowds at the Zocalo. An orchestra was playing classical pieces.

Small pooch on a leather harness. Wubi now has a similar magnificent quality leather harness from Mexico.