Puebla - Zocalo - Krista photo
1. Many artistically
designed wrought-iron balconies and elegant crystal candelabras
2.
The main square, the Zócalo, is very atmospheric, especially when
illuminated in the evening
3. The downtown area (cento histórico)
with its cheerfully colored tiles and decorative facades, and the
creatively designed little shops
4. Stumbling across gorgeous
churches at practically every corner
5. The artistic quarter, or
Barrio del Artista, is a wonderful place, especially on weekends
6.
A very safe place, largely thanks to the significant police presence
– we didn’t see a single suspicious looking person
7. Nearby
Chulula, with its pyramid-shaped church
8. Many restaurants and
coffee shops in pleasant inner courtyards
9. The pavlova in the
Tarlets café was a heavenly slice of airy lightness
10. I loved
looking up at the twisting branches of the banana trees which line
the pedestrian streets and the main square
1. Apart from the
historic downtown (centro histórico) most streets are either
run-down or too anonymous to warrant much notice
2. The people
here don’t dress with as much flair as elsewhere
3. Two
disappointments: The Paseo Bravo wasn’t very interesting, and the
Mercado de Sabores Poblanos was gastronomically plain and
monotonous.
4. Impossible to climb the Popocatepetl volcano,
because it was closed. What’s more, the continual fog made it
impossible to even take a photo of it from a distance
5. Candy
Street (Calle de los Dulces) was also a disappointment: the local
taste for excessively sweet candy meant that we didn’t find a
the single thing we wanted more of
6. Puebla is a beautiful city, but
we found our previous destination, San Cristobal de las Casas, more
exciting and exotic
7. From about 11 am on weekends, the streets
are so crowded that it’s difficult to enjoy the experience of
walking
8. There are so many beautiful churches in this city (at
least from the outside) that we had to skip many, which was a
shame
9. Restaurants here employ a strangely large number of
waiters, which makes the slow service somewhat suspicious
10. It’s
impossible to enjoy a relaxing meal or a drink on the main square,
because every two minutes your table is approached by a peddler or a
beggar (it doesn’t seem to bother the locals – they’re used to
it)
(January 2020)
