Catedral de Puebla in Puebla, Mexico
Speaking of a beating, I am the one who should be beaten after using every travel cliché in the book to describe Puebla, Mexico. Puebla may or may not warrant these descriptors, but after spending one day as a guest of the Mexican Tourism Board, I can say with absolute certainty that it is a pretty cool place.
Puebla is the birthplace of mole pablano, a famous sauce used in authentic Mexican cuisine. It is also the site of the Battle of Puebla, which gave birth to the popular Mexican holiday Cinco De Mayo.
Making a little molle pablano in Puebla
Over the next couple of weeks I will be sharing my experiences both here and at Traveldudes regarding this quaint, charming, out of the way, undiscovered hidden gem of a place. I promise that none of my forthcoming pieces will have any of the over used words and phrases found in this post.
Historic center in Puebla, Mexico
This trip has been sponsored by the Mexico Tourism Board. This post has been written not only in my own words, but also the words of every bad travel writer that has ever made people want to vomit.
TT
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Don’t be hard on yourself. People who have read you for very long trust you. Many of us are just waiting until we are hearty enough to endure the trips you usually write about. Or, until you scale down the energy and skill required and do a trip that doesn’t require as much effort. Just because something is a cliche doesn’t mean it isn’t true. Because we trust you, many of us are now ready to head for Puebla. That’s a gift, my friend. Flaunt it while you got it! 😉
Thanks Jay,
This post was done in tongue-and-cheek style. We have been joking about the overused travel descriptors on the trip, so I thought I would jokingly use them all in one post. Get them out of the way.
Loved this post. I agree that Puebla is definitely a gem, off the beaten path and all the words we promised to eliminate from our language 😉
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Here’s to hidden gems!
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I just cannot stay away from the travel writer forbidden words.
So where in Mexico is Puebla?? It looks like a “hidden gem.”
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It is just southwest of Mexico City. Only an hour and a half. It has the feel of a European city with cafés and old historic churches. I really enjoyed it.
Ted, I look forward to your posts about what Puebla *boasts*… 😉
How was the mole you made?
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The mole was incredible whether I had a hand in it or if it was made at one of the exceptional restaurants we stayed at.
Puebla is one of the featured towns in my new book, which looks at Americans and Canadians who’ve chosen to avoid the big expat colonies in San Miguel de Allende and Lake Chapala. What they’ve found is both diverse and surprising. The book is called Into the Heart of Mexico: Expatriates Find Themselves Off the Beaten Path. There’s a sample on my website:
http://www.sanmiguelallendebooks.com/intotheheartofmexico.html
Sounds interesting John. I know I was surprised by what I found in Puelba. It was not what I expected from a city in Mexico.