Puebla--my visit to the big city

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Wow--home again after traveling for a few weeks. Let's start with--PUEBLA

Puebla has a lot to offer. A large city, it offers shopping (for things like sneakers) which can be hard to find in Oaxaca. Plus, it’s an easy central location if one wants to visit some other archaeological sites.

What I loved about Puebla were the churches. Now, if you know me, I check the box that says ‘spiritual but not religious’ when forms insist on asking me about my religion. But, one does not have to be religious to appreciate great churches (not The Church). And churches are everywhere in Puebla. You cannot throw a rock without hitting one.

Rife with ornate tiles, guild and stone, they are impressive in their construction and the amount of money they contain. Which if you don’t mind me getting on a soapbox for a minute—would have been better spent to help the local people. Instead, the indigenous were made into slaves and their religious sites destroyed and the churches built on top of it.

So seeing a beautiful church in Mexico is much a yin/yang moment. They are beautiful. Amazing. Grand. But they were built on blood and one can’t every truly forget that.

Okay—off the soapbox...