Beauty should be free but the first 3 photos are from the Internet and wished I could take credit. these 3 are of the same church on top of the world's largest pyramid in volume (probably not recognized as such because it is not tall and is covered with vegetation. Somehow the wonderful photography make Mt Popo look much closer as seen in my pics. The "Mujer Dormida" is pictured in the background of no. 4 with "mine" in the foreground.
Next (no. 5) from on top of the Cholula Pyramid (no. 6) looking out to Mt Popo in the distance. The Cholula Pyramid is covered with vegetation and a church Nuestra Señora de los Remedios on top No. 7 is in the colonial part of downtown. A night view below on the left (no.9) of the main and central cathedral in downtown Puebla and the next morning on the right (no. 8) from the hotel where we had our training that I mention below.
As it turns out we were invited by officials of the State of Puebla to include their State in our 2010 corn project. I made it known that if there were a project in Puebla I would of course have to take care of it! In record time of less than two weeks from initial talks I am here in Puebla having finished the first week of training and a day touring growing zones. What a coincidence to end up training in Puebla at the beginning of Spring Break!!! Yippee!!! If how well motivated the government officials appear and the agronomists and farmers are is any indication, it should be an excellent project. Things are happening so fast by comparison to other areas that it is really exciting. Of course I will put in extra effort and visit often!! (Not to be confused the city of Puebla is the capital of the State of Puebla.) Rosie actually lives on the edge of Cholula (30,000 pop) which borders Puebla City (a million plus). All life and shopping etc centers around Puebla the city. Cholula has the world’s largest pyramid in volume with the Catholic church built on top. Since it is not as tall as others and covered with dirt and vegetation it is not ever mentioned with the great pyramids of the world. Because Cholula had one of the largest populations when the Spaniards came they had to conqueror it and build Puebla next to it. Puebla is one of the oldest modern cities in Mexico being founded in about 1531 just a few years after the arrival of the conquistadors and less than 40 years from when Columbus discovered the Americas.
Our training was in the Historical section of Puebla. In the evening Rosie took Ernesto Miramontes I on walking tour. We ate some delicacies that are world famous as originating in Puebla. Some you might have heard of some foods that originate in Puebla: chile chipotle, chile poblano (poblano is nickname for anyone from Puebla), mole, Chile Enogado (Em do you remember right after we went to LA Temple with Jarom then to Newport Beach Temple we ate in that nice Mexican restaurant and I had a dish I had never heard of and was ecstatic about?) Chile Enogado is a stuffed poblano chile (larger than bell pepper but flavored like jalepeno but sweet) then covered sauce of fruit, nuts and some chile…….. it is super delicious and like nothing you would ever think of as Mexican food.
Cuss word, cuss word cuss word no better yet 5 very bad cuss words in spanish!!!!! I can not get these danburn rotten no good lousey blog pics organized in order as I have explained. I have 3 choices get mad and leave (it automatically goes to draft where I just now found 5 other drafts started over the last 6 months..probably not finished for the this same reason......so this yet again will not be a good choice!) 2nd leave it how ever it falls and let you figure out which pic is which or 3rd continue for several hours more and figure it out!!
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Dad, the best thing i have found is just to center every picture and not try to match to the side of the text. I haven't found a stress free way to do that, so now i center all my pictures and write the text above or below. Much easier. Do you have your visa back yet?
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