Casa de los Munecos University Museum

We went to a little family restaurant, Cocina de la Buen Sazon, that is down the street from us for breakfast. Our neighbours were there too as the food is always delicious, plentiful and inexpensive there. We always take home a doggie bag of fruit, pastries and buns. We can’t possibly eat everything that we are served! With a coffees, we paid $15 altogether and that included a tip. (Chris had Huevos Mexicanos and I had Huevos Albanil with beans)

Today was the day that we were told to pick up our new transition lenses for our glasses. We placed bets that they wouldn’t be in but off we went to pick them up. And lo and behold, they were in! Caesar Julio popped them into our glasses frames, checked them out and they are great! One third of the cost of the same lenses at home… and a whole bag of gifts - 2 coffee mugs, lense cleaners, bottled water.

The main goal of the day was to visit the Casa de los Munecos near the Centro. It was built in the second half of the 18th century and belonged to Don Agustín de Ovando y Villavicencio, a councilor in 1773 and the chief constable or mayor of the city in 1791 and 1792.

This building has one of the most beautiful facades in Puebla, with plaster reliefs, balconies with wrought iron railings, and several doors and windows with arches. However, what makes it unique are the 16 tile panels representing characters popularly known as los munecos or "the dolls." These figures depict semi-naked men and women in dancing poses, accompanied by pitchers, animals, or musical instruments.

The Museum is a cultural center that houses a valuable artistic and scientific collection depicting Puebla’s history. Its collection includes antique devices, furniture, photographs, musical instruments, plasterwork, engravings, watercolors, and an impressive collection of 200 colonial paintings and 17th-century oil paintings. Among its most striking pieces are a perfectly preserved mummy brought from Atlixco, mammoth bones, and even a shrunken head. You could spend hours in this building.

Around the corner from the Casa, we were ushered in to see the inside of La Casa de los Cañones or the House of Canons that is 400 years old. It is now a university library.

This house dates from the 17th century, has had more than 15 owners and has been a convent, hotel, theater, warehouse and even factory. a historic 17th-century baroque building located in the city center. It was formerly the Mangino family residence and later a luxurious hotel (1915), noted for its cannon-shaped gargoyles (water spouts), colonial history, and rumored paranormal, ghostly activity. Haha. It also has one of the first electric elevators installed in the city during the early 20th century.

It was past lunchtime so we looked for a small restaurant and found one in front of El Parian (handicrafts market) and had some delicious pozole. There was so much soup that we took half of it home for tomorrow’s dinner or lunch.

The owners replaced our hard living room sofa bed couch with a super comfortable one while we were away. What a bonus! Good day all around.Read more