Life in Puebla thus far

I haven't written in awhile because I have been very busy visiting many, many classes and getting to know the city I'm living in for the next 4 months, but everything is going well and I am starting to feel a little more settled in! First of all, I now know how to ride the public city bus from my neighborhood to the center of puebla where my classes are and back..which is an accomplishment for me because I am not used to navigating public transportation on a daily basis, and here in puebla there is no schedule or map of the bus routes..,you just know what bus # you have to take and they come about every 5 minutes. It costs only 6 pesos (.50cents) to ride the bus, but apparently they just raised the price from 5 pesos. Therefore, my first week of classes at the BUAP (puebla's public university where I take classes) was interrupted by some of the university students protesting the bus fare increase which closed down the history department. Although it was a bit frustrating for me because I was trying to figure out what classes to take, it was also interesting to see how politically involved students are here and how they make sure their voice is heard..,something that doesn't often happen in the US. Anyways, I visited many classes here at the university to try to feel out who were the best professors and what were most interesting classes. Like many of the world's universities, students at the BUAP study only one subject (the liberal arts concept is very surprising for them). Although visiting lots of classes was stressful, I got to meet a lot of different students and experience different learning dynamics...including the fact that some professors don't even show up to class on the first day!
As of now, I am more or less sure of the classes I am taking- a Mexican 20th century poetry class, history of the mexican revolution class, a psychology and creativity class and a psychology of pedagogy (education) class. Hopefully they will work out well!
Other than that, I have been making mexican friends, exploring puebla, shopping, eating! and sleeping (to recharge my brain after speaking/ listening to spanish all day). Puebla is a very charming, old city with many churches, balconies and restaurants. The university buildings are very old and euroepean..they have patios with balconies and huge wooden doors. I haven't gotten a chance to take many pictures of the center of puebla, but I will soon and post them.
that's all for now...i promise to post more updates soon.