Surprise trip to Tlaxcala

This past weekend was filled with all sorts of fun things; I went to the birthday party of a niece of my host family, a fiesta for my program to welcome all the host families and friends, and a picnic in the park with friends from my history class. This mexican picnic consisted of eating tostadas which are large tortilla chips with salsa, sour cream, cheese...kind of like large nachos in a way. Then out of nowhere, my host mother and sister appeared in the park (I have no idea how they found me in such a huge place) and informed me we were going to Tlaxcala. I had no idea where or what Tlaxcala was like, but I happily joined in the family excursion and we were off to Tlaxcala, which was about an hour way and beautiful! It is kind of like a miniature version of Puebla, only located more in the hillside and with narrower streets. We walked around the beautiful zocalo which had lots of beautiful fountains and children jumping in moon-bounces (they are super popular here for kids). We then went to an art museum where there was a beautiful show of paintings by a local artist, we saw a puppet show in the park and climbed up lots of stairs to an old church. Despite the fact that we were tired, we had to visit the "pocito" which is a well that was supposedly blessed by a saint. Unfortunately, it was closed by the time we got there, but my host parents bought a jug of water from the pocito for 15 pesos to bring back to puebla...Mexico is an interesting place haha! By this time the sun was beginning to set behind the hills, dark clouds rolled in sprinkling a couple raindrops and soon after the moon appeared. We had one more place to visit, a stunning church on top of another hill, Octolán. When we arrived the sky was filled with dramatic clouds and birds flying to the church to roost for the night. Thank goodness it was time to walk down to the city by this time because we were beat!