Wednesday, August 16, 2017:
I was up early, so I headed out the door before any other members of our entourage had awakened to explore the quaint city of Cholula.
Parroquia de San Pedro
in the early morning
Day of the Dead
Are you looking at me?
Small temple in the nearby
Zona Arqueológica
Sunrise over . . .
. . . which is a suburb of . . .
Above these two colorful signs
is the Santuario de Nuestra
Señora de los Remedios
Two volcanoes in the distance
one on the left and one on the right
Nice mural
Frida Kahlo's home
I'd eat here if it was open
Laurie, we need to repaint
the front of our house
Aztec influence
Of course Cholla, Mexico has
a Pakistani Art shop
Cholla is colorful
Mexican Sweets!
This shop was still closed when I walked by in the early morning.
Mini-shrine to the
Virgin of Guadalupe
Don't know who this is
but it was on the Zocalo near
our hotel
Our hotel was on the far right
of this arcade
Benito Juarez
Hero of the Revolution
Parroquia de San Pedro again
I just liked this gnarly tree stump
in the Zocalo
Emiliano Zapata
Hero of the Revolution
Templo de San Gabriel
I think
Nice entryway
Of course there were goats
walking down the sidewalk
Somewhat active volcano
behind our hotel
Big book in the Zocalo
I just liked it
Climbing up the world's second
largest pyramid trailing
only one of the pyramids in Egypt
The Tepanapa Pyramid looks more like a shrub covered hill than a pyramid as it has been badly neglected for years.
It is the widest pyramid ever built in the world.
The church that sits atop
the Tepanapa Pyramid that
we saw earlier in this post
View out of the front door of
the same church
The Gang of Four that made it to
the top of the Tepanapa Pyramid
L. to R.: Bart Iaccarino, George Contreras, Mike Wood and Joey Fuentes
The Gang of Four with Cholula
in the background
Mike and Joey also climbed to the top of Teotihuacán's Temple of the Sun last Sunday.
From here, it was on to the Universidad De Las Americas Puebla (UDLAP) to observe their practice.
UDLAP
Home of the Aztecas
The Aztecas have played in the last four Mexican Collegiate National Championship games and won three of them including the 2016 title.
In 2016 UDLAP went 13-0 but did lose an exhibition game 49-25 on the road in November to the FCS Pioneer League Champion University of San Diego Toreros who went 10-2 in 2016.
Campeones de Mexico
Cool Aztecas helmets side view
Front view
Are those stands OSHA approved
I shadowed UDLAP
Offensive Line Coach
Oscar Sánchez
He is a GREAT teacher as are all of the Aztecas coaches from what we all saw today.
Coach Sánchez had seven
players today
One-on-one pass sets
Stare Down?
Good work on the sled
Coach Sánchez was joined by the
RBs and their coach
Brian Quirino de Guzmán
Combo blocks
Getting inside leverage
Combo blocks again
Scrimmage time
After practice with the Aztecas'
massive and excellent LT
#51 Diego Bedolla, 6'6" and 285 lbs.
Here are some videos from today's Offensive Line drills.
Pass Sets
Leverage Drill
Combo Blocks
Diego Bedolla working against
a Bull Rusher
RT missed his block
After the well organized practice, we needed to eat a late lunch. DB Coach Remy Palacios once again led us to victory to cement his title as Mexico's #1 Assistant Football Coach in our opinion.
Cool beer sign
This was Coach Palacios choice
One of the three kilos of carnitas
that we ordered to share
between the seven of us
We were so stuffed that we passed on dinner tonight.
Now THAT'S amazing!
After lunch, we attended the
UDLAP staff meetings
Jesús, Joey and I sat in on this offensive meeting while Mike, Ricardo and Bart went to the Dark Side's get together.
UDLAP Aztecas American football is EXCELLENT!
Being alive was a good thing today.
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