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HOLLYWOOD Discovers Puebla de Los Angeles Mexico’s GlazeD Beauty by Nyla Arslanian M ABOVE: Historic streets house gourmet restaurants and boutiques LEFT: Angels soar above and surround Puebla's Cathedral de Los Angeles. Mexico that is produced in that city. I y husband and I have had a love affair with Mexico almost as long as our own. We honeymooned in Mexico City and Acalpulco in 1969. Nearly every year since we have returned to sample the many delights of this wonderful country visiting such cities as Guadalajara, Oaxaca, Morelia, Gua- najuato, Vallodoloid and Merida and the glorious beaches of Ixtapa/Zihuatenejo, Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan and Huatulco. With Mexico, there’s al- ways another town or city to discover each with its own particular character and history or another beach to savor the warm Mexican Pacific. For many years Puebla has been on our wish list as the home of Talavera pottery available all over 48 DISCOVER HOLLYWOOD / SPRING 2011 don’t know why it took us so many years to get there. Te short two-hour, first-class bus ride from Mexico City International Airport could not not have been easier or more convenient and included reserved seats, a drink and a snack. Te road to Puebla rises out of Mexico City passing pine tree forests and mountain vistas. We’d chosen an overnight flight and caught the first bus and the glorious first light as we rose higher and higher along the highway. At 7,217 feet, it was cool and the city was barely awake but a taxi was waiting. We soon learned that most of the taxis and many of the cars are Volkswagens as a major plant is located there. It was a short ride to our hotel, and we soon knew