Do you live in Cholula/Puebla?

[superguera]

Hi everyone! I'm looking for English speakers who live in or near the city of Puebla who are interested in starting an ex-pat social group or know of one that already exists.

I'm a 39-year-old freelance editor who's been in the area for about a year now and is going a little stir crazy. My partner is Poblano, and we speak Spanish (I'm still learning) with most of our friends. They're fabulous, but I miss having conversations in English.

Please reply if you're in the area and would like to chat.

[synthia]

Welcome to the forum! Starting an expat group is a great idea. Good luck!

[Perruche]

Hey there!

I'm gonna arrive in Cholula the 4th of August, but will only stay for 6 months max... due to my studies which I will need to finish in Dublin.

An expat group is an excellent idea though, so if u need any help I would be glad to support

[jlms]

Why don't you go to Universidad de las Americas in Cholula?

Put a few fliers there, organize something in a nice venue and you'll have lots of foreign english speaking students there :-)

[carrie.vanv]

Originally Posted by superguera

Hi everyone! I'm looking for English speakers who live in or near the city of Puebla who are interested in starting an ex-pat social group or know of one that already exists.

I'm a 39-year-old freelance editor who's been in the area for about a year now and is going a little stir crazy. My partner is Poblano, and we speak Spanish (I'm still learning) with most of our friends. They're fabulous, but I miss having conversations in English.

Please reply if you're in the area and would like to chat.

hi-i'm not living in puebla yet, but i will be very shortly (november/december). i'm a 26 year old native new yorker and currently practicing landscape architecture dallas.

why have you landed in puebla? how long have you been there?

i think that an ex-pat social group sounds like a great idea. i've been in touch with a woman currently living in puebla. she mentioned a group that may currently exist by the name 'friends of puebla,' but i didn't have much luck finding them via internet.

i look forward to hearing from you--
carrie

[superguera]

Hi Carrie,

Thanks for replying to my message. Perhaps when you arrive, we could all meet in Puebla for a coffee or something and start a Friends of Puebla then?! (Meanwhile, I'll see if I can find them online.)

I landed in Mexico a year ago to study at the Spanish Institute of Puebla and decided to stay. I'm a 39-year-old writer/editor from California who travels a lot and works remotely for several clients in the United States. I live in San Andres Cholula (about 20 minutes from downtown Puebla) with my 30-year-old boyfriend, who is a graphic designer for a local magazine. We speak English and Spanish. Some of our good friends are 20-something architects here.

Anyway, my email is superguera[at]gmail[dot]com if you'd like to keep in touch.

All best,
Rebecca

[katiesd]

Rebecca -
My family and I are planning to move to Puebla/Cholula next summer for my husband to teach at UDLA. We think our kids will attend the American School in Puebla. I see that you are in Cholula but apparently very close to Puebla - do you have any advice about neighborhoods that are accessible to both, and is it pretty easy to get around (for an american with limited spanish) between the two cities?
Any info would be a great help!
Katie

[superguera]

Hi Katie,

Any neighborhood (colonia) on the west side of Puebla will put you relatively close to Cholula. I like Agua Azul. That and Las Animas would be good places to start looking, and anything located near Blvd. Atlixco will make public transportation easiest. Honestly, the best way to find an apartment/house here is to physically look once you're here, but perhaps the UDLA has a house-hunting service that can help in advance?

It's fairly simple to get around with limited Spanish as long as you're willing to speak what you know and learn a few new words, like parada (stop) and esquina (corner). The bus system is extensive and cheap, and drivers generaly will pick up or drop off passengers at any point along their routes. For the less adventurous, taxis between the UDLA and downtown Puebla run 50-70 pesos each way, depending on the driver and your willingness to negotiate, and take about 20 minutes.

Good luck with your move!

~Rebecca

[drblanke]

Hi Katie

We own house in La Vista Country Club that is available for long term rent next summer. I think most would agree it is the best neighborhood in Puebla and it is very safe. Our son attends school in Cholula and passes UDLA everyday on the drive over--it's 10 minutes or so away on the Periferico. Las Animas is about the same distance the other direction via Atlixcoyatl but is a longer drive with traffic and now road construction.

I hope this post isn't too commercial for this forum--my wife is Poblana and it is our own residence. Let me know if you are interested or you need a gringo's perspective on anything else here.

!Bienvenidos a Puebla!

[RVGRINGO]

As long as you aren't a rental agency, it seems you are offering what might be useful information in response to a specific poster's inquiry. I see no real problem with that. However, you could have chosen to do it by a private message.