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We’re in Mexico, a fiesta-happy country, so we presumed Cinco de Mayo would warrant a big blowout celebration that would put the 2 for 1 maragarita specials that US “Mexican” food chains like Chilli’s trot out every May 5 to shame.

Turns out, most Mexicans don’t really celebrate Cinco de Mayo. It’s essentially a regional holiday celebrated in the city of Puebla commemorating the Mexican army’s unlikely victory over the better equipped and larger occupying French forces in the Battle of Puebla in 1862.

Outside of Puebla, Cinco de Mayo is just something mentioned in history class.  Oh well, let’s have a cerveza anyway.

Battle of Puebla

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