Hola! It's been a while since I posted but everything is going great and still having a fabulous time! My mom is here and we have been super busy getting her acquainted with Oaxaca, and seeing new things that I put off seeing while I was here on my own. She got here a little early and managed to get to this hotel by herself on Wednesday (go mom!) so I surprised when I was in a cafe reading my email and I saw one from her saying "I AM HERE!". I rushed back to the hotel which I had checked into already and thankfully was only around the block from where I was in the cafe, to find her in our room waiting for me! Nice surprise! Our hotel is adorable!!!! It's called La Casa de los Abuelos, and it's run by the two cutest people, Rosy and Luis, a brother and sister in their 60's probably. I thought they were married but as it turns out they are just brother and sister (Luis told me as he made the cross in front of his face). Our "apartment" has a full kitchen and then a living room area, and an upstairs loft where the bed and bath are. It shows how much love and care they put into it because it's completely decorated with knick-knacks and pottery, etc... They renovated it and put loads of love into every touch. Here is my mom in the kitchen... We love it!!!!
The next day we went out and found a guide at a hotel to take us out and around town. His name was Raul and we arranged for him to take us out to 3 places: Mitla (an archeological site), Tule tree (allegedly the widest tree in the world) and Teotiitlan de valle (a weaver's village). All places were very interesting and Raul was very knowledgeable. In the weaver's village, Raul took us to a family's house and he spent a great deal of time showing us how they get the wool ready and how they use natural ingredients to make the dye for the yarn. Then he showed us the weaving that they do there. Their 5x7 rugs cost $800 plus!!! We didn't buy anything.
My mom and I went out for dinner and had a restful evening. She was still getting familiar with the city and we did a lot in one day. I'm going to post a couple pics and then write a new entry for the next day.
** Sorry about the photo sideways problem. Blogger doesn't have a tool for you to rotate them the correct way so any time you take a vertical photo it automatically lays down... oh well!
No comments:
Post a Comment
Leave a note letting me know you were here!! Thanks!