Apartments Villa de Campo
Travel Blogs from Oaxaca
Daily Life
... as I shoved my feet into shoes and raced up our driveway, shoelaces flailing. Now that I know the truck sits at the top of our driveway for about five minutes before moving on, taking out the garbage is a much mellower experience.
I just got back from paying our water bill. Forget paying the bill online, sending in a check, or calling a number to pay with a credit card. I took the bill to our local grocery store and paid ...
My first 7K(-ish) in Mexico
... washed inside and out by hand, and would cost about $3.50. So, Leah, Micah, Zola, and I found a quaint backyard eating place (“restaurant” doesn’t quite seem to fit), had a great lunch of memolas, quesadillas, and soup, and enjoyed our drive home in our freshly cleaned car (Jimmy and Gary, you’d be impressed by their workmanship!). On the way home, Leah said she’d sized up her competition and figured that she would ...
Busy as a Bee
Yesterday was a spectacular bonding day for our newest group! Here in the city, a huge 80th anniversary of some kind was taking place so there was a parade, a show, live music and lots and lots of people creating quite the experience here in Mexico! In the evening, we visited a square in the center of town to listen to a brass band. Many locals were dancing in front of the band (if you can call what their drunk asses were doing 'dancing'). Some of them ...
Beautiful Sound
... this can appear to be annoying, I find it to be a really unique cultural aspect. Fortunately for me, I grew up in a very loud home, so I pride myself on being able to sleep through (almost) anything. As long as I’m well rested, I can survive the day. Who knows? In the near future, I might find myself as accustomed to the loud clatter as the Oaxacan natives do. For now, I’m trying to take everything in, particularly these unique ...
Essen, Essen und Essen
... eben rustikaler und ohne Beilagen serviert, zu genießen. In Oaxaca sind diese typischen Gerichte Riesentortillas (gefüllt mit Bohnenmasse, Käse, Fleisch und lecker Salsa), Grashüpfer und Mole (sieht aus und hat die Konsistenz wie die Soße zum Germknödel, schmeckt jedoch herzhaft pikant). Außerdem ist die Atmossphäre auf der Straße viel authentischer. Man sieht die ...