Christmas in Xalapa
Trip Start
Feb 27, 2011
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Trip End
Mar 19, 2011
Xalapa, Veracruz-Llave, Mexico
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Home to cook and eat than to open the present at midnight. Different from our celebrations yet so very full of love and deep affection. And in this house Dad does the dishes. Yeah
Earlier in the day we went to Coatapec where all the best organic coffee in Mexico is grown and it is mighty fine coffee. An older town yet not a colonial city it once was so prosperous with the growing of coffee until the Brazilians started a hybrid coffee plant that was less labour intensive and these growers here could not compete. The town went into heavy unemployment and several years ago resurrected their coffee by becoming completely organic. Really really good coffee and some of you will recieve some upon my return. So you better be good you better be nice. It won't take much to make me thnk twice and keep it myself.
It was a 4 hour drive from Mexico City to Xalapa where Vanessa's family lives and the landscape went from fields of cultivated land to cattle grazing land to a lush forest of huge trees and boganvilla growing every where. This is an amazing country for its differences in this way.
Going out for a walk with Vanessa in the hopes of not having to buy an extra seat on the plane for my return trip
Comments
Morning Joanne
Your blog and photo's are wonderful, we are really enjoying them. i have'nt send you a message for a few days as i was out with the flu. All better now and ready to get going.
Christmas was fun as always, we went to the hulls for dinner and play this new game on the xbox It's like the wii but you don't have any controlers so the game reads your body and transmitts it to the t.v. techno stuff is amazing now. Anyways the kids all had a great time playing it. the game is a dance game and there were a few danceoffs. larissa and natel the winners. rocky came close but no win.
Looks like you guys had turkey dinner? did you have mexican food also? I'm interested in the diffrent traditions people have. Whats the weather been like is it sunny? Just seeing the sun would be beautiful.
Today I will take down the christmas tree put all all the decorations and get ready for the Ehman visit. Everyone is excited to see them and Veronica as most people over here have'nt met her yet. Nathan put a photo of her on facebook and she is kinda looking like griff did. beautiful children for sure.
Hope everything is good joanne miss you and love you
roberta
The turkey was smoked which was very tasty and different. You buy it smoked then you just heat it up for dinner. There was this amazing chichen done with a cream sauce and cheese and the chicken was stuffed with ham. There was a pork roll stuffed with something amazing and the most delicious pasta I'ver ever had.
Enjoy your visit with all the kids and grand kids. Love yah and don't really have time to miss anything.