Oaxaca
Trip Start
Jul 21, 2009
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Trip End
Apr 28, 2010
Where I stayed
Oaxaca, Central Mexico and Gulf Coast, Mexico
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Oaxaca is a nice little town, that seems to have grown on me the longer we were there. The main town square is surrounded by trees and little resturants, and it has a very colonial feel to it -- meaning that there are lots of nice, colorful buildings on the streets and a bit cleaner of a feeling than others. They also had a number of interesting markets there. Hidden amongst other storefronts, you occasionally come across a door that leads into an entire square block of marketspace when you werenīt quite expecting it. One of these was a typical market, divided into sections by what was being sold (hats, backpacks, fruit, spices, raw meat, etc). The other had an entryway composed of an odd combination -- stands with raw meat and hot grills. At the end was a set of tables. Apparently you pick your meat, they cook it, and you eat it. With the heat in that hall and the lack of refrigeration, I do hope that you pick fresh meat. This opened up to a collection of a few dozen inexpensive resturants, which explained why we hadnīt found many the day before. We did manage to try a few of the regional specialties before we left -- hot chocolate, mole (a very thick nutty, spicy, chocolaty sauce served over chicken) and grashoppers. Fried and spiced, which apparently come in a wide variety of different flavors or levels of spicyness!
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Happy anniversary Kim and John!!!!!!!!!!
Happy Anniversary to Kim and John!!!!!! ( a day late, but...) I hope you're having a great time!
love, mom