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| One of three cafes less than a half block from our hotel. |
Jan 25: And we’re off. Up at 4. Shuttle at 4:20. Arrive airport 4:30. Back to hotel via shuttle to retrieve Ab backpack left in hotel room 4:35. Flight to Atlanta 6:00. Mexico City transfer a tad nutty but ultimately fine.
Arrive cute little Oaxaca airport and warm Mexican sun. Juan at hotel is neutral but Pablo has a huge never ceasing smile. We get dungeon room on first floor. Pablo upgrades us to third. Promised a week. Later acquire a second key. Walk to/around Llano Park. Malteados at cafe across the street. Cta collapse in room. Ab to Zocolo. Retrieves Tlayupa for Cta. Muy sabrosa.
Jan 26: First full day. Hotel breakfast (incluido). Scrambled eggs, bad coffee, tasty fruit cup, refried beans, bread. Visit from John Hastings. Jog around Llano, then to Sports facility via unpleasant trafficky streets. Too much health club and distance for Cta. Ab continues on. Cta visits “garage gym” up the street. Eli (“Ellie”) shows facility. Pole dancing. For mujeres viejas? Si, even gorditas. Cta visits tiny cafe across the street. Room for 6 people.
Temp drops, wind picks up. Meet John and Jackie at Mariposas. Place is a charming enclave.
Dinner near Zocolo. Margaritas all around, great food. John has brought with him a backpack full of 26 harmonicas (he plays blues harp). Tells Cta he can teach. Just one hole, blow in, blow out.
Pozole soup (verde). Burritos with shrimp. Tlayupas. John totally gets The Classics Slacker. We love John. Jackie runs three miles every day. John wakes her up at 7:15 for her run. Cta’s husband waits until she wakes up and brings her coffee. He also moves first margarita that arrives on the table to her. It’s good to be married to a gentleman. Jackie loves everything about Mexico--the food, the culture, the weather, the people, the low-cost living. They come every year to Mariposas, get same room, even leave clothes here.
