Oaxaca Day 1-2
Oaxaca feels so welcoming and tranquilo! Atole. Con chocolate. So fresh . Yesterday when we arrived we dropped our bags and wandered towards the Zócalo - it is super impressive and reminds us of Mérida with restaurants surrounding the plaza and people watching, little performances and vendors. Very relaxing just hanging out there in the shade. Today our private guide Tomas took us on a good tour that was amazing. We started outside in his pueblo Teotitlcn del Valle for the market where a beautiful woman served us atole con chocolate. She was shelling the roasted cacao herself by hand. The church in this pueblo has an amazing Chapel of Maryrts with a wooden ceiling and relief sculptures of saints who were martyred highlighted with gold. We visited a larger town and its market, Tlacolula where we (Mel) had chapulunes,. barbacoa (goat), tejate (drink) and other Oaxacan treats. Wrapped up with a stop at a small artisan mezclería. View from rooftop restaurant Gansitos de mamey - very t
