OAXACA at last!
A great road trip had come to an end. We spent out first night outside of the city of Oaxaca in the hills of San Pablo Etla. We had been to this beautiful place before when dear friends Tricia, Chuck and Nora had lived there during their year in Mexico. Fortuitously the home they had house sat was purchased by their neighbors, Adele and John, who happened to need housesitters while they returned to visit their home in the states just as we were arriving.
“Housesitting” included feeding their Burnese Mountain dog Tilly, 2 cats Tigre and Amlo, many turtles, chickens and turkeys while basking in the remarkable views of the surrounding mountains and valleys. The kids were in heaven as down the road at the B&B Casa Raab, Rebecca, the proprietress, was the Doctor Doolittle of the Etlas. She had just received a drop of 8 puppies and 2 kittens. Her menagerie includes burros, horses, cats, dogs, puppies, kittens and wounded birds. Talia, Sabina, Ruby and Arlo were young vets in training with Rebecca while the adults ran around the city markets looking for paint and furnishings for our little homes on the other side of Oaxaca .
No surprise that when we left for San Luis Beltran a couple weeks later we were fostering a 5 week old Mexican mutt named Lila. Stella gets to play mom. I get to wake up at 4 am for “play”sessions (read: cleaning up wet spots). School starts on August 18 and there is a lot of anxiety brewing about going to a Spanish speaking school, making new friends, all against the backdrop of missing dear friends in Boston. We went by Colegio Teizcali last week and all the kids were kissed by all of the teachers. We are off to a good start!
A great road trip had come to an end. We spent out first night outside of the city of Oaxaca in the hills of San Pablo Etla. We had been to this beautiful place before when dear friends Tricia, Chuck and Nora had lived there during their year in Mexico. Fortuitously the home they had house sat was purchased by their neighbors, Adele and John, who happened to need housesitters while they returned to visit their home in the states just as we were arriving.
“Housesitting” included feeding their Burnese Mountain dog Tilly, 2 cats Tigre and Amlo, many turtles, chickens and turkeys while basking in the remarkable views of the surrounding mountains and valleys. The kids were in heaven as down the road at the B&B Casa Raab, Rebecca, the proprietress, was the Doctor Doolittle of the Etlas. She had just received a drop of 8 puppies and 2 kittens. Her menagerie includes burros, horses, cats, dogs, puppies, kittens and wounded birds. Talia, Sabina, Ruby and Arlo were young vets in training with Rebecca while the adults ran around the city markets looking for paint and furnishings for our little homes on the other side of Oaxaca .
No surprise that when we left for San Luis Beltran a couple weeks later we were fostering a 5 week old Mexican mutt named Lila. Stella gets to play mom. I get to wake up at 4 am for “play”sessions (read: cleaning up wet spots). School starts on August 18 and there is a lot of anxiety brewing about going to a Spanish speaking school, making new friends, all against the backdrop of missing dear friends in Boston. We went by Colegio Teizcali last week and all the kids were kissed by all of the teachers. We are off to a good start!
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