This morning, we woke up in Mexico, in our comfortable beds in our beautiful rooms decorated with antique furniture and local artwork. We emerged from our rooms to find the table beautifully set and already filled with fresh pineapple and strawberries, homemade granola rich with millet, almonds, pepitas, and honey, fresh yogurt, hot coffee and hot chocolate, and fresh bread with butter. The girls who worked at the B&B were busy preparing something that smelled delicious. They poured us fresh juice and then brought us steaming plates of hot tortillas and cheese with tomatoes and guacamole.
After breakfast, we went out onto our flower-bedecked rooftop to feel the sun. Then we wandered around the town, getting our bearings. We walked through an old church near our B&B, then went shopping at the Mujeres Artesanias de las Regiones de Oaxaca, a collective of women artists from Oaxaca. Angus bought a hammock and Emmett bought a little wooden figurine of a skeleton--his "day of the dead guy." Amy and I bought clothes and when the men got bored, they left. We all met up later at the zocalo for a drink and to give the kids a chance to run around some more. Of course, Ben had to take one of his famous pictures of himself in the bathroom.
We also wandered around the local markets, Angus had some fun skateboarding along the streets, and Amy got one of the military guys to pose for a picture.
That night, we had dinner at La Olla, the restaurant owned by Pilar, who also runs the B&B where we are staying. After dinner, we went to the rooftop to enjoy the view, then strolled home through the city.
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