New Year's day and all is reasonably well.
Sylvia, my 97 year old mother-in-law, has been under the weather the past couple of days, and today is my turn to stay with her while the others are checking out a couple of neighboring villages.
Today is the last full day, then we have a full day of travelling on Saturday, before arriving home in Portland late Saturday night.
It has been a relaxing interesting trip, with several odd coincidences, many surprising sights, and a lot of corn tortillas, eggs, refried beans, avocados (especially wonderful) and chicken. Last night, at dinner at a local place, we ordered a bottle of wine and it (a Chilean Cabernet) was actually quite a delightful change from the frequent beers.
We've made a number of interesting purchases, and I have taken hundreds of photos, one or two of which may end up here soon.
Two weeks is a long time to be away from home, staying in the same place, but, coming after the hectic and stressful events of the past 4 months, a welcome trip. The day spent at Monte Alban was especially perfect, a major surprise being the incredible chicken-and-garlic platter we had for lunch at the airy, quiet cafe, overlooking the distant mountains, valleys and clouds.
Nothing more to say right now, except that it's another beautiful sunny afternoon in this ancient place, and my half-hour on this computer is about up.
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