Martes 28 Junio

Buenos dias,

My alarm rang at 4.30am, but not a single noise in the house, I get up, went to the toilets, everyone is still sleeping. I tried to make some noise, but not too much in case they changed their mind about leaving so early. So I went back to bed, trying not to fall asleep again. Around 4.50am Stephanie came in the room saying that their alarm did not ring and that we were late.

While Valdir and Stephanie were finishing packing the car, i was with the children and the grandma was making some QUEQUA (short for quesadillas) with different flavour, always cheese + chorizo or courgette flowers or mushrooms + sandwiches and some fruit. For drinks : tea and water.

We left the house at 5.30, we had to go to the gas station because we needed petrol, and oil. And it’s at that moment that Stephanie realized she couldn’t find the keys... so we start looking everywhere, and luckily after 8 minutes of panic she found them in a bag in the back of the car. So at 5.45 we finally started our real journey.

Unfortunately instead of 5 hours we were in the car for 7 hours....we arrived at 12.45. Mexico roads are......not the same as in Europe !!! Most of the journey was on a one lane road, with plenty of trucks, so it was funny... (more scary actually). We also had road works when one lane is closed so we can only drive one side and then the other...

volcano (white smoke)              -               mountains                      -                     cactus

 

more mountains              -                arrid valleys           -                finally a hint of Oaxaca !

The landscape throughout the journey was really interesting and varied, at first kind of flat and dry then mountains with some greenery, we drove up high mountains (SIERRA), and for once I was not sick !!! (thanks to the CD we were listening to, Emilie Jolie (French musical), I was singing with all my heart and head ! The landscape was more and more greenery while we approached Oaxaca, but still in the mountains...

      the main road next ours      -                        the house                  -                well-earned rest !

We crossed the town to go to the north side of the city, near really nice green mountains. Finally we arrived HOME ! It’s a nice blue and white house, with a garden and 3 doors to access it (from the living-room, from the kitchen and one near the bedrooms). The house is actually a mess, stuff everywhere, some workers dug the floor but did not covered it, the same with one wall which had carpet on it...

With Stephanie we prepared the children’s room (and so mine, because I’m still sleeping in Morgane’s bed ! at least for tonight). Some workers came to arrange some things in the kitchen, we went food shopping for the monsters with Stephanie : sausages and crisp for diner ! We might get some food later on.

I’m exhausted and it’s only 4.45pm, I did not sleep in the car, and had a tiny SIESTA one hour after we arrived ! We have no internet (but we tried to use the hotel’s WIFI, but the signal is too weak, so I’m using word to write my memoirs !!! lol)

Buenas stardes
Caro