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Our favourite place in Oaxaca – San Domingo
Whilst the Zocalo and the cathedral might be the centre of Oaxaca, the aesthetic and cultural hub, and restaurant central, are San Domingo. The Dominicans built on a whole city block after outgrowing their old site and also experiencing earthquake issues, they got it right here. Today it is a church, a museum on the…
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Frida K is alive and well…
…and serving lunch in Ocotlán market. She is very sweet and stylish. (Amazing that a mono-brow can look this good.) So that’s our celebrity sighting. Actually even Lola had to ask after the last blog….who is the celebrity sighting? Did I miss it? Well -she was low key, and there were no paparazzi. So Ocotlán…
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Monte Alban – was Harry Potter here?
Lola and Ms Pacifica went on a day tour.Surprising – but true. Everyone spoke Spanish and so we had to concentrate and listen but we think got the gist. First up was the archeological site of Monte Alban on the outskirts of Oaxaca. Monte Alban was a huge city and religious site and construction started…
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Oaxaca – street art
We are living in the quaint old barrio of Xochomilco in Oaxaca. (Joch-i- milko) which is a residential neighbourhood with cobbled street and lots of graffiti and some political statements. The one above is a chapuline (grasshopper) which they make into tacos and eat here! And no… we haven’t tried one! Our neighbourhood…some are cute,…
on my horizon... 