It all starts high up in the mountains of Oaxaca… We are equipped with sketchbooks, new gouache paints and a variety of paintbrushes. Sharon gets the paint flowing by creating small squares of varying shades to use as mini canvases…
Life in the colorful Jalatlaco neighborhood of Oaxaca de Juarez.
Ben and I fall in love easily. Oaxaca City has easily charmed us with its colorful streets, colonial architecture, murals, churches and overall walkability. Dias de Los Muertos is over, the handful of tourists that were here for the festivites…
Dying to experience Dia de Los Muertos in Oaxaca City.
We have been “saving it”, waiting for it… Since we arrived in Mexico in March, Oaxaca City has been right up there as the first place we want to travel to. The pandemic prevented us from coming sooner but, at…
Up into the clouds ~ San Jose Del Pacifico, Oaxaca
We get back from our trip to Chicago and we have just two more weeks in our beach town of Zipolite. Our house, which we’ve been renting for seven months, is no longer available to us (until May), as it…
From Zipolite, Mexico to Pilsen, Chicago.
Our original plans were for a trip to the U.S. to visit the family in May. Because of the pandemic, no one was travelling in May. Like everyone else we waited it out. And then, when it became blatantly obvious…
Grounded Nomads – Part 2
Grounded in one place for over five months is somewhat of a record for us. Even when we were anchored in countries, such as Sri Lanka and Viet Nam, after a few months we were usually up and on the…
Grounded Nomads Breaking New Ground ~ Part 1
Grounded. In yoga terms, being grounded means being physically and energetically connected to the earth… In nomadic terms, it means not being able to fly around the world as we have for over a decade. In bamboo terms, it means…
An earthquake rocks Oaxaca (and so much more…)
7.4 It lasts about thirty seconds. As the table starts to sway under my laptop, I feel a familiar feeling of “Oh shit! What now?” I look at Pete reading on the couch and shout “earthquake!!” She drops to the…