Rachel and I arrived in Oaxaca two hours ago after a pretty long day of travel. We left our host home in Guanajuato at 8 this morning, took a 5 hour bus to Mexico City, braved the Mexico City metro (which was completely fine) to get to the airport. Flew from there, one hour, to Oaxaca. Its a real change of scenery here. Oaxaca is fairly flat, set in a broad valley with some pretty big mountains off in the distance surrounding the city. About a quarter of a million people. I was particulary excited to see the tropical vegetation. I like it! Reminds me of our honeymoon. We were given a ride by our new school people to our new host home. We met three generations of women in the family. First the mom, then the grandmother, then the daughter. The mom, with assistance from the grandmother, served us some really good, slightly spicy vegetable soup, then a good meat and potato stew dish. I am amazed that I am able to have a conversation with a grandmother in Oaxaca, Mexico, or at least communicate with her. Wow. How cool is that?! Feels like we are from different worlds but the last two weeks seem to have gotten me a long way. It was fun trying to communicate with her. She is very sweet.
We have a nice room, and the house has a courtyard off which is the kitchen and dining area, both open air. Pretty neat. There are two other couples staying in the house. Two Americans and two Kiwis. Will be good to meet them. We are excited to drink some good coffee here. Rachel and I always like to drink coffee from Oaxaca at our favorite coffee shop in Chapel Hill. Now we are at the source. Start classes tomorrow...
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