With Geoff safely back from las montañas, we organized a full
family outing to the Wednesday market at Valle de Pablo, which we scouted
yesterday, without the market going on.
We had Sebastian drive us in the van.
As we did not get started until 10 a.m. he had actually told his esposa
where we were going today, and it is only about 15 minutes from here.
Elizabeth, although an Oaxacan, had never been to this market. It was fun to be surprised by meeting up with
his wife and 2 ½ year old son Axel.
Elizabeth was carrying a nice green pot with a chip out of the lip. I asked Sebastian about it, and he said Axel
had pulled it off a display and they were now proud owners of a new slightly
damaged pot!
Eliza is always fascinated by other small children and she
kept a close eye on Axel. She paid
particular attention when he was eating a nieve (snow cone). We continued on through the market. So I can clear this up for you, all the
villages usually have a covered Mercado (which we visited yesterday), but on
their weekly market day all the streets are closed off and vendors of
everything set up tables and displays on
both sides of the streets, with the shoppers going down a middle aisle. You can buy fresh fruit, clothes, hardware,
toiletries, and just about anything you would want. It is very colorful and festive.
As you might expect, with the Warren and Froh ladies training
Eliza to become a super shopper, the day turned into “Spoil Eliza Day”. The first purchase and negotiation was at a
children’s hat stand. She now has a very
fashionable new straw hat. Next was a
stop at the Zapateria (shoe store), as all the ladies with me are into shoes,
especially Eliza. She tried on several pairs, but none fit her properly.
Crisis! Fortunately, just down the street was a vendor with an adequate supply
of Eliza sized shoes. She now has a
beautiful new pair of sandals.
Along the way Sebastian showed Mary Ann where there was a
pineapple vendor who sold really cheap.
We ended up with three pineapples (20 pesos for 3 = $1.58) so now we had
really heavy stuff for Sebastian and I to carry (he is also burdened with stuff
his wife has been bringing to him!).
Mary Ann gave one of the pineapples to him, as we certainly don’t need
three, I think to make him feel better about being one of her burros. We have all violated Sebastian’s rule of not
buying until on the way out, so we are not carrying heavy bags!
After more fruit purchases we start walking out and guess who
reminds us about getting nieves (Oaxacan snow cones) so we backtracked to the
snow cone stand, which had tables available to sit and eat the dulce. Elizabeth
and Axel join us there. We could have kiss of the angel, tuna, lemon,
burned milk, and mixed nut flavors. Eliza and I had lemon and Geoff had tuna (not
atun which is the fish). Both were great
and Geoff thought he would get to finish Eliza’s but she, the great eater that
she is, finished it all. All this filled
up 3 hours and back to the casa for swimming time. I think our future is eating pineapple!
Eliza with her new hat
Sebastian, Elizabeth & Axel
Getting nieves (snow cones). Yumm! Tuna
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