Thank You!

This vacation to Oaxaca, Mexico has been a great one.  From reviewing the blog posts, the Quirky Living Notes, and the many photos you can tell it was a wonderful adventure.  We had never been to Oaxaca before, so it was a full course learning curve.  It really was a different vacation because of the fact of living several kilometers outside of the city core, requiring the renting of a car, visiting so many villages and sites, and then share these with our guests.  There was never a single day that we did not go somewhere away from the casa.

All of this could not have happened without the wonderful casa provided by Gene and Melinda Hanson.  It is such a stunning home and obviously loved by the two of them, judging by the wonderful Mexican handicraft décor which you see in any view from any place that you are in throughout the house.  Just having a fantastic kitchen gave Mary Ann the opportunity to show off her incredible home economic skills.  In past winter vacations we always had been in downtown areas and so ate out in restaurants most evenings.  Here we had the pleasure of enjoying Mary Ann experimenting with some excellent Mexican dishes.  If, as a result of reading the blog, or just wishing to experience true Mexican life, you should decide to come to Oaxaca, please take a look at the rental listing for El Estudio:  http://www.vrbo.com/210929.

Part of the fun of this vacation was due to the staff that makes the casas in the compound so beautiful, and run so efficiently.  We thank Rosa for being an excellent maid and Virgilio, our gardener, for keeping the grounds so beautiful.  Most of all we want to thank Sebastian and Florencio for becoming our friends and helping us whenever we needed anything.  They make quite a team and hopefully they enjoyed our being here, along with all our family and visiting guests.  Hasta luego to them all.

It was fun to meet all the neighborhood “characters”, whether residents or guests at the other casas.  Hopefully, I did not insult or slander any of them by my views and comments.  Oh, that’s right, I never used last names!

Finally, I want to thank you for checking in on the blog and hopefully, vicariously enjoying our five weeks in Oaxaca.  The blog wasn’t begun until the second week of our visit, but your encouragement by viewing it as evidenced by over 600 “hits” in the four weeks was encouraging and kept me writing every day.