January 18, Wednesday —
January 18, Wednesday.
I think I've gone to heaven. This is what my schedule has settled into:
8:30 — Walk from Las Mariposas to the Instituto Cultural Oaxaca.
9:00 — 12:00 — Class with eight people plus maestra. Reading, writing orating, conversing.
12:00 — 1:00 — Group conversation out on the colonade.
1:00 — 3:00 — Lunch break. Great places to eat and fascinating city to explore. Today I ate at "100% Natural," a kind of organic restaurant around the corner from my hotel, with freshly baked seeded bread, mountains of fruits and vegetables. Sound like it was made for me?
3:00 — 4:00 — Intercombio. A one hour conversation with someone who wants to improve his English and correct my Spanish. Assigned by the staff. My conversation partner is a lovely man. A 70 year old psychologist, originally from a small village in VEra Cruz. The plan is for us to speak in Spanish for half an hour and in English the other half. Today was our first go at it and I found it challenging but very pleasant.
4:00 — 6:00 — Cooking class. No English allowed! Today we made our own tortillas, chipotle/tomatilla salsa, blended some black beans into a thick mix. Then we cooked our two tortillas we had just formed with our wet hands, placed a drop of lard, bean sauce, crumbled cheese atnd topped with the salsa. Then put them on the fire again until the bean mi bubbled. Then, of course, we had to eat them. Such a chore.
Pics show our instructor, Vicki, demonstrating and telling me what to do.
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