Mexico

The final day. I have had a repeating thought all day today of “I can’t believe we’re going home tomorrow”. Before I get into feelings, here’s our day… We went out to the same coffee shop as yesterday for breakfast. Excellent coffee and once again, excellent food. We came back to the Airbnb, showered, and…

We found a new breakfast place this morning that was excellent. Normally we’d drink instant coffee and have breakfast at the Airbnb, but with just a couple mornings left it feels silly to stock up on supplies. So we walked two blocks and had our good coffee and filling breakfast sandwiches. We came back, showered,…

As you can see by the long list of things in the title, it was a long day of exploring the valley outside of Oaxaca. We had a big breakfast and then Jeff came and picked us up from our Airbnb. Our first stop was about 30 minutes out of town to see Arbol del…

Millie has been waking up at 6AM for a week or so now, but today she slept until 8:30. We had to wake her up to get ready to meet up with our old friends Eric, Elsa, and their son Santiago. Nick has known Eric since he was a teenager, when Jeff sent Nick to…

We left the Mexico City Airbnb at 7:30 and got through the airport in time for our 10am flight. Jeff was on the same flight as us so it was fun to fly as a unit. I kept having the thought “next time we have an airport day, it will be to fly home”. It…

Millie was once again up too early, excited to see Papa Jeff. This time we let her knock on his door and then we let him entertain her while we slept in. I think we deserve it after a year of being the primary entertainment. When we got up at 8:30 we were greeted with…

Today marks one week until we fly home to Austin. The final countdown. This morning as I was laying in bed I remembered our home coffee routine, which is a machine that we’ve programmed to go off at 7 on the dot so that by the time we wake up we have fresh delicious coffee…

Nick’s dad moved to Oaxaca a couple of years ago, and we always knew that would be our last stop on this yearlong journey. But a couple of weeks ago when I booked an Airbnb in Mexico City, the place I booked had a third bedroom. We extended an invitation for him to come stay…

Our wake up this morning was brutal. Nick’s alarm went off at 2:30, we showered and did our final packing, woke Millie up at 3:00, and then got in our Uber by 3:15. He drove us safely among the drunk drivers of Lima and we arrived at the airport at 4. We tried to eat…