The Chronicles Part I

So.. hi.. yeah. Haven`t written for a while and now I am in a pickle because I don't know exactly where to begin.

I have decided to divide and conquer. I will start with the here and now and then create exciting chronicles travelling back through time and back through Argentina and Brazil..

So here I am back in my beloved Oaxaca, with my family. Mi abuelita (little nana) says that she wants to adopt me, and I might just let her. Saturday was El dia del Amor.. Valentines day Mexico style is a sight to see. Friday night was like the best horror movie I ever saw, which would be called

'The night, of the attack, of the giant, heartshaped, foil balloon people'..

Kinda speaks for itself.. the streets were FULL of those balloon bunches with legs that I love so much, but I mean full.. FULL! All red and shiny and foily.. ahhh

And on my second day back I found a traditional Mexican toyshop! With handmade toys of wood and tin, hand painted ones, and plastic ones too. There were little guitars painted with flowers - bright, plaster piggy banks with bows and big eyelashes - animal masks - skelleton toys - and barbies who had been dressed in hand woven fabrics.. A few oddities and a lot of TREASURE.. I found myself the perfect hombre!! Well he is a puppet, but he wears a sombrero, has rosey cheeks, un bigote enorme (big moustache) and is carrying a pistol.. We are going to have a June wedding and would love it if you could make it here for the special day.

I have been thinking that there is something in the recipe that makes Oaxaca which is very close to my recipe for heaven.. here are a few of the ingredients..

sweet papaya and mango
Volkswagon beetles
colourful embroidery
dancing skeletons
hand painted signage
street stalls with striped umbrellas
plastic shoes
crazy piñatas
cups of multicoloured jelly
bird, loveheart and flower decorations
ladies in colourful checkered aprons
confetti on the footpath
crepe paper streamers
cut paper decorations hung from lamp posts
shaved ice with topping
markets
buskers playing acordian
delicious drinks flavoured with flowers
long hair plaited with ribbons
fuegos artificiales - fireworks

.. these are a few of my favourite things.. and there's so much more..

I think Chronicle II will go all the way back to Buenos Aires. Que emocionante! I promise to be a good chiquita and write again muy pronto...

Hasta lluego mis queridos xxx