Day 3 (June 4th): La Mesita and CASA Today we met one of our artist connections, Christian Thorton. He works with many different mediums of art, but has a particular love for glass. This love motivated him to create a glass blowing workshop in Oaxaca that focuses its philosophies around community and sustainability. He does […]

Hola! Day 2 of Oaxaca was quite the adventure. After breakfast Florencio, our guide, picked us up in two vans and we drove up into the mountains to visit the historic site of Monte Alban. The site is often referred to as the Pyramids of Monte Alban, but as Florencio informed us, pyramids are associated […]

I’ve officially been in Oaxaca for 24 hours. I’ve got a lot to talk about so I’m going to try to break this done into sections. First up, Flying! I haven’t flown since 8th grade. So I’m definitely not a pro and so I was nervous, but things all went pretty smoothly. I have learned […]

Welcome to my blog!  I’m going to do my best to give an honest and reflective narrative of my adventure in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico.  I’ll post as consistently as I can, but ya know wifi and lack there of and busy schedules… Anywho, I’ll be journaling and other stuff when we are out and about […]