Where I've been #1
Mar 23, 2024 09:39:19 #
Looks like a nice place to spend a few peaceful days...you have a good eye for subjects, Kathy!! 
Mar 23, 2024 09:40:35 #
jederick wrote:
Looks like a nice place to spend a few peaceful days...you have a good eye for subjects, Kathy!!
Why thank you, Jederick. And, yes, it is a wonderful place to spend time. Actually, we're so busy when on the mission trip that we really don't have time to enjoy the hacienda.
Mar 23, 2024 09:48:16 #
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Earnest Botello wrote:
Great and beautiful series, Kathy.
Thanks, Earnest.
Mar 23, 2024 10:59:25 #
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Mar 23, 2024 13:14:14 #
AzPicLady wrote:
I spent 10 days working in Ecuador on a medical mission in the Riobamba area. We stayed in this wonderful old hostal called La Andaluz. The original buildings date back hundreds of years, and the interior is full of creaky boards, old stone steps, and "haunted" hallways. They have wonderful collections of old stuff and beautiful flowers (of course, this is Ecuador, so everything grows!).
Those are beautiful! What a fun trip!
Mar 23, 2024 14:33:28 #
Mar 23, 2024 14:34:54 #
AzPicLady wrote:
I spent 10 days working in Ecuador on a medical mission in the Riobamba area. We stayed in this wonderful old hostal called La Andaluz. The original buildings date back hundreds of years, and the interior is full of creaky boards, old stone steps, and "haunted" hallways. They have wonderful collections of old stuff and beautiful flowers (of course, this is Ecuador, so everything grows!).
Looks great. Long ago (70s) I went on a summer field school to SW Mexico and our group took up 2/3 of an old town house turned small hotel (Hotel Mi Solar-has an online mention so still in business) in Uruapan, Michoacán built by some hacienda owner back in the colonial days. Beautiful workmanship and details throughout. Very much like the place you stayed. It had been modernized with electricity and running water.
A family owned and ran it as a hotel that specialized in traveling salesmen etc. The head cook had turned those salesmen into "recipe collectors" bringing her dishes from all over Mexico and Central America. One of them got into it so much he learned how to cook the recipes he found and scheduled an extra day in town so he could prepare and teach in the kitchen. During our summer there we got to try a couple of his new discovers. Even some of the millionaire landowners of the area would come there to eat and often send a cook to learn the new dishes. Some of the big hotels sent cooks to learn dishes also. Lunch was really busy with the local businessmen coming to eat.
I see on one online site it is listed as a 3 Star but guest ratings are a 4.6/4.7. It also seems to be enlarged, maybe they took over the buildings next door. I know during the summer our field school was there they almost never had a vacant room and at meals they often had people from the area waiting for a chance to eat.
Mar 23, 2024 14:50:14 #
Mar 23, 2024 17:23:34 #
AzPicLady wrote:
I spent 10 days working in Ecuador on a medical mission in the Riobamba area. We stayed in this wonderful old hostal called La Andaluz. The original buildings date back hundreds of years, and the interior is full of creaky boards, old stone steps, and "haunted" hallways. They have wonderful collections of old stuff and beautiful flowers (of course, this is Ecuador, so everything grows!).
A stunning variety of outstanding shots ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
A stone seat? I remember sitting on the cold cement of the front porch of our first house. My mom always told me not to sit like that too long because I would get "piles." What horror those stone seats must wreak
Mar 23, 2024 17:35:16 #
Mar 23, 2024 17:52:49 #
SENSORLOUPE wrote:
Those are beautiful! What a fun trip!
You are so right about it being a fun trip. And thank you!
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