Lovely experiences are happening here that I don't have time to write (blog) about. Every available word today going directly into the travel journal, which is growing fatter by the day.
Yesterday my eye caught and held each aqua and yellow door & wall. So many luscious textures and colors! Each one shabbier and more beautiful than the last. A wall. A floor. A door frame. Locks. Iron bars. Handpainted letters and numbers.
Only a small bit of dancing in the video below, but I'm working on a longer one with my STAR. A fabulous hip swinging latin dancer in white pants with a grin on his face. See if you can spot him! Yesterday while walking we turned a corner and right there in front of us a stage of 60-90 year old latin ballroom dancers!
It is late. Or I would tell you about the magical town of Izamal where all the buildings are yellow. Every one. I would tell you about the lovely Mayan woman who came to our home today and cooked dish after dish of Yucatecan food. I would tell you about the latin ballroom dancers from yesterday that made my heart expand so much it hurt.
I have a lot to say. But tomorrow we leave early for another adventure after which I will have 2 lovely empty days to sit and write and think. I need that time to absorb the streets, the people, the things I have seen. I fall in love with places as though they were people. And Mérida is no different. sigh sigh sigh…
Look for my friend in the white pants. I have a much longer video of him to share!
january 10 from MAM on Vimeo.
Hope you have arrived home safe and sound…and that you unpack your stuff a lot sooner than I do when I have been on holidays!
I never knew about these beautiful places…I am looking them up on the Internet to learn more about them. Thankyou for your inspiring posts
What an atmospheric video – you should get a kickback from the Merida Tourist board!
Lovely sights and sounds :o) And while I saw many a gentleman in white pants, I can’t wait to see who you’re going to be dancing with!
Oh, please, please, please tell me you are sharing your travel journal with us when you get back!!! Fabulous photos!! can’t wait to hear more!
Wow – what a joy to watch. a smile came upon my face when I heard the music. The sounds, the colors, everything is just fabulous! Wish I were there with you. Can’t wait to see the longer video.
Hugs.
the colors, the textures, the sounds…I feel warmer already. What a magical place you have found. I appreciate these little snippet..I am drinking my’joe’ and dreaming of Merida.
Glad to see you are enjoying Merida, don’t forget to try the “cochinita pibil” dish. Are you going to see any of the pyramids?
Wonderful walk today…so amazing to see green and I can almost feel the breezes. I can tell you are sinking into this place, your eye attuned to the nuance of color and pattern. LOVE the dancing, in town, in the middle of the day. That makes me sigh…a life where that is possible, where it happens. Thank you Mary Ann, enjoy your time out of time. xo frannie
*Swoons* … *Swoons again* … *and again* …
O thank you for bringing this fabness all the way overhere. I Love your new Love too.
I glimpsed a white-panted wiggle with panache. I am guessing that’s him.
xxx
just what i needed to read this morning. i am so enjoying your latest adventure. mine won’t start til february 15th. i too, will be celebrating my birthday again away from home. i kinda of like it. last year i celebrated all by myself in florence, italy 🙂
have a wonderful day!
oh what a delicious torture it is to live your travels via your telling. I think everyone should buy a ticket on the MAM tour bus. We would never see the world the same.
Your photos are beautiful!
Kx
Delicious photos!!!
Spray paint. It must have made you feel at home. (ha) I know what you mean about falling in love with places; your wonderful glimpses of Merida are so tantalizing. All the color, the green, the breezes and the blue sky. I long to be there. (Today the temp got above freezing for a few hours). Enjoy your quiet days, the perfect end to your love affair with Merida.