29/07/2026
Six days in Oaxaca. One bucket-list item finally crossed off. Zero regrets about the extra kilos. 😅
Here's what I tell every couple I help plan a wedding for: it's not about the perfect shot. It's about being present enough that you don't need the photo to remember how it felt. Put the phone down. Taste the food. Cross the bridge. Cry if you need to.
This is the memory. Everything else is just proof it happened.
📍 Oaxaca, México
🫶🏽 6 days, 1 husband, a lifetime of "remember when"
Landed and immediately walked into a state-wide food fair, tasted everything we could get our hands on.
Later that day, wandered into the Templo de Santo Domingo with a local guide we met at the gate, because the best plans are the ones you didn't plan.
The next morning we found Tía Gaby, a woman from the Central Valleys who cooks over her comal, coals, and generations of recipes in her own patio. We cooked with her, not just watched. Regional ingredients, ancestral recipes, a flavor you can't replicate anywhere else. This is the day I keep coming back to.
Two of those six days were a whole other adventure, Lagunas de Chacahua. 🌊
That one's getting its own post, because what happened out there deserves more than a slide in this carousel. Stay tuned. 👀
Sunday was for the mountains, San José del Pacífico, a hanging bridge I white-knuckled across, and an infinity swing I somehow said yes to.
And then Monday. The Guelaguetza. The thing that had been on my list for years, finally happening in front of me, and I cried through most of the morning. Not because it was pretty (it was), but because I was actually there for it.
That last afternoon before dinner, we walked into the Feria del Mezcal, greeted by a light mapping show at the entrance before we even got to the free samples. Zero regrets, by the way.
The perfect closing to the trip: watching the fireworks that ended the Guelaguetza's nighttime celebration from the terrace of the restaurant. Best fireworks I've ever witnessed, hands down.
Tip if you're planning your own trip: skip watching them from inside the auditorium. Find a rooftop or terrace somewhere in the city instead, you'll actually get the full show.
If Oaxaca
