Behind the wooden doors that line the streets of Cafayate are homes & surprisingly large gardens. I suspect Cafayateños grow most of their own fruit & vegetables.
Since Monday we have been renting a house in
El Centro, 1 1/2 blocks from the plaza. The house consists of a series of rooms opening off a courtyard.
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| the kitchen is up the step & to the left |
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| grape arbor, bedroom beyond, the bathroom is the far door on the right |
Beyond the kitchen is the door to the huge garden -- grape vines, fruit trees, vegetables, cactuses, flowers.
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| grapes |
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| fig tree |
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| squash |
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| corn for humitas |
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| the green door at the back of the garden |
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| leads into another huge garden, look at those tomato plants |
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| unidentified undulant cactus |
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| a cactus with opuntia-like fruits |
Yes, the garden is the perfect place to drink our morning coffee.
To everyone who has so thoughtfully asked after Mike, I'm happy to say he's back to normal,. He's watching & listening to a flock of loros (parrots) flying past. He's also discovered that el gallo (rooster) we hear every morning lives in the next yard. I intend to plant at our house a jade tree like the one next to him.
