La Estancia de los Lopez

Our next stop was at the small village of Estancia de los Lopez, the village where Javier grew up with his 11 brothers and sisters.

He owns the house that his family grew up in so we were invited to see it. He has done some renovations but has kept the character of the original house. It was hard to imagine that two adults and 12 kids lived there.

Javier took us around and showed us old photos of his family. We especially liked a clock that had each child’s photo in small frames around the clock. Javier was #6, right in the middle. He was one of three kids that actually finished elementary school and high school but he was the only one to go to university and he became a gynaecologist.

We didn’t take any photos here. It was a short stop to drop off a wooden bed frame and meet a few of Javier’s family who still live in this .tiny town. Javier mentioned that it was a wonderful time in his life living in this town.

La Estancia de Los Lopez means ‘the ranch of the Lopez family’. Javier took us to see the original hacienda. It looked like it has been made into several apartments.

I read that this town has a peanut factory where the production of making a special peanut sauce and candies has been passed down for generations.Leggi altro