The next day we took a couple of buses across to San Bartolo. The place is famous for black pottery which looks really striking. We all took a workshop in the back of someone’s house where they live and work making the pottery. Not a word of English was spoken so we battled through with our disjointed Spanish. One of the family played with Boo so we could get stuck into modelling little mountains as Olive called them and sticking them to a cup. We also made some flower patterns using really simple things like pen tops and lids and a metal tool to make a shiny surface. Great fun.
Afterwards we went across to a restaurant called Alfonsina. It is in the top 50 restaurants in the world. You can experience the chefs masterwork at great expense in the evening or go for lunch when his Mum cooks for a fraction of the cost. You can guess which we did. We had five courses of classic mexican food, including mole, tostada and tomales.
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