If you were to pull up in a taxi in front of our place, you might be shocked. All you would see is a very old wooden door, a couple of windows with bars on them and a barred balcony above, in an area that many Americans would consider questionable.
But once inside that door, your shock would turn into amazement. You would find yourself looking down a covered hallway leading to an outdoor patio, filled with beautiful, lush plants and flowers. And as you looked to the right, you would see glass doors leading into an old-world and homey living room.
Since pictures speak louder than words, and since my time has become more and more occupied with my Spanish studies, I thought I'd fill out this blog with some photos of Casa Lucia. My hope is that you'll see why, even though there's so many places to visit in this world. Rick and I keep coming back year after year.
A view of the front door. Note the old log beams on the ceiling, the flagstone floor, the old cross on the old table, and the greenery. On the left in this photo you see the glass doors that lead into the living room.
The living room, dining room, kitchen areas, located parallel to the hallway leading to the patio, are long and narrow. As you can see from this photo, they are divided only by by wide archways. This photo was shot just inside the glass doors that you just saw. Not being a photographer, it's difficult to capture exactly how quaint and unique this area actually is. (Note the gas fireplace on the right. There's another in the dining room, as well as one in the casita and one in each bedroom. They are our only source of heat on the cold mornings, and we're glad to have them.)
The kitchen with a large, old "shabby chic" table in the middle, is at the end of the long, narrow living room, dining room, kitchen arrangement. The stove is an old fashioned 6 burner. Once again, note the hand fashioned logs beams on the ceiling. The door that you see on the back left hand side leads to the patio. (Note: the casa is equipped with purified water straight from the tap, so we don't have to worry about "drinking the water".)
Out the kitchen door, and/or at the end of the covered hallway leading from the front door is an outdoor thatch-covered patio. It's located just outside of the small "casita", a space where we watch television. The yellow sofa you see will be moved and the doors behind it opened up Saturday evening, because we're hosting a small gathering of some of the friends we've met here.
The master bedroom is not particularly large, and it only has a queen sized bed. But the headboard is way cool...
...and the cement bathtub is a work of art. (Note: this photo definitely does not do it justice. If you read the blog about the shower rod that Rick brought with us, you'll know that this view is now covered with a cream colored shower curtain.)
Coming back down the stairs from the second floor where the two bedrooms are located, is the uncovered patio area and the lush greenery that surrounds it. The door you see leads to the kitchen and to the left of this particular patio area is the covered patio area (with the yellow sofa) that you saw several photos ago.
Anyway, these are just a few photos of our beloved Casa Lucia. I don't know whether this blog could possibly capture the wonder experiences that we've been having. But they are experiences that Rick and I can't get enough of, and that we keep coming back for. As a matter of fact, we're in the process of renting Casa Lucia for next February and March. That's how much we like it here.
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