Road trip (day one)

I am right on my way to my most expected trip, it is not like the most magical place I've planned to go, but it is something. Besides meeting a small but special town my only desire is to rest. To clarify my mind, to change my point of view, to read without no rush, to sleep at my desired hour, to talk, to meet new people and to know better the ones I already know, and last but not least to endlessness write on my scripts.

This road trip is not that long as I wanted to I'll be out of the city just for three days, but actually I'm already delighted with it: the view, mountains, green fields, well even do suddenly desert type of representations appear, like just right know vegetation suddenly has changed! Big dust runners are visible through my window. On the next way of the road valley, mountains are the last part of the desert scenario, and a very cloudily but shinny sky inspires me.

Things we haven't missed: road trip music and time to take a nap from which I've recently got awaken. I'll upload for you a small part of the video. We are actually arriving to Parras. I can see through my window that at our sides are the viñedos specifically the Casa Madero ones.

I'll post here the video of the road way I am passing through right now.

Yes, our destiny it is in fact Parras Coahuila (I know It is not that far) and the town it not like the most wonderful place, but it is known as the "Oasis of the desert".

For the ones that don't know a single thing about this place I'll tell you: Parras was founded in 1598 with the original name was Villa de Santa Maria de las Parras, because of the land fertility. It was until 1868 that the name changed to Parras de la Fuente to honor the lawyer Juan Antonio de la Fuente who defend Mexican sovereignty against French invasion during the second empire.

Parras is known as "Oasis of the desert" because of his geopolitical advantage? (Okay, enough reading security and geopolitics) the key of Parras is his location with lots of advantages. Parras is located at the south of Coahuila state, and that area is an extended freatic cloak? (mantos freáticos) So, the weather is mostly dry in the south and southeast of the municipality, even do in winter temperature really decrease and sometimes it hails. The magical thing is the rain during the months from April to October, because thanks to the mineral spring from the mountains that surrounds Parras ( Parra, Hojase;al, Playa Madero and El Laurel) that supply water to the region making the grapevine and nut trees fertile. Parras has also presence and weigth in the international environment known because of their wines and the jeans. I'll tell you more about this latter.

- Ana