On Friday Jeff and I set off for fancy coffee. The streets in the centro are so colorful I wanted to stop and take a picture of every door.
We made it to our destination in about half an hour.
From the outside we couldn’t tell if it was even open, but inside was really cool.
They had a menu of specialty drinks that rivaled the Starbucks Roasteries.
I ordered the top one. It was good but reminded me of orange and chocolate. You could put them together, but they are better on their own.
On Thur we caught up on things. Jeff worked, I had a Spanish lesson and my writer’s group.
We also met with an immigration lawyer. We are currently here on tourist visas and have another 5 months. We aren’t sure yet how long we’ll stay, but wanted to find out what our options are. It sounds like getting our visa extended isn’t too complicated. We are moving to another Air bnb next week to check out another neighborhood.
The above picture I took a few days ago while walking around town. You can tell because Jeff is wearing long pants. It’s much hotter now. Long pants are no longer an option.
Wednesday was pretty quiet. We checked out a neighborhood, rode the bus, got overheated and stopped for a juice. I didn’t take any photos yesterday but these are funny signs from a few days ago.
We think they say “barf” the way we say “arf.” Both the store and the sign are advertising dog food. So they either say it differently, or feed tgeir dogs some real gross stuff.
On Tuesday, Hector, the best most honest Uber driver ever drove to our Airbnb to return my wallet. I had somehow dropped it in his car the day before. I took this picture of a door while I waited for him.
We also learned how to take the bus. I like to think of myself as a public transpotation expert, but the bus was confusing.
Waiting for the boys was fine, but when we got on we couldn’t figure out what to use as a ticket. The bus has an app where the ticket is on your phone. We waved our phone at everything. Then the driver took my phone to help but couldn’t figure out how to use my phone. We felt terrible since we were holding up an entire bus load of people. We got off the bus not knowing it was going to wait for us to figure it out.
A really nice man who just happened to walk by showed is what to do. We for neck on the waiting bus and I looked up to apologize to all the passengers but they were all smiling and told us not to worry.
Once we were on it was great. These are new electric air conditioned buses. It was a fun way to see more of the city.
Yesterday we changed AirBnB’s. I didn’t take pictures of the move which is why there is this picture of Jello.
During the Uber drive between AirBnBs I dropped my wallet in the Uber. I didn’t realize my wallet was missing until hours later where I went through all our luggage and thought I was going crazy.
We finally gave up looking, put holds on pur credit cards and went grocery shopping.
This store was crazy for Jello.
By bedtime I had accepted the loss of my wallet when we got a text from Uber. Our driver found my wallet and had it for us!
Today we’ll get it from him and give him a 5 star review. Just kidding. We already did give him a good review but we may buy him beer or something.
On Sunday we took an Uber to the beach. This one is only 20 minutes from our Air BnB. It was beautiful and not that crowded. A lot of cruise ships stop here, but not on Sundays.
We started at a restaurant for breakfast nachos.
We walked along the beach. We had hats, water and sunscreen but still got really hot.
We stopped for lemonade and guacamole and chips.
And then we went back to our Airbnb.
Jeff and I went to a wine tasting event on Saturday night. They had wine from all over Mexico. Not that we’re wine snobs, but I don’t think of Mexico when I think of wine. But it was really good and the vendors were so nice and excited to have us taste their wine.
After the tasting we went to the main square for a cultural event where they reenact a game the Mayans played. But I had the days wrong. Instead we found a place to do a Mezcal tasting. Mezcal is like Tequilla but smoky. I don’t normally like it, but I did like one of these.
On Friday we went for a long morning walk then stopped in a restaurant for breakfast. I got chilaquiles which are basically nachos for breakfast.
Then we spent the afternoon apartment hunting. We still have not found the perfect one.
We saw several apartments yesterday that were close but not perfect. Our Airbnb it’s currently on the outskirts of town. Sergio and Jeff like being out in the open area where the buildings are modern and there are sidewalks.
Sven and I find this area to be a little tame. There are no doors out here to photograph.
We are seeing a few more today. We have a great rental agent who must make a good commission because he’s being patient with our many wants.
Furnished, king bed, desk, balcony with a view, 2 bathrooms, oven.
We went into an OXXO last night. It’s like a 7 Eleven. They had this huge egg display. With the exchange rate a dozen eggs is $2 American dollars. At this point it feels like bragging because who buys eggs at an OXXO?
I wasn’t feeling great yesterday so didn’t do much. But I did spend some time learning about what to do in an emergency. These signs are posted outside the elelevators. I love the first picture. If trapped im an elevator hold a briefcase and shake hands.
The first picture in the above sign is also pretty great. If your short friend is about to throw up comfort them and lecture them.
