The beaches of Bucerias, looking South towards PV.
The beaches of Bucerias, looking North. (note the shadow)Miércoles, Febrero, Dieci-Siete Dos Mil Diez
6:30am and listen to that sound…..rain. A very rare Feb here in Mexico. Coffee, dishes, reading, and writing. (also, I have to send out rent receipts) Not very exciting, to write about, but certainly relaxing to perform. Buenos Dias!
Today is Ash Wednesday and for Christians it is a time to focus our thoughts toward the same One we focused in December. Where is your focus this Lenten season? To the Cross or to your Self? (might have caught some readers off-guard with that one!)
Hope to get to either Panini’s for breakfast and a book, or the SuperMini (as they call the small ma/pa stores) for juervos. (eggs) Note, the Spanish word for Thursday is Juerves. So I don’t recommend to beginners that you order eggs on Thursday, it’s a tongue twister. (maybe a bagel) Think about it.
“So Juan, why do you go to Mexico every year?” One way to answer this common question, is to state the top 10 reasons why I like Mexico as my destination. #1 reason is temperature. It’s sunny & warm, not hot, just warm. Not just during the day, like AZ or CA, but comfortably warm at night. Shorts & tee shirts all day, all night. Let’s face it, WI is fricken’ cold, this time of year. Temperature #1!
The other 9 reasons: ocean/beaches, food/restaurants, people, reading/writing, financial, color, sunsets, activities, and health. More on these nine over the next few days.
Change of plans. Weather kept me on the couch. So at 1:24pm I decided to dodge the raindrops to get to the office. Very strange weather. Plan to watch Olympics, stock market homework, emails, and blog for a few hours. It’s dry inside.
3.5 hours later, and an order of YoYo’s homemade potatoe chips (35p), work completed and heading to The Shamrock. Natalie was holding down the fort and Katie showed up about 6pm. Met an interesting older couple, Bob & Maggie Huston who have been coming to Mexico for over 20 years. She was a Plymouth, Michigan 5th grade school teacher and the talker. As for Bob, well, he didn’t get to say much, so I don’t know much about him. They bought a condo in Bucerias, The Hummingbird Condos, or Colibri Condos in Spanish. Welcomed me over to take a look and inquire as to what’s the going rental rate from their neighbors. Gracias. (note: add to my BoB list)
I was preparing to leave and institute my dinner plan (street tacos) when JD walked in. He was talking about getting a movie, so I asked him donde es best place. Down the street, before the market, past 3 tiny eating places, and in this alley. OK, that sounds good, and off I went.
Oh, make sure you have them play the movie before leaving the store. I can do English sub-titles, my daughter taught me that, but I prefer not. (the movie played fine) So what do you get for 25 pesos ($2.00)? How about A*V*A*T*A*R. I couldn’t believe it. Dinner was two slices of bread with jam and a ½ glass of wine. (Un medio vaso de vino blanco) And I own a great movie.
6:30am and listen to that sound…..rain. A very rare Feb here in Mexico. Coffee, dishes, reading, and writing. (also, I have to send out rent receipts) Not very exciting, to write about, but certainly relaxing to perform. Buenos Dias!
Today is Ash Wednesday and for Christians it is a time to focus our thoughts toward the same One we focused in December. Where is your focus this Lenten season? To the Cross or to your Self? (might have caught some readers off-guard with that one!)
Hope to get to either Panini’s for breakfast and a book, or the SuperMini (as they call the small ma/pa stores) for juervos. (eggs) Note, the Spanish word for Thursday is Juerves. So I don’t recommend to beginners that you order eggs on Thursday, it’s a tongue twister. (maybe a bagel) Think about it.
“So Juan, why do you go to Mexico every year?” One way to answer this common question, is to state the top 10 reasons why I like Mexico as my destination. #1 reason is temperature. It’s sunny & warm, not hot, just warm. Not just during the day, like AZ or CA, but comfortably warm at night. Shorts & tee shirts all day, all night. Let’s face it, WI is fricken’ cold, this time of year. Temperature #1!
The other 9 reasons: ocean/beaches, food/restaurants, people, reading/writing, financial, color, sunsets, activities, and health. More on these nine over the next few days.
Change of plans. Weather kept me on the couch. So at 1:24pm I decided to dodge the raindrops to get to the office. Very strange weather. Plan to watch Olympics, stock market homework, emails, and blog for a few hours. It’s dry inside.
3.5 hours later, and an order of YoYo’s homemade potatoe chips (35p), work completed and heading to The Shamrock. Natalie was holding down the fort and Katie showed up about 6pm. Met an interesting older couple, Bob & Maggie Huston who have been coming to Mexico for over 20 years. She was a Plymouth, Michigan 5th grade school teacher and the talker. As for Bob, well, he didn’t get to say much, so I don’t know much about him. They bought a condo in Bucerias, The Hummingbird Condos, or Colibri Condos in Spanish. Welcomed me over to take a look and inquire as to what’s the going rental rate from their neighbors. Gracias. (note: add to my BoB list)
I was preparing to leave and institute my dinner plan (street tacos) when JD walked in. He was talking about getting a movie, so I asked him donde es best place. Down the street, before the market, past 3 tiny eating places, and in this alley. OK, that sounds good, and off I went.
Oh, make sure you have them play the movie before leaving the store. I can do English sub-titles, my daughter taught me that, but I prefer not. (the movie played fine) So what do you get for 25 pesos ($2.00)? How about A*V*A*T*A*R. I couldn’t believe it. Dinner was two slices of bread with jam and a ½ glass of wine. (Un medio vaso de vino blanco) And I own a great movie.
Buenos Noches!
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