So, we’ve uploaded some more photos to the gallery if you care to check them out.
Most of the photos are from the Tuesday Market. It’s a combination yard sale, scratch and dent, Mexican soul-food extravaganza, and black market that takes up about an acre or two out near the aptly named Gigante shopping mall. I […]
A Bit More on Easter
So, a bit more on Easter: Mexicans like explosions. That is the conclusion I have drawn from witnessing Easter here. I have begun to see their point of view on the matter—explosions are sweet. On Saturday night (while watching War of the Worlds, funnily enough) we were […]
A more substantial post will follow in the near future but I hope this little bit can tide you all over until I get the chance to write more.
This Sunday, as many of you know, was Easter and that’s a pretty big deal here. We didn’t catch much of the religious goings on but there […]
(Bec)
I was feeling much better Wednesday morning, so the first thing we did was go out to the grocery store and get the fixin’s for French toast. We were a little worried cause we only had 80 pesos. We got a loaf of bread, half a dozen eggs and maple syrup for 35 […]
April 10th and 11th
(Bec)
Monday was a pretty productive day. Jon spent a good portion of the morning on the phone with Cingular trying to get our cell phone situation worked out. I am sorry if anyone has been trying to call us without success. No one ever really told us what the […]
(Jon)
We’ve been having a pretty low-key time so far. We’ve been spending a lot of time with Allie who’s been helping us get a feel for where the good stuff is. The other day, Allie was out of town and Rebecca and I spent the morning (before it got unbearably hot out) exploring our neighborhood. […]
(Jon)
The trip down was totally uneventful. The flights were routine and there were no rough spots. In the van from the airport, though, there was a fellow who had too much to drink, then got on a plane and drank some more, then drank during his hour lay-over and arrived at the van with two […]