We had planned to go do some shopping but Pogo found out that Micky was going back to the house to fix more leaks and he wanted to be available. Mark went to the house as well, to remove some of our new flooring…gulp…so Micky could get to the damage pipes. He finally found 7 … More Mexico – Day 16

This was our laziest day so far. Just hung out at the condo until 2:30pm when we went to La isla for Wednesday’s pizza. When we arrived Graciela and her employees were having lunch. We told them to take their time but she brought us some of the birria and tortillas they were having. It … More Mexico – Day 15

2 weeks already! We walked to the farmer’s market and until further notice, they will not have artisans, just food. We wanted to get some shrimp but the line was way too long. We thought of having our favorite sandwich there but the vendor wasn’t there either. Soooo…we went back to La Isla to get … More Mexico – Day 14

We were awaken at 6:30am by a plumber finally getting back to us. He couldn’t come until the afternoon. Micky, the plumber we had used before called us back around 8:30am and went to the house right away. By 1pm, he had found 3 leaks in the big room… 😦 and he hadn’t checked the … More Mexico – Day 13

Pogo spent the morning on the phone with Skip, our neighbor, Mark, his friend and Shaun, our son…..Skip, who keeps an eye on the house for us while we are away, had been to our house the day before and had discovered that the water was not running in the laundry room so he turned … More Mexico – Day 12

Today we had our first little adventure if you can call it that.  At least we discovered a few new villages.  We are thinking at some point to rent a place in February for a few nights with our friends and their friends.  I had found a beautiful hacienda through VRBO in Chacala, a village … More Mexico – Day 11

We walked to La Isla for breakfast.  We shared a fruit platter and avocado toasts with poached eggs.  We haven’t had a bad meal there so far.  They now have 2 parrots in a big cage.  When we walked by them, one of them said Hola! We continued our walk to Starbucks and stopped at … More Mexico – Day 10

After breakfast, we decided to go to Bucerias on our quest to find cocktail sauce. We had bought cooked shrimp at Costco for the purpose of having shrimp cocktail but so far had not found any. Pogo posted a request on Facebook and people gave us a few places to check. The one in Bucerias … More Mexico – Day 9

We went to Starbucks. On the way back, we saw 4 painters just sitting on rope harness hanging from the top of the hotel next door, painting the walls. They were swinging from one side to another. Wish I could post a video. Crazy stuff! We went to La Isla for lunch as Gabriella had … More Mexico – Day 8

After breakfast we sat for a few hours reading and napping by the ocean. Mario and Josée had gone to the Tuesday market behind the hospital and unfortunately there was just food and no artisans so we decided not to go. We went next door for lunch to find out they are closed on Tuesdays.. … More Mexico – Day 7