The days seems to fly by as we are down to just a little more than a week before de change homes and move to the "Big City." Actually Guadalajara is the second biggest city in Mexico and is over 4 million. However, from our visit their last year, we did get the sense that the main part of town is very accessible. We also hope to do several day trips to smaller town and villages that lie outside the city limits. Anyway, more on that in a couple of weeks.
Tuesday was Inauguration Day and like most of the world we were glued to our TVs through the inaugural address. It was truly inspiring and as I said to someone last night, it has been 8 years since I have felt so connected to the country. Response was very positive here in Puerto Vallarta just as it seemed to be all over the world. It is a new day.
Following the transition of power, Polley and I headed off for more pragmatic duties, as we stopped to get our bus tickets to Guadalajara. I was pleased to have done it all in Español! Then it was on to Leys mercado to pick up some more of their delicious shrimp ceviche and to try their guacamole. Both were excellent. We had a quick beer at the Cuban Bedeguito and struck up a conversation with the owner about the place. Food sounds very good and if we don't get their here in PV, they have two locations in Guadalajara.
We were considering going out to lunch, but were so excited to have more ceviche and some guacamole that we talked ourselves into just going home and eating. I was also very much into Jeffrey Eugenides' Virgin Suicides. Sad, but very engaging book. Polley and I had read his Pulitzer Prize winning Middlesex while in France. So it was nice to get back to his first novel.
That evening we pre-func-ted at our little La Fuente place and then had a light supper of Tortilla soup and we shared a vegetarian tomale at Época. I got this shot as Polley wanted to show off the scarf that Francis Britt gave Polley for Christmas.
Our real intent, however, was to get down to La Palapa to see Bobby and his group. They really are good! Se sat in for the first set, talked briefly with Bobby about his upcoming gig at our beach on Friday and then strolled home on a very warm night. Had a quick glass of wine at Candela and turned in. Easy, but very nice day.
Yesterday was beach day. WE seemed to get up and going earlier than usual. It was a bit cloudy but the beach was very warm. Saw our friend Pat and met some other friends of his. Mostly it was quiet and we just read. I started "Out Stealing Horses," while Polley is reading "The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao." Stopped the little "too much tequila last night" man and then home for a nap. The evening called for us to meet Dan and Susan Dana, a couple we had met about two weeks ago while at dinner. They are from Kansas City, KS and come down each year for about 3 months. They took us to a very nice, reasonable new restaurant (to us, not to PV) called Encanto. Food was good and the people were very nice. I had a garlic soup and warm goat cheese salad and Polley had their house specialty, Garbage Salad with vegetables, fruit mixed with greens. Dan and Susan had Coconut Shrimp and a wonderful looking pork chop dish. We went back to see their apartment and had a very nice conversation over a little more wine. I got these pictures, one of Polley with Dan and Susan
and then Dan took one of Polley, Susan and me.
Their were interesting, well educated people and we just seemed to click with them in terms of life philosophies, politics, nearly everything. A nice connection and one we can continue as we return to PV next year.
Polley and headed home from their place, about 10 minutes away in the more Mexican section of old Town. We stopped into see our waiter friends at Candela and then up the hill for home.
Ed and Polley
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