I am trying to catch up with our adventures of the last week, however, it is a bit more difficult. We do not have internet in our room at our new digs. We have to go down to a common room where there is wi-fi and do it from there. Space is limited, and so apparently is my battery.
As I said in our last trip we did arrive. Fred, our PV landlord was nice enough to take us personally to the bus station. We had about an hour’s wait before leaving and Polley was a bit hungry. So she bought the world’s strangest submarine sandwich!
That “thing” in the middle is chorizo, we think. I will let you guess what it might be!
Anyway, the trip was about 5 hours, but it is very easy. You get the famous “sandwich.” We must have been on a luxury tour this time because we got cheese and a piece of mystery meat! Of course, boredom demands that you eat the whole thing.
We arrive in Guadalajara about 3:30 in the afternoon and took a cab to our place, a little “hotelito” called Las Sabilas. We were greeted by this larger than life former theatre designer and current mural painter from New York, Max. He took us in and saw to it that we learned as much as possible about the place. Max was filling in for Bob, the owner, and a major landscape architect. The place is amazing. Here in the middle of the city sits this oasis of greenery and water. Here are a few photos of the place from different perspectives.
Our permanent room is the one on the top floor, but for one night we were in the lower room until another party moved out.
Max described room assignments as a kind of “Rubix Cube” of living, as people are always coming and going. However, things will stabilize tomorrow when one other family arrives. Then most everyone will be staying the month. I will send you pictures of the room. The result was that we couldn’t really unpack. Holding pattern for 24 hours.
So Polley and I just went out to re-familiarize ourselves with the town. It was Sunday and, as we remembered, was filled with Spanish families. We stopped for some dinner, deciding to eat early, as the trip had taken its toll. We ate at a place we had tried earlier on our brief visit last year, called Antigua. Very old style Mexican, but very good. Polley had a wonderful Chile Relleno stuffed with cheese. I had some rather dry enchiladas. We washed it all down with a unique Sangria. From the second story of the restaurant, I caught the sun reflecting off the walls of the Cathedral, across the street.
A busy day, but the move has been made and I will try to continue to report regularly from here.
Ed and Polley
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