The days seem to fly by. Monday, February 20th was the 5th week of our stay. The one positive thing is that we still have more weeks left than we have used up! Weather has been strange. Now that I think of it, how many times and in how many places have I written that! It has been very pleasant here, but the days have been cloudy and it has felt a bit humid. Sun-worshipers have been a little unhappy. But we have done very little beach time so it hasn’t really bothered us. The evenings have been lovely and there has been very little wind. Last night we had a simple evening, just walking down to El Patio for a drink. I did catch this photo of Calle Guerro, the street that leads down to the beach from out place.
I had promised myself that I would take no sunset photos this year, but occasionally Mother Nature lures you in.
We do hope to brown up a little this next week and in the weeks to come. The back continues to get better. I rarely feel a twinge and we rarely take a cab anymore. Once in a while, at the end of the evening, we will give in and take a ride to the top of our hill. Of course, from there, there are still 83 more steps!
We have had a little socializing in the past couple of days, with some more this evening. On Sunday, we were invited to the condominium of our new friends, Phil and LaJule. They are from Chicago and we met at El Patio and, you may remember, ran into Phil, his daughter, Lindsey and her friend, Clare while they were visiting from Chicago. Sunday evening, Phil and LaJule invited us for some wine at their place and then they joined us for our usual Sunday evening at Vitea
We so much enjoyed them and it was nice to be socializing in an atmosphere where you could hear yourself and the people you were with! All backed up by the melodious flute of Bobby. Phil was an advertising executive and LaJule was a teacher. Very bright, funny, charming people.
Monday we took off just for ourselves. We did a little grocery shopping in plans for a simple but elegant dinner at home. I am not sure I have mentioned a place called Mikey’s. It is a sort of gourmet grocery that we discovered in the last couple of years. They have wonderful meats, cheeses, patés, breads and other exotic foods (exotic for Mexico). One nice thing about PV is that you have a large, relatively sophisticated tourist population that has some appreciation for the finer things in life. That is what keeps Mikey’s alive. Of course, there is the cruise ship population that runs onto dry land seeking buckets of Corona beer, rude extra-large T-shirts, bargains on anything as long as you beat the people down to your price. Fascinating world.
This morning we lounged around the house. Finally going down around 11 as Polley wanted to set up a pedicure for tomorrow (that will be my time in the sun!). Then we met Phil and LaJule for lunch at La Fuente. We keep raving about the food and they wanted to give it a go.
I’m not sure they loved it as much as we do. In fact, yesterday we were sitting there and a fellow who had just walked in, came up to us and said, “How’s the food here?” I told him that I thought it was excellent. As we began to leave, the fellow was just finishing his meal, so I went to check on what he thought. He told me he had just had the best salad he may have ever had in his life. It was a seafood salad. That is what Polley and I had for lunch today. I am not sure it was the best, but it was damn good! Anyway, we again enjoyed Phil and LaJule
Following the meal, we bid them a fond adieu and promised each other to stay in touch. I am not sure they will return to PV next year, but we may find ourselves in Chicago at some point. Anyway, these interactions, no matter how brief, are what we treasure about travel. We have another date with a couple this evening. More about that soon.
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