I did a whoe lot of NOTHING today. It was wonderful. I slept late, went to the grocery store (always interesting) and headed to the mall to get my gift for Juan Carlos and Luisa's wedding. After that, we headed home and got to the important item... lunch. We had a delicious meal and for dessert Gaby and Don Jorge had a surprise... flaming bananas! Yes, that's right flaming bananas. It's butter, carmelized sugar, brandy and, well, some flame! It was like be...

Hey all... I know it's been awhile since my last blog, but I've been away from my cell phone, a TV, and yes, as hard as it is to believe, my computer! You may be asking yourself what kind of place would be so incredible to keep me away from my normal technological distractions.... Salinas is it. It's a small 3 room beach house (for lack of a better descriptor) that Don Jorge and his family has perfected over the years. We arrived Saturday morning and got ri...

I'm baaaaack! I've been down and out for the last few days with a nasty cold. Thankfully there's a doctor in the house and he's kept me well medicated with mandatory bed rest. DARN! Catching up on sleep after the marathon Sarah and I had was really, really, really great! Of course that means that the adventures have been, well, slim. The last few days have been really rainy and haven't really been all that great for getting out of the house. That doesn't ...

Yay shopping!! That was the theme for today. We headed out on foot today to a shopping district called Parian just a few blocks from the hotel and city center. It is a lovely collection of shops that sell all sorts of cool things from food to jewelry. I was particularly enchanted with the local pottery called Talavera and after buying a place setting at one shop, the man helping us offered to take us on a tour of the place just across the street where they make i...

I'm back (sniff, sniff, hack hack)! Thankfully Sar took the wheel with the blog updates today so I could take a quick nap and try to get back to "normal." We spent the second half of our day here in the city center, seeing the sights and really just hopping from one church to another. To break up the monotony we nosed around some shops and bought some gifts to take home. Our first stop was the Cathedral of Puebla. It's HUGE. It's BEAUTIFUL. It's t...