Things are still good here. We took Catherine & John into town early this morning as they both had a doctor's appointment which required us to drive them home after the procedure. With having John's SUV we took a drive through town and headed towards Jocotopec (a town at the very west end of Lake Chapala) just to see some of the terrain and local sites. I couldn't believe the amount of Tope's along the route. A tope is a huge speed bump that they position every so often on the road to keep the local speed limit. Take these at an excess speed and all four wheels will surely leave the road. After picking J&C up, I headed for my first "bridge" lesson. Catherine also gives bridge lessons at her home, so I decided that this was a card game that I should know. I didn't realize how detailed this game can really be - l have lots to learn in the next three weeks.

After the lesson was over we headed to an art gallery in downtown Ajijic to see some paintings that were done by a friend of C&J's. It was a nice show of her "nudes". From there we headed to the local pollo booth (like a Swiss Chalet but not) to pick up dinner.

Today is Day 8 here in Ajijic. We went to church at Lakeside with Catherine & John for Sunday services on the Caratarra. This was the plan and probably a little overdue for both Deborah and I as we did see a little puff of white smoke as we entered the church. From there we headed over to El Bar Co. to watch the Mexico/Netherlands match.

Steve and Cindy (from Nebraska) got there first and saved us a table - the only down side was this was a small t.v. with a not so great a picture - but it was great to have some Pacifico beer and appies while we watched the "spanish" broadcast of this match. While I couldn't understand a word that was said, the inflection in the mexican broadcaster's voice made this match way more exciting than watching this on NBC.

I had told everyone in attendance that secretly I was pulling for Netherlands based on my Dutch heritage. It just seemed more appropriate to cheer for them but I had to do it quietly or risk the ire of the Mexicans in attendance. When the Netherlands finally took the match on a penalty kick one of our party loudly demanded that I should "die and eat $%#*", but luckily we still got a drive home. As we walked through El Bar Co there were many mexican tears flowing as their quest for the World Cup ended for them today.

Tomorrow I'm scheduled to play doubles in tennis down at the resort courts here at Vista Allegre so we'll see what 18 years of tennis inactivity really means. Tuesday we've invited to Steve & Cindy's home to watch the U.S. match and help him celebrate his 60th birthday along with CANADA DAY. Wonder where I can find hats and streamers here in Mexico.

Stay tuned and thanks for your continued support on my blog.