Today's adventure was one of the reasons we came to Mexico. Our new friends Don and Dale from Texas asked us to join them on their trip to San Juan Evangalista to pick up Dale's birthday present. It seems last November, they had the opportunity to meet with Martin Iberra who is a sculptor recognized by the Museo Nacional de la Ceramica of Guadalajara. When Don said that he got Dale a sculpture of the Virgin Mary, I thought.....cool. What I envisioned was a clay s...

Whew, it's been another busy day here in Chapala. Deborah was up at 6:30 this morning prepping the appies for our pontoon boat ride on Lake Chapala. Then it was down to the Wednesday market to see Taylor, my software guy. As I mentioned earlier, I purchased Rosetta Stone's complete Spanish version for $30.00US and I've had just a little problem with the licensing protocol. All is good now. Then it was off to the Ajijic Yacht Club to board Eloy and Ginger's new ...

As we get nearer to the end of our little adventure we've tried to take the time to reflect on what's happened or what we've observed here in Lakeside during the last twenty-five days or so. We've seen an awful lot of positives, but it also comes with some negatives. TOP TEN REASONS TO BE IN AJIJIC 1. Weather, Weather and Weather. 2. The friendliness and welcoming attitudes from both locals and expats alike. 3. The pricing, layouts and beauty of the different ga...

Today was my day out with the girls, leaving Bob to fend for himself in any activity that he could find. Our day started at 2:00 p.m. with eight of the local expat ladies. We loaded ourselves into two cars and headed off to one of the restaurants on the north side of the Caraterra up into the hills called El Risco in Piedra. It seemed to be a new restaurant and overlooked the lake complete with a palapa roof. The view was outstanding of Lake Chapala with an Ari...

TLAQUEPAQUE HERE WE COME........... Ana was right, she's different from most Mexicans, she said she'd arrive at 10:00 a.m. at Casa 50 and sure enough she was ON TIME. Today's adventure was Tlaquepaque, a suburb of Guadalajara, where the shops are supposed to be out-of-this-world. So after the introductions, Ana, Phil (her fiance from Philly, New York and apparently everywhere in between), Deborah and I set off in her Jeep to Tlaquepaque. It's about a 45 minut...