We are flying back to the UK on Monday to help with funeral arrangements, etc. Obviously, I'm putting the blog on hold for a while, until we have sorted ourselves out, & decided what we are going to do. Dan

Alarm set early again, so that we could catch the 9.30am bus back to Guadalajara. Finished packing, & took all our bags downstairs, & ate breakfast, with half an eye on the clock. At quarter to 9, we packed the car, & Susana & Mark drove us to the bus station, where we bought tickets for the 10am Omnibus de Mexico bus, as the ETN bus was later, M$100 more expensive per person, & did not have the half price children's fares. We said goodby...

Set alarm for 7am (ouch!), so that the kids could get to school for the beginning of the school day, at 10 past 8. Made a pot of coffee, & gave the kids toast for breakfast, then Susana drove us all to the school, where the kids happily went to their respective classrooms. After dropping the kids off, we bought fruit & some filled bread rolls for breakfast, & returned to the house to eat them. The next few hours were spent studying, blogging, chatti...

Kids got up just after 8am & went downstairs for breakfast (fruit salad (J); fried egg + tortilla (M)). D made eggs & frijoles, & then we were told that Lorainna was coming round with more food for breakfast (spicy tacos)! After breakfast, Susana phoned the Cuban embassy to find out the procedure for obtaining our travel cards, & also contacted the local school, to ask if J&M could attend (bilingual) classes for a couple of days. Once th...

Got up just after 8am, & L made a huge fruit salad, so that the kids had eaten a good, nutritious, breakfast, before this afternoon's inevitable sugar-fest! We were all fed, showered & changed into our smartest clothes by 11am, then we drove to the church where Mark & Susana got married. There was a slight delay, as the priest had forgotten that he had a christening to perform at midday, but eventually, things got underway. The service took just ove...