October 19, 2021 - October 21, 2021
On Tuesday we decided to take it easy. I climbed to the roof top to start the laundry and then we took a walk down the street next to our apartment with our cameras.
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| Everywhere we look there is an image to capture. |
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| An intricate mosaic on the side of a building |
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| Almost every house has a beautiful display of bougainvillea. |
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There was a huge mural dedicated to
the pandemic experience.
I captured this small part.
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| A beautiful window decorated with tile. |
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This is what we have to walk on in this historic town,
cobblestone or sidewalks of 18 - 24 inches. |
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We were happy to see this medical
facility just steps from our door. |
Back at the apartment, I climbed to the roof again and hung our clean clothes on the line to dry. Bob had created a sauce for the pork chops we had purchased on Sunday. I heated up the sauce, cooked the pork chops, steamed asparagus, and made a salad. Once the pork chops were almost done I poured the sauce over the chops and continued cooking them. The meal was terrific! We liked the sauce so much that we decided to save the leftovers to use with the fish we had marinating in the fridge. By the time lunch was over most of the laundry was dry. Previously, I thought it might be a difficult task to do laundry this way, but it was actually enjoyable. Maybe we won’t hire a laundress to wash our clothes in the future. We then had an afternoon latte at the local cafe.
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| Such an inviting spot |
I wanted to get a little exercise so I walked to the Perroquia (the iconic church on the main square of Centro San Miguel).
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| La Perroquia towers over the town square. |
The square is surrounded by shops, banks, cafes, and other businesses with a lovely park in the middle. Many people were taking advantage of the shade trees and relaxing on the benches in the park. I couldn’t resist looking through a few shops and purchased a white cotton Mexican style embroidered top.
The mornings here are quite cool so on Wednesday we decided to wait until lunch to venture out. We stopped at Hierba Santa - Chocina de Sur again for lunch since their menu was authentically Mexican. I had Panuchos (pictured below) and Bob had Mole Verde con “Tamal Negre” which we were told has no translation. Both were delicious.
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| Fiesta banners blowing in the breeze. |
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Waiting for my lunch
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| My lunch was delicious! |
We wandered down the street toward the Parroquia and the center of town taking our time to peruse shops and buy some pastries for tomorrow’s breakfast. We stopped into the Starbucks on the square for coffee and relaxed in their lovely courtyard.
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We had visited this Starbucks and
courtyard on our visit several years ago. |
Some recent photos of Claire that Rachel has shared with me:
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Claire needed her Mommy that day.
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| Such a cutie! |
We were expecting our weekly maid visit on Thursday. By lunch time the maid was still working on the other apartments so we decided to leave for lunch and ask Beto (the apartment manager) to warn her about the cats. We walked in the direction of the Ignazio Rameriz Market looking for a cafe for lunch. We stumbled upon Classico San Miguel on Calle de la Luz. I had a breakfast item (vegetable chilequiles) which consisted of mushrooms, spinach, and an egg all in a sauce. I ate this delicious mixture in tortillas with avocado, tomato, onions, and beans. Bob had beef enchiladas. We continued on to the vegetable market which lead us through a marvelous Mercado de Artisans. I’ll have to go back and spend some time there picking out a silver bracelet. After we purchased our grocery items we walked toward our street, but finally we caught a cab home. Our maid had left by then leaving a fresh clean fragrance in the apartment.
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