February 10, 2022 - February 13, 2022
On Thursday morning we went out to breakfast at a tiny cafe a block from our apartment called “Shu-La-La”. It was typical of the small cafes we have been to in Mexico in that it was run by two people who were cook, wait staff, dish washer, and delivery person. You can’t be in a hurry in these cafes as each meal is prepared individually and in the order the orders are placed.
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| I had the chilaquiles with egg. |
After breakfast I decided to take the walk suggested by one of Bob’s YouTube travelers. The walk is along the main street of the tourist area which is one block from the beach. I walked as far south as the street would take me and turned around and walked as far north as the street went. It took me about an hour as I had to walk from our apartment to the main street, too, which involved about six blocks one of which is very steep (about a 45 degree angle). Since I was following the main street of Bucerias tourist area I passed a multitude of restaurants, shops, houses, condos, vender stalls around the plaza and the requisite Catholic Church. Very interesting indeed.
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| The small Catholic Church is in the town plaza. |
Our next big event was on Saturday morning. When I got back to the apartment after my walk Bob alerted me to the fact that we had a problem. The problem being that our drinking water dispenser had leaked over 10 liters of water onto our kitchen floor. It appeared that the leaking had stopped so I got busy soaking up the water with towels and a bucket. We took the 20 liter bottle off the dispenser and inspected it and the ceramic dispenser. There were no cracks in either and the best we could figure is that somehow the vacuum seal had broken allowing the water to leak onto the floor.
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| These purified water dispensers are necessary to any Mexican kitchen. Unfortunately, this one went whacko. |
I cooked eggplant Parmesan (one of Bob’s favorites) for lunch. Afterwards I headed down to the beach with my beach chair, beach towel and Kindle. The beach was sparsely populated and I had my pick of spots. I relaxed in the sun with the cool ocean breeze keeping me comfortable for about two hours. When I arrived back home Bob was napping and the floor again was covered in water. Again I cleaned it up and we headed to the “tienda” on the next block to get more purified water. We were not able to communicate the problem with the water container to the clerk and finally just exchanged both of our empty bottles for full ones. Bottles containing 20 liters of water are quite heavy and by the time we got them up the stairs and into the kitchen we were exhausted. My Zen like relaxation on the beach was totally negated by this incident.
Our plan for Sunday was to return to La Cruz for their “Mercado de Artisans” held every Sunday morning in the town square. I love markets like this one and Bob had lots of photo opportunities. I bought silver hoop earrings, a silver chain, a cotton gauze top, and a lacquered wooden plate.
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| I was tempted to buy a colorful wooden fish mobile, but where would we keep it on the boat. |
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| One of the artisans was creating pictures using colored straws. |
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| The market was quite large with a huge variety of items for sale. |
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| A display of cotton gauze tops with matching beaded necklaces |
That evening we enjoyed watching the Super Bowl. We weren’t really rooting for any team but enjoyed the great game that the LA Rams won (23-20) in the final minute of the game.
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