Fourth Quarter Adventure

Before I talk about our continuing adventures, I feel the need to talk about the Mexicans in our beautiful community.  First of all, this is a place where you do not get hung up on whether it is Hispanic, Latino or any other of the politically correct terms.  These are Mexicans and they are proud to be called Mexican.  They are hard working, family loving, fun loving people who are more than hospitable to themselves and the rest of us living in their community.  They smile when I try my best to communicate in Spanish and will help me along the way. They are great at doing the Spanish/English charades and somehow we get by. As of December 1 the minimum daily wage will go up to 88.36 pesos per day....that is less than five dollars a day but these people are concerned about feeding their family and will do anything they can to provide for the family.  That is why tipping is so important although more than 10% is considered extravagant. Since being here we have ...

Seems hard to believe we are headed into our third week in Ajijic.  We have learned so much and had so many new adventures it boggles the mind.  Our morning begins with...what else, COFFEE.  We have a little here but then walk down hill to a coffee shop.  The girls like the coffee at a Scandinavian bakery, but I usually go to a nearby place called Black Coffee, get mine and then take it to  join them at an outside table and begin planning our day.   Uber is getting much better after only a month in operation here.  We take it everywhere and you can go for about a dollar and change.  Many drivers do not speak much English so I have mastered a few phrases to let them know where we want to go. We have several specific drivers we can call and set up a schedule so they will automatically come and pick us up. On Wednesday we went to the market and it is such a pleasure.  We did not need much produce this week because of our Frida...