A good sleep was had by all. Well, maybe not all – Drew had some technical issue with the bed, and I’m not sure Matt slept well out on the couch – but I slept almost a full 12 hours with only a few interruptions (middle aged bladder? hmm). It was probably a bit excessive, but hey, I’m on holidays!!!
Over breakfast, Eric and his younger cousins surfed the channels on the TV, but found that their ability to enjoy the squawk box (as my mother used to call it) was hampered by their inability to understand Spanish! Oh well, there were the major U.S. networks there too, but they were showing (shudder) daytime TV. Thankfully, they won’t be glued to the TV much during this holiday. They can’t say that about me and the computer, I guess, so sad.
Today is grocery shopping day. We walked the 3/4 hour from the condo in Bucerias (Condo Jacardanas, 57 Fancisco Madero) to the huge supermarket. Along the walk, we saw a beautiful condominium complex for sale (hmm, probably out of our range), some huge time shares (apparently they shy away from that name now, it’s “partial ownership” now), and a new new private high end condominium development. Very nice.
In the centre is a small square with a manger scene and a Christmas tree shaped poinsettia tree. It all looked a bit weird to us – but having been in Bethlehem not two months ago, remember that Jesus was born not in the snow, but in a dry middle eastern climate, so really the dry manger scene is probably more realistic!
The supermarket is called “Mega”. Yes, it is “mega” for sure. It starts in the parking lot. You can order a car wash for your vehicle while you shop. There are several fellows wandering the parking lot with portable high pressure washers.
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| Washing a car in the parking lot | |
| In this photo you can see about half of Mega | |
| Eric in a pose that I’m sure we will see plenty of this next week or so |