“Día del Padre”

What a fantastic “Día del Padre” I had.  I woke up to a tapping noise out in the living room.  I jumped out of bed thinking it was someone knocking on the back window, to find Andrew drawing something on the glass table in the dining room.  Andrew instructed me to get back in bed, so I did.  That was followed by a bowl of yogurt, glass of mango juice and a beautiful “Fathers Day” card. 

 He was even kind enough to sign his brother’s name and Mom to it, that’s my Andrew.  We got up and went to breakfast at the Sunrise Restaurant in San Antonio, Mexico.  The place is really cool and all the tables surround a big open area that is outdoors with a beautiful fountain in the center, the table and seating area is covered.  I ordered, Huevos Mexicana y frijoles con queso fresca, with fresh tortillas and jugo de naranja all for $20 Pesos and the food was fantastic.  Tracy had the same and the kids had “Pan de Frances” and “Hot Cakes”.   

Skateboard Park in Chapala

We finished up breakfast and headed into Chapala to the “Malecon”, it’s like a boardwalk.  Look for other references to it on past posts.  The weather has just been wonderful and sunny with a slight breeze off the water.  There were hundreds of people walking, boating, swimming, shopping, eating and just hanging out everywhere.  The church bells rang out as people flooded out of the local church a block from the waterfront.  Chapala is a really great city here in the area.  It has a much more Mexican feel to it then where we are living.  We headed back to town and stopped for some groceries at El Torito, then explored the little mall hat it sits in.  Upstairs is the cheap movie theatre and we found out that X-Men was laying in the later afternoon.  We went home, had lunch and then headed back for the matinee.  The kids loved it and so did Tracy and I.  Then we headed back home, had dinner, went for a walk, put the boys to bed and Tracy and I watched “Inside Job” narrated by Matt Damon.  Great movie, but incredibly depressing to see that there really is so much greed in our financial institutions, Wall Street and the government.  I now see what a joke our political system really is.  Oops, sorry about throwing that in, momma always told me it’s not polite to discuss politics or religion.  Well off to bed after such a fun Fathers Day, more fun tomorrow.  Happy Fathers Day to all the Dads in the world!

Door in Chapala