Sunday: We went to the Hotel Real de Chapala for brunch. It was absolutely beautiful, with its lakeshore setting and lush tropical grounds. It has something like 85 suites a heated swimming pool, tennis courts, a children’s playground, and restaurant. Its Sunday Mexican Fiesta is very popular with the wealthy Guadalajara’s that come down for the weekend. The brunch is held in the garden overlooking Lake Chapala, with, it was is a wonderful experience. One of the more expensive meals we have had here, it still only cost the 4 of us around $28 including tip. The local Chiropractor, Victor Youcha and his lovely wife Linda accompanied us. They were introduced to us through Fred Schultz and we had such a nice time with them. The rest of the day, we just walked the village and then headed home for siesta. For dinner we went up to the Mall and had amazing “Tacos Nicos” and man was it awesome food. I have learned to love pickled jalapenos and horchata (rice milk with lots of sugar). Off to bed and then the rains came late, actually early morning on Monday, around 3:30am for an hour. The thunder here is so loud and the lighting is so bright
This is not a house in the expensive neighborhood. Just thought it was really cool. It is made of mud bricks.
Monday: Woke up to no electricity. We have had rolling blackouts since the storm on Friday duet o all the trees falling and taking down the power lines all over the village. I headed out to join one of the local gyms in town. I figure I will join each one for a month and then decide which I prefer more. Got home, showered and then we all headed down to the LCS to pick up our membership cards and check out some books from the lending library. The LCS library is actually huge and has all kinds of books and everything is in English. They also have a video library with almost every movie ever made, eat your heart out Blockbuster. Then Tracy and the boys dropped me off at Dr. Youcha’s office, where I shadowed him for a few hours. Victor is possibly the most gifted Chiropractor I have yet to meet. He has been practicing for over 30 years and his tool bag is full of some of the coolest moves I have seen. Now, I have been practicing for over 12 years and thought I knew a lot. Wow, am having the best time learning from Victor. Tracy and the boys went shopping and dropped by the local Animal Shelter, where the boys fell in love with every kitten they had. They came back to get me around 1pm and they smelled of little kittens, big time. Home we went and had lunch. Tracy and I both took siesta naps and the kids played on the computer for all we know. We woke from our naps and took a pleasant walk around lower La Floresta. Some of the houses around here are just breathtaking. The prices on most of these homes in this particular neighborhood, ranges from $300K up into the millions. Once back home, we had dinner and watched a movie. Got ready for bed and Tracy and I staid up until 12:20, when I realized that it was our 13th Anniversary. I asked here if she ever imagined that we would be living in Mexico 13 years after we got married and she said that she imagined the possibility of being in Mexico for our anniversary, just never imagined the living part. Happy Anniversary to us!!
Inside of one of the local churches.
Sunset from "Tacos Nicos"
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