Blogs from Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico, North America - page 6

November 15, 2013 It was warmer today but still jacket temperatures. We returned to Chapala and after yesterday’s trip we knew exactly where we were going. There was already a line up along the street to get into the Yacht Club. The art show is called The Feria Maestros del Arte. Select artists and artisans from many areas throughout Mexico display and sell their work at this show. The workmanship is amazing. I bought a gourd that is transformed into a shallow bowl with intricate beadwork. This is traditional art of the Huichol of Mexico. They are best known to the larger world as the Huichol, however, they refer to themselves as Wixáritari ("the people") in their native Huchol language. I also purchased a little vase made of Pine needles from the Oaxaca area of Mexico. ... read more

Winter has arrived in Ajijic!!! Hopefully it won’t last long. A person who has lived here for 40 years said that they have never experienced cold weather like this even in January, never mind November. We became members of the Canadian Club in Mexico today. The speaker this day was Wayne Palfrey who is the person that I mentioned who has live here for 40 years. He is the principle at a local school in Ajijic and spoke to us about the Mexican revolution which will be celebrated throughout Mexico next week. He is an excellent speaker and if my history teachers in school had been more like him, history would have been my favourite subject. The club had a very good turnout considering that everyone was freezing. The meetings are regularily held at the Nueva ... read more

In the afternoon, our friends Wendy and Lorne picked us up and we went to a nearby clubhouse in El Parque. The clubhouse is part of the housing complex where our other friends live. It was really walking distance from us if we had known where we were going. There we had a nice reunion with Dona and Michael and played Mexican Train dominoes with them, Wendy and Lorne, and a few of their friends. Donna, who volunteers at the Lakeside Little Theatre had a couple of free tickets for that evening which was a pre-opening night performance of The Heiress. She offered them to us and we gratefully accepted. After dominoes, Wendy and Lorne took us to their house for a pre-dinner drink and then to a little seafood restaurant in San Antonio for dinner. ... read more

Wow!!! There was amazing thunder and lightning last night just before we fell asleep. What was more amazing however was our morning wake-up. I can’t believe we have found a place that is so quiet, no dogs barking, no roosters crowing, no cars or vehicles, just the sound of song birds in the morning. We have not experienced this anywhere in our travels. We will spend a few days getting to know our new neighbours and exploring the area.... read more

In the morning we went for a nice walk along residential streets of La Foresta . The streets are lovely but it’s not possible to see very much of the actual houses. The high Mexican walls keep each house very private and secure. We came out to the main street, Carretera just before Walmart so of course we wandered up and down the aisles in Walmart and checked things out. I think we will be able to purchase just about everything here that we would buy back home in Canada. On our stroll back to Ajijic, we found and stopped at a nice little cafe where we had a cappuccino and watched the girl make old fashioned homemade ice cream. We arrived in the Plaza just in time for a light lunch. Light, because we are ... read more