Guadalajara, Mexico

KATE AND JACK IN AJIJIC, MEXICO.
13 December 2007

A shopping trip to Guadalajara today. Our rental agent, a charming guy from Vancouver, took us shopping with him today. It was our first look at Guadalajara and we weren't impressed! Of course here is where we went: Costco. Sams . Wall Mart. and a huge, modern shopping mall...we could have been in the USA. Difference? Of course all labels are in Spanish so it means we are illiterate!! I was trying to buy face cream....I like one that has a tint for a little colour, a sun block and some moisture. It finally dawned on me that they don't have tined creams because the Mexican skin is already dark! Duh! I settled for a moisture only. I hope.....cuz I couldn't read that label either. Oh my!

While we were shopping, lunch time arrived and we made a big mistake by going into an "Outback". It was the worst meal we have had since our arrival. They try to make it like the US and fail miserably! We will know better next trip.

Last night we went to the local theatre for a production of "Same time next year". I know, we have all seen this many times before...but this was very well done. The lead male was a guy from Lunnenburg, Nova Scotia and the female lead was from Toronto. How about that? The theatre has been running as the only English one here for 25 years. It was small and pink. Yeah PINK stucco. The bar was outside under the stars. Quite charming. They had several ceramic fire places burning wood so it was quite cozy.....the temperature was 73F....19C (?) Not exactly cold. We went to a German restaurant after for dinner. Very CLEAN!

OK that's it for tonight. Tired.