Warming Up.....

It's currently 22C which is comfortable but tonight the low is 1C . Now THAT'S cold for here. Funny. Everyone is complaining about the "severe" winter weather. Can you believe it? However, we don't have heat in the house so it is pretty cold in the evening.

We went to the rental office this morning and complained about the cold. Told them it was in our contract that the house had a gas fireplace. We were told by the owner it would be installed by our arrival. It was not. Then he went away for a "week" to San Francisco . That was way before Xmas. He is still not back. We were then told by the rental agency they had an e-mail from him saying the installation would be "after Xmas.". Well, it is after Xmas. and it is after the New Year so we decided to put a little pressure on this morning. Jack was VERY good. Said we would be looking for another rental. So they called the gas company and they promised they would come at 4 o'clock on Monday ..... or Tuesday. This is as good as a commitment that you get from Mexicans. We'll see.

I am feeling much better today. Love drugs. (antibiotics). We walked up to a new area scouting places (if we come back next year) found a huge house with a swimming pool that is in our budget. Maybe a little to isolated, but certainly quieter. Did I tell you about this "quiet" Mexican village?? With the rosters crowing at all hours of the day AND night, the dogs barking, the firecrackers and fireworks whenever there is a festival, which seems to be every week. Well this morning we experienced a new noise. There , right over our back wall, was a bloody horse sounding very distressed. Rightly so because we were distressed! Wonder if it is a visitor or a permanent fixture. Oh gawd......

After our sojourn we found a delightfl, local, WARM restaurant for our comida.....lunch. We sat in the sun and were toasty while the barman corrected our Spanish, told us the local gossip and complained about the cold weather! We were the only customers. This bottered me at first.....like what is wrong with this place? Our fears were groundless as I had a big grilled piece of salmon that was fresh and cooked to perfection. Jack had a Thia dish and loved it. He called the barman (we are not sure if he was the cook too as we saw him watering the garden while we waited for our meal) over and asked how his dish was made. Fish sauce, he said was the surprise ingredient! Yuck. But it was so good. They have live music every night and dancing! We asked if it was ball room and he said, "Only on Romantic nights." Then he sang a few bars of "besame mucho ". I think we got the message. And this is how we communicate! Really. It's fun.

So this is another day in the life and times of Kate and Jack in Mexico.
By the way we are on "Skype" if anyone wants to talk to us. Our "skype name" is kateandjack2
Adios mis amigos and amigas (female)
Kate