I have to admit, this past week was not packed with a lot of new discoveries. Many people are suffering from colds and Bill is one of them. It's knocked the energy right out of him and so we took it easy staying close to home. That's not to say we didn't do a little real estate investigating. An agent drove us around to see some really expensive properties ($700,000 to a million) and then on another day some fixer uppers. Although we are not interested in buying, one particular home and garden had us stop for a minute. Price was under $300,000Cdn, had 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, (so lots of room for company) a large private lot with garden, fountain and even a patch of beautiful green grass. The downsides were that you definitely needed a car to get around and the train tracks ran 100 yards from the home. Even where we are now, 20km away from the tracks, we hear the whistle blow for a good 30 seconds in the middle of the night.
This house we saw on our real estate tour, not for sale though. It's called the "Egg House" and the artistic owner has designed the outside with mosaics made from bottles, plates, bowls and who knows what else. I can only imagine the inside and it's furnishings! Yikes!
Once a month on the 3rd Sunday, a Flea Market is held on the mountain, outside of town. Today we thought we'd check out the bargains, even made a trip to the Banco for extra cash. The place was very busy and even though Bill was tempted to buy some metal garden art made from engine parts, we left without a second look. Clothes and most items looked second hand and not as interesting as the Tuesday Market with the fresh veggies and fruit. Saved big $$$'s today!
There are over 600 destination weddings in San Miguel, mostly rich families from Mexico City. The city is widening the sidewalks in our area for one of the big hotel resorts. I can't wait to observe an actual processions but heard that the whole wedding party and guests will march down the sidewalk behind a mariachi band and a donkey while guests parade around the block drinking, singing and celebrating the bride and groom. Maybe the donkey carries the tequila!
Step outside of the hotel and you're in the middle of town where the women are very tall!
Photos by Guillermo Written and Edited by Susan and Guillermo
3 comments:
Sorry to hear that you are under the weather, Guillermo :( ... sending best wishes for a speedy recovery! We've been basking in the sunshine this past family long weekend and tomorrow it's supposed to go as high as 17 degrees!!! That's Celsius and for Feb it's mighty welcome indeed :)... Are you tempted by the real estate in Mexico? It still sounds a bit pricey to me... but the cost of living would probably be quite good... if a tad too hot for my liking in the summertime... lovely pics once again... have a great week... looking forward to next Sunday's instalment ;) BTW, we had a lovely time with Pierre and Monique... they invited us over... he is a real joker... as you will soon find out ;)... we laughed a lot and had a great time with the conversation over lunch... he's quite a raconteur and full of ideas for mischief... no worries though; we could tell that they are taking good care of everything....
An excellent adventure indeed! Love reading your blog. Makes me want to go to Mexico!
Had some catching up to do! When you look at real estate you must really like it there. I love Mexico too! The house with the recycled everything looked quite interesting. Maybe you can get some ideas for the home in London! Enjoy a Margarita for me! Annie
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