Now that we’re settled in at the beach and our trips to Mérida and Progreso are less frequent, we can enjoy taking in some of our favourite activities!
On one of our Mérida shopping trips, we met up with Bob & Pat at Altabrisa Mall for lunch!
We’re fortunate to have booked a table for four at FACES for the Wednesday afternoon Jam Session for the whole season!
We had another evening out at FACES on Thursday night with Mat & Terri for Steak Night!
Bob & Pat asked us to come into Mérida for dinner at their place (great burgers, Bob) and to take in Noche de Jazz!
Santa Ana Park, which is only a 5 minute walk from their house, has frequent concerts and fairs throughout the year. This is our 2nd or 3rd visit to Noche de Jazz!
In addition to Noche de Jazz, all month long there has been a Oaxacan Artisan Show and Food Fair in the park.
For those who are curious… more than you’ll ever want or need to know about Chapulines can be found here!
The next morning, we Cabify’d (like Uber) to the Slow Food Market!
It was our first visit to the Slow Food Market and we’re glad to have finally made it there. It was enjoyable to see it, but most of what we’d typically purchase there, is available every other Thursday at the Muelle Market in Chicxulub since many of the vendors do both venues!
The other day, while enroute into Chicxulub, we saw a couple of cars stopped beside the wetlands outside of town.
On our way out of downtown Chicxulub, we stopped for water and I went two doors down to a small vendor “El Sabor de Michoacan”, where a young fellow, Juan Carlos, was diligently chopping meat for tacos and tortas! Turns out he, his wife (Daniella) and mother (Alicia) all speak English!
We had a good discussion of the differences between Yucatecan and Michoacan cooking… it’s all in the spices! We sampled… yumm!
That afternoon, the winds started strengthening out of the NW… it was the tail-end of the storm that hit Southern Ontario and Quebec. The next day was a strong El Norté that blew and blew all day!
That night was the eclipse of the ” super blood wolf moon“, but unfortunately it was too cloudy to take it in here!
One other outcome of the combination of full moon and the lowest tides was the reappearance of our sandbar(s).
I hope you’ve enjoyed a little sample of the sights, sounds and tastes of being here! Next blog, we’ll be enjoying a bit of Mérida and immortalizing a dramatic victory by Pam and Doug at “Hand & Foot”!
Cheers from Uaymitun, MX!
-doug and elaine
You were right, that was more than I want to know about Chapulines!
Looks like you are having a great start to you vacation down there. So looking forward to our visit with you both in March. Certianly want to get some dancing in at Faces too. Enjoy your time with your sister and her husband – Eliane. We are having great weather here too. But colder !!!!!!!!! Love and hugs Sandy