Sunday, August 17, 2008

Toured the town today!

Today is Sunday and with Jack's encouragement, I got on my scooter and we enjoyed the town together. He has been walking around all week so he knew the places to take me.

We went to the central park of town, and it was filled with families enjoying the surroundings, playing, and eating.

We went to the fruit mercado where I tried a NEW fruit. It looked like a small, round golden cherry and had a distinct tropical fruity flavor. We didn't buy any today but will go back for some- more details in a future post. The new fruit experience didn't end there! We tried a soursop (guanábana).


It's a member of the cherimoya family and v delish! The ladies at our hotel prepared it the traditional way for us- deseeded and blended with water for a creamy, frothy drink!



We visited a lane of quaint shops with artwork and my favorite, clothes! Didn't buy anything today but a dress from the vanilla town of Papantla caught my eye :) We stopped for a bit and each drank 2 glasses of fresh squeezed o.j.

I LOVE it here! The transition hasn't been easy but we are making strides in the right direction. After a week of hunting, we found a lovely house with a salmon colored exterior to rent. Three bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths- perfect for our needs. We move in on the 21st, I am v excited!! 

We will be busy furniture shopping the next few days. There is a nice offering of rustic, colonial style furniture to choose from. Fun, fun!!

2 comments:

Sarah said...

You sound very happy, Shayla! :-) And you're beautiful too - thanks for posting the pics! Your new salmon colored house sounds extremely cute!!!

Shayla said...

Thanks so much for your words of support & encouragement- v appreciated!!