Travel and Scoff!: Settling in...

Well we have been back on Isla a week or so and are finally settling into the rhythm here, its amazing how it takes awhile to slow down from the pace in the US. We moved from mid=island into town to be closer to the house and will stay put here until the house is completed.

We are right around the corner from the zocolo and super express and the Pearl Realty office...very handy! We were eating out for the first 5 nights but we do have a full stove in this apartment and the weather has been rainy, lightning and thunder storms for a few days now....kinda cozy!

Made a chicken stew the other day and some pasta and of course breakfast, the eggs here are to die for! First night we had the grouper at Fredy's and it was awesome as usual and great to see Fredy again. Actually been back once more as well. We have seen local friends as well.. the second night we were at Fredy's, Cori and her husband Peter were coming in with lobster for Fredy to cook. We joined them for dinner. They own Caribbean Casa which is one house away from us and the nicest people! Cori was so great when we were in Seattle and would take pics of the house for me while we were on Facebook together. If you ever need a beautiful place to stay near us this is the place. Its called Caribbean Casa on Juarez, she has the same view as us and apartment are lovely! She also introduced us to our direct neighbors, they were so sweet. I told her to tell them that I hope there had not been too much noise from our build and they said "no problema"...

We also had a great night out with Colleen and Michael and Julie from Pearl at Bahia Tortuga. Laughed our asses off...nice place as well except for the mosquito invasion!

We still need to get cell phones. I looked into unlocking my blackberry and still might try to figure it out but will probably end up buying a new one. Need to get someone who speaks more spanish though, kind of difficult yesterday. I have started DuoLingo for spanish lessons on line but am also going to get someone local for lessons as well.

The house is really coming along. They are plastering away and its really taking shape but so many more exciting phases to come! The seating area on the roof deck is in place, the laundry room as well. We have got some beautiful tile for the floors that Joe is getting us. Its going to be beautiful!

Here are some pics of the progress so far...