New faces in town!

[ldrews]

Well, it has been a month since we arrived in Guanajuato. And we are loving it here.

The first week was spent in a small rustic apartment on the hill just behind Hacienda La Escalera. Fondly known as "the hill from hell". Our first impression was that everywhere is up from where we are! Our landlady, Donna Guzman, was very helpful and took us on a short walking tour of the neighborhood.

The first Sunday that we were here we made connection with other ExPats and the Sunday brunch, held at the Los Santos restaurant in Marfil. Since we did not know our way around, we took a taxi. Cost was 40 pesos. After brunch some of us went to the big public marketplace, Embajadoras, where we walked through aisles of vegetables, fruits, clothing piled in heaps, various knick-knacks, etc. Then we all walked to the central plaza/garden, El Jardin de Reunion. My wife Sharon spotted a Starbucks coffee shop and everything started looking better to her. (The trip here was so stressful that she declared that we should turn right around and go back to the US!)

At the Sunday brunch we met Martha Roberts, a native Mexican who had lived in the US for many years and had returned to Mexico just a few years ago. She was looking for a couple to share her house in the San Javier area of Guanajuato. This seemed ideal to us, so we instantly accepted and moved that afternoon! Not only did we get a nice residence, but also access to someone very knowledgeable about Mexico/Guanajuato and who is bilingual. We have been living with Martha and her husband Don for 4 weeks now and everything is working out well. We are happy as clams!