Getting Settled in Merida

Shorter post today: We all slept late (8:30am is late when you have Lukas) then went for a walk to the 'parque' so the kids could play on the see-saw and swings and sip some delicious pitaya juice (it's green with small pulpy seeds in it). Wandered the market to pick up some sliced mangos and papayas and stopped at the bakery for pastries. However, when we got back, the papayas turned out be some kind of strange red potato or vegetable. Not very tasty for breakfast...we'll pass on that next time!

Later we all took an extended siesta (nap) as we are still recovering from the long day before. After waking, the kids cooled off in the pool. I managed to pull off a pizza delivery order via phone...in very poor spanish. Boy, that was grueling! But what a deal: a large chorizo pizza and a smaller cheese pizza plus a free bottle of soda for between 7 and 8 bucks? You can't touch THAT at home! And it was really good. REAL pizza!

We found our way to Walmart (it has a marble facade) to stock up on groceries for the house. Spent lots of time trying to decipher labels, identify foods, and read nutritional content (we haven't been eating real healthy lately, ya know?) And best of all, we found our way back to the house once again. We're getting better at this!

Slowly getting settled in Mexico... maybe we'll get to the beach soon!