Our favorite coffee shop, Barista, is just down the street from St. Mary’s Preschool and it has free wi-fi and we go there to log on.
Two baristas are Fraly behind the dulce (sweet goodies) counter and Marcela who had the day off but came in to log on. They also have great sandwiches and crepes!
This is our landlady, Lolita, and her grandson Alejandro. Alejandro is home from college in Ciudad Obregon for the summer (his mom, also named Lolita, has a house connected to our apt and to Mama Lolita’s house) and he hooked up our TV cable for us. Lolita translated my St. Mary’s Preschool teaching contract for me and we are helping her with her new laptop. The pic on the wall in the background is Lolita’s brother, Father Jose Antonio, who died in an auto accident 24 years ago, but he remains close to Lolita’s heart. Lolita owns the Hotel Ana across the street and gives Spanish and music lessons out of her home - Brenda and Bliss are two of her students. AND Lolita is related to one of the former Presidents of Mexico!!
Pancho (in the middle) is a boat captain and he is repairing Raphael’s boat that is resting on the Lolita “compound” property. Raphael is Lolita’s son and he has a house with his wife and kids next to Hotel Ana.
This is Alejandro’s younger brother, Francisco. He is 16 and we never quite know what he is up to around here…but he has spent a lot of time helping Pancho out with the boat repair.
Chuy is Lolita’s other son and he has an apt that connected to the Lolita, Lolita, Cynthia & Mike structure. And this is Lolita’s housekeeper, Maria Elaina. Maria Elaina has been very helpful to us! 
Here we have our former neighbors from the “casita” (small house) next to ours, Joel and Tomas. Below Tomas are his daughter, Aranza and her girlfriend, and Tomas’ wife, Judith sitting on the bed. Well, there you have it. Our new friends. There is a big celebration in the plaza going on right now so we're outta here!
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Did you enjoy the Festival? We did. It is on until Sunday evening so we will probably be going down again.
Looks like you are settling in nicely.
What a great support group for your new home!
HI Mike and Cynthia. I just got your blog address. Looks like you're happy in MX. Glad to hear that Mike is feeling better too. I don't have your email, but I just wanted to send you my best wishes, and no hard feelings. Take care, and best of luck to you both. Mark Mousseau
Hi, Cynthia - Thanks for all the photos, it's the first time I've gotten everybody in Lolita's family identified.
SOunds like you are adjusting so well! And your Spanish? It must be going pretty well, too, with all your new friends.
Congratulations again!
So great to see you settling in, making friends and enjoying life, you both deserve it & especially after the challenges of this past year!!! Love you, it is a beautiful Sunday in Seattle (80's this weekend) finally, so we'll be out enjoying our sun!!! Hey girlie, I just finished video relay service training to become a video interpreter!!!!! Fun stuff, another option to add to my freelance interpreting world!!! Can't wait til the technology can allow me to work from beaches in Mexico :), hugs Jackie
I'm so glad to see that everything has worked out for you and Mike. Looks like your family of friends has grown considerably since you arrived!
Can't wait to hear more!
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