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<\/a>We had a huge rainstorm one night, and the street we live on turned into a river.<\/p><\/div>\n
Quinn loves going to school. He’s found some friends, and we’ve met some of their parents. One of them teaches a yoga class that Jen attends, and another couple invited us to their house for a barbeque last weekend. It’s almost like normal life!<\/p>\n
<\/a>Our new friends even have a trampoline!<\/p><\/div>\n
We signed up for Spanish classes last week and studied for an hour each day.<\/p>\n
The main town market is about a 10 minute walk from the house. One day I walked home with what felt like 20 pounds of fresh fruit and veggies for about $10. Since there are so many expats here, there are stores that cater to them providing lots of imported specialties. When you’re getting mangoes for 5 for a dollar it’s hard to spend $15 on a bottle of real maple syrup!<\/p>\n
Although the restaurant food isn’t as good here as it was in southern Mexico, we’ve been very happy to cook most of our meals at home.<\/p>\n
On Sunday I rented a mountain bike, and together with Tony, another dad from the school, went for a mountain bike ride. We met up with a local named Jorge who was kind enough to show us to some fun trails. There’s no such thing as a guide book to the trails here, so having local knowledge is the only way to find the goods. We rode for about four hours and got some really spectacular views of the lake.<\/p>\n