Friday & Saturday

Didn't have a chance to post yesterday, so I'll cover two days in one post.

We got up yesterday and had an email from our friends Sara and Coco about meeting for coffee or lunch after 10:30. We were ready to go sooner than that, so we headed out for a nice walk and ended up at Parque Central people watching. There was a parade with marching bands and students from one of the local schools in the downtown area, so it was kind of neat to see that. It was, however, rather loud so Lili and I headed to one of the Mercaditos (small market) and to get a coffee. Our friends called and, although we planned to meet at 11:45, the girls were both asleep so we ended up meeting around 1:00. We went to one of the nice hotels in the area... Hotel Antigua. It's on the opposite corner of town from my apartment... I am extreme Northeast, the hotel is extreme Southwest. We sat outside by the pool and had lunch, then took the babies to the playground and put them on the baby swing. Very beautiful hotel, that is actually open for public swimming.... we may head back over there sometime to go swimming.

After lunch, we stopped at a couple of shops, then went our separate ways. Lili and I headed home, she napped on the way, then we just hung out at home playing and bonding. This morning we got up at 6:00 and did laundry, had a mid-morning nap (I'm still not sleeping very well), played and ate breakfast, then played some more. Lili's napping again right now, so I actually have some uninterrupted time to post a message. It's actually a beautiful day outside... very sunny and no rain in sight, so when she wakes up I'm thinking we'll go for a walk through town. I would really like to find somewhere local to get fresh homemade tortillas, so that may be something that we try to do.

Don't really have any other definite plans... will probably get together with my neighbor Joanna and her son Alejandro (after her husband Tom heads back to the US tomorrow). Sara and I will surely get together again... we may actually venture into the BIG MERCADO.... they have more than just the handicrafts and arts and textiles... they have necessities for daily life. I'm very curious to see it, and Sara would love to go but is afraid she'll get lost. If we are together, we should be fine!

OK, well I'm going to get some stuff ready so that when Lili wakes up we can head out. Hope everyone is doing well..... we can't wait to get home so that we can see everyone!

Take care!

Krista & Lili