Thanksgiving

Apologies for falling off on my blogging, in case there is anyone out there reading this! So I will try to catch up this week, a week of leisure since I don't have school. Let's start with our Mexican Thanksgiving. My sister and her family were our first visitors from home and boy were we excited to see them!

We showed them the sights of Guanajuato and just enjoyed hanging out with them at home. There were lots of giggles and the usual cousin spats which were music to our ears.

Then we packed everyone up and with our dear GTO friends, Ashley and John and girls, we headed to the beach. Our first stop was three hours away in Morelia, a really beautiful city in the state of Michoacan. We stayed at a funky old hotel overlooking the cathedral and did a little exploring.

Next stop, Zihuatanejo a beachside fishing village in the state of Guerrero. Ashley had found us an incredible house to rent overlooking the beach. It was hot and sunny and delicious! Price was sick when we first arrived and Jos took him to a Mexican version of House who told him to chew his food better and prescribed an antibiotic that worked fast (although we needed some help from Dr. Porter to wipe it out completely as it reared its head again 10 days later). We cooked at home every night and enjoyed all the fresh produce.

Our rooftop pool and dining room. The view from the roof. Lincoln, Nanne and Aydan.

Thanksgiving was a hot beach day and didn't feel much like a traditional Thanksgivig. We spoke with family in the States, ate a yummy meal and said thanks. John brought his guitar and led us in some great sing-alongs.

A big highlight of the trip was snorkeling in a cove a short boatride away. Sadly, the reef didn't look too healthy and the fish not too plentiful, but the kids loved it and we did too. On Sunday, Rhys and family flew home out of Ixtapa, the next town over. We headed off with the McGah-Welch's on a bus odyssey back home to Guanajuato. Nanne felt a bit homesick after having a taste of "real home" as she said. We tried to have a Sound of Music moment in the bus station but it didn't catch on like we hoped!