For the last few weeks Megan and I have been living in a very nice hotel room at (no joke) The Hotel California in Guadalajara. It was a very nice hotel, but like all hotel rooms, it had its limitations (no kitchen, one room, etc.).
That all changed on Wednesday when we recieved the keys to the house we will be renting while we are living in Mexico. It is a great old Mexican house in the classic style. It has three bedrooms, a large kitchen/dining room area and a huge courtyard in the center with a lime tree that aparently is always bearing fruit. It is only about a 30 min. bus ride from my job (which hopefully I'll be able to write about more in the future) in a pretty quiet neighborhood.
When we recieved the keys and moved in on Wednesday we had our first "Gringo moment" in our new house. As we walked in to the courtyard we noticed white paint from the newly painted walls all over the cement in the courtyard. Megan and I both started freaking out a bit and worrying about how hard it would be to get the paint out of the cement. Then the guy who was doing all the repair work simply mopped up all the "paint" (which turned out to be easily cleanable whitewash). Well, we felt pretty stupid about that and vowed to try and take a bit more relaxed attitude towards these kind of things. We'll see how that goes and how many more "Gringo moments" we have over the next couple years.
I have posted a small gallery of photos of our new house, and the last image is a rough floor plan so you can get a better idea of the layout of the place. The place has so much potential and we just can't wait to start painting, fixing up and filling it with furniture.
Posted by Noah Brimhall at December 9, 2005 10:59 AMThe place looks lovely.
Posted by: Andy at December 12, 2005 06:52 PMMe encanta!!!
*Note* Please edit: "Future Guest Room" to "Future Room for Danie". Thanks.
Insert the words of Homer here. Take you pick, "Holy macaronni!!!" or "gaaaaah (drool)"
Posted by: Adam at December 13, 2005 09:51 PM