The Ways of Merida

The Ways of Merida

A Few Observations

Bagging Your Groceries

Tip the older gentlemen and women that bag your groceries. Who knew?! We were here a couple of weeks before we found out about this one. They are volunteers and they are there to earn a few pesos. (25 t0 50 cents)

Hola!

Hola!

Wow! 20 hours of class in 5 days with homework at night. So much for that easy-going lifestyle!

Actually it was great, but it sure was intense! Nidi, our amazing teacher, did a great job giving us just what we needed to start dog-paddling in the pool of Spanish. We think it’s actually an ocean. We can’t wait until we can swim well enough to enjoy diving in to some real conversations at normal conversation speed. We are thrilled to be on our way however.

Yucatecan Food I

Yucatecan Food I

We anticipate we will have multiple posts about the Yucatecan food. Here is Yucatecan food part 1!

We enjoyed our Friday evening at a local Yucatecan restaurant called La Chaya Maya.

The highlight of the evening was watching local Mayan make handmade tortillas. They had two Mayan ladies making hundreds of tortillas while we enjoyed our meal.

Sunday Bike Ride on Paseo de Montejo

Sunday Bike Ride on Paseo de Montejo

We had the wonderful privilege of taking advantage of the Sunday tradition of closing down one side of the main avenue in Merida so that walkers, bicyclists, skateboarders, joggers and families in all sizes take over Paseo de Montejo.

Families, young and old, some just learning to bike, scooters, and more are all a part of this family-oriented event. Bikes for up to 5+ people, some with canopies, navigate the avenue.