Mazatlan (0K/8483K) (January 5 – written by Nancy) Our extended ‘vacation’ in Mazatlan is almost over – tomorrow we restart our journey south.  We’ve enjoyed our time here, relaxing and exploring the town a bit.  It’s warm Mazatlan is a relatively large city, over 425,000 people, and is quite spread out.  We are staying in … Continue reading Mazatlan

(January 3 – written by Dave) We have arrived in Mazatlan!  The ferry was just fine.  We boarded around 6PM.  The ferry appeared to be packed.  It looked like there were several tour groups, so it’s not surprising that we couldn’t get a cabin (Senior editor’s note – hmmm, maybe there would have been a … Continue reading Ferry to Mazatlan

(January 2 – written by Dave) Happy New Year! Short ride today – just out to the ferry.  Tomorrow we’ll post about the ferry and Mazatlan. We really enjoyed our time in La Paz.  We posted previously about general La Paz life, Spanish school, tortillas and how hard Mexicans work.  Today’s post is about us … Continue reading Leaving La Paz (23K/8483K)

(December 30 – written by Dave) It was nice to write the title of this blog.  More specifically, it was nice to write the word “fixed” as part of the title.  Before we wrote fixed we had to deal with a fairly major issue with our bicycle wheels.  I’ll describe it here for the historical … Continue reading Bike troubles fixed – ready to ride

(December 27 – written by Nancy) So, we are a week away from leaving La Paz (ack!) after a nice two month break to learn Spanish.  It has been a nice break for us, and as hard as it is to learn a language, especially as an ‘older’ person, it has been a lot of … Continue reading Aprender español es divertido = Learning Spanish is fun!

(December 17 – written by Dave) Parental Warning: this post is rated Geography Nerd (GN) – stop reading now if you don’t care about plate tectonics and/or continental drift – you’ve been warned! Of course we know where we are.  We are in La Paz, BCS, Mexico and soon will be heading on the ferry from … Continue reading Where are we now – geographical questions

(December 8 – written by Dave) We’ve been in Mexico now for more than 2 months.  The title of this blog is a question that we get asked almost daily.  We didn’t know what it meant at first.  We vaguely recognized the term maíz (corn) and we knew we were being asked something.  Our early … Continue reading ¿Harina o Maíz?

(November 25 – written by Dave) Our time in La Paz is flying by with days filled with 3 hours of immersion Spanish class and mucho Spanish study.  Nancy has always been a great student and not too bad of task master.  Me, well, I got by.  Now that we are working together, my only … Continue reading Life in La Paz

(November 12 – written by Dave) One week of Spanish class done – and it seems to be sticking a little.  There are times when I look at a word, say it 20 times, cover it up, say it 20 more times, feel good about it and not 3 minutes later I can’t remember even … Continue reading Mexico, La Paz and other random musings

(November 5 – written by Dave) Today marks a week since we arrived in La Paz.  We are getting settled in our apartment, finding nearby grocery stores, coffee shops and laundromats – all those things that are necessary to make life comfortable when you are in one spot for more than a couple of days.  … Continue reading Impressions of La Paz