Settling In

We are definitely settling in now.
This morning, Christelle went out on her own to the market, tourist office, and to just look around. She speaks about the same amount of Spanish as me, and is very independent.  So it's nice to see her venture out.

During that time, I ran some errands.  My first mission was to get money for the electricity deposit.  It turns out electricity is not included in the rent.  I knew that, but conveniently forgot it....  Electricity is expensive in Cozumel.  So they asked for a $500 deposit, ouch!!!  Dennis, the landlord says we can expect to pay about $20 in electricity if we don't run the air conditioner, and up to $500 if we do.  There will be no A/C in my house!  Many of you know that isn't a hardship for me at all.  In the last 6 years, I've ran the A/C at home for maybe a total of 8 hours.

Then off to find Carl, my American buddy from last year to talk about maybe joining a sunset dinner cruise he was trying to organize for tonight.  As expected, I found him at Indio's, his favourite restaurant and "home away from home".  Unfortunately, the cruise didn't happen, but Carl's friend Ron had a bike pump  and inflated my bike tires properly.  That was nice because that was my third mission, done!

In the afternoon, Christelle and I went to Money Bar, a beach club that is about 5 km away.  The water was warm and calm, the sun was warm, the breeze was just right.  Lovely!!!  On the way home, we stopped to watch the sun set.  Very nice!

For dinner, we went to Indio's, a fun little family run restaurant, Carl's favourite.  Dinner was very good.  Grilled lion fish, finished off with a taste of aged tequila. 

Photos: The kitchen at Indio's, as viewed from the street.  You could reach in from the sidewalk to grab something from the stove!
The swimming pool at "my house" at night.
The staircase up to my apartment.  Pretty.