Happy Birthday Flor!

A visit to Flor and her family is always a nice thing.  Sometimes it can be a bigger thing.

On Saturday, we finally visited the local family we've befriended.  Turns out, Saturday was Flor's birthday.  There was meat on the BBQ, finger foods on the tables, 2 cakes ready for serving, and about 12 people gathered.  Flor really wanted us to stay, but we had a commitment and could not.  

On Sunday, we dropped by again.  To visit, chat, without as much fuss.  We kinda achieved that goal.

Turns out it was a Sunday dinner gathering.  There was fried fish, turkey soup, fresh corn tortillas, lotsa cut up veggies, and about 6 guests.  We had just eaten a big lunch. But Mexican hospitality is a powerful thing.  We negotiated hard.  Flor finally agreed to let Toby and I share a fish and a big bowl of soup.  Delicious!

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1) Toby was a good sport.  He doesn't understand much of what the family says.  But he appreciates the connection with the family.

2 & 3)  Flor, her mom, and husband Pedro.  Why the mannequins?  Flor operates a used clothing store next door.  These just happened to spill over into the little restaurant business/ dining room.

4) Our flight landed in Cancun at midnight. So we stayed at an airport hotel and enjoyed a bunch of food from home.  I wasn't sure we could bring fresh fruit into Mexico, so I brought these applesauce pouches.  We both thought they were kinda silly and felt like astronauts eating them!

5) There are many very modest homes in the neighbourhood.  But so many, like this one, put up cheery Christmas decorations.

6) Food coma? Maybe.  What a nice spot to recover!!