Eggs-cellent prices here

I went grocery shopping yesterday at a little market near my house. Here's a photo of everything I bought for a whopping 187 pesos - about $15 Canadian.

What a great deal. Just the cereal alone would of been 6 bucks in Canada. I think I overestimated what my grocery bill is going to cost every month. (It's the electricity bill I'm hoping isn't super expensive because I'm running the air conditioner all night. I can't sleep without it!)

Now see those eggs? I have to say I was a little nervous about buying them. Not only because they come in plastic bags and I wondered how I was going to get them home without breaking them, but also because I was worried about buying unrefrigerated eggs. This is unheard of in Canada and the US but here in Mexico it's just the way it is. Even Wal-mart in Mexico sells them unrefrigerated. It scares me but everyone eats them and survives. I'm sure I will too. But if I die of Salmonella poisoning it was the killer eggs!!

Update: After doing some research I found out they don't wash their eggs here and that's why they can be kept out of the fridge. Once you wash an egg it loses its protective coating and needs to be refrigerated. They would never sell eggs in Canada covered in chicken poop or feathers but here in Mexico they do. You're suppose to wash them just before you use them. Well I'm going to wash them when I get them home and then refrigerate them. I can get use to some of the customs here but not all of them. You can shoot fireworks at me but you can't make me keep my eggs on the counter in this heat! ;)

Sunscreen what a concept

Well I was sadly mistaken when I first got here and thought I could handle the Mexican sun without sunscreen. I said "Ohhhh no I won't burn. I'm half Maltese. I've got skin that'll tan nicely." Wrong! Turns out maybe my skin is from the other half of my heritage - Irish skin that burns like hell in the sun. So now I'm burnt and peeling, a very unattractive sight I must say. But it serves me right. I'm staying indoors for a few days. Hiding under the ceiling fan in the living room and escaping to the air conditioning in the bedroom when I can't take the heat any longer. I've only been going out at night once the sun goes down. Sounds like I'm turning into a vampire haha. ;)

Lesson learned - wear sunscreen!

Watch out for el torito!

Last night was Savannah's last night here in Mexico with me. We ventured out at night to the town square where a celebration was happening for the feast of St. Anthony. They had a little fair set up in the square with some rides the kids, food vendors and entertainment on stage. I really enjoyed watching the dancing. Some of the dancers danced to English hip hop songs. One of the songs had explicit lyrics with a lot of F-words, but everyone spoke Spanish so they didn't have a clue. Sav and I just looked at each other and laughed.

Earlier in the day I took video of a procession of people walking with a priest and a band. I had no idea what I was seeing until we got to the celebration in the evening. Ah ha, the procession was for St. Anthony.

St. Anthony is the patron saint of animals. People were bringing their horses and even a huge bull to the priest to be blessed with holy water. Now they have a holy bull rather than a holy cow hahaha. Get it, holy cow? Hehe

Speaking of bulls, at the end of the night the festivities ended with el torito making an appearance. Torito is a handmade bull that has fireworks attached to it. They light the fireworks and then someone runs with it over their head through the crowd like a raging bull shooting fireworks at everyone. In the video you can hear Savannah say 'loco!' It sure was. You can see how close the fireworks got to me. Sav was smart, she screamed and ran away. I stuck around to shoot the video and got hit in the foot with a firework. It melted the toe of my shoe! Thankfully I wasn't wearing flip flops. :)

I love how Mexicans love to celebrate. But next time I'm staying away from el torito!

Puerto Vallarta fun

We made it to Barra de Navidad a few days ago. This is where I'll be house sitting until the end of November. It's a sleepy little town. I've only seen a handful of gringos around. No one wants to be here in the summer. I've never been very conventional. I guess this is another example of unpredictable Adina in action. Haha I'm ok with it. It's quiet here but I'll make the best of it. It's been really hot here the past few days. I haven't had a chance to update my blog because it's been too hot to think. My brain doesn't function well when I'm roasting. But today is an overcast day and it's almost bearable, so I thought I'd sit down and post about some the fun Savannah and I had while we were in Puerto Vallarta.

We went to the beach, the zoo, we went clubbing, ate yummy Mexican food, walked on the malecon and attended a Catholic mass (by mistake lol). We thought we would just peek in and have a look, instead we ended up staying for a while. I'd post the video but its too long and the service is in Spanish. All I understood was the priest saying God, Jesus and Mary every once in a while. It was an experience I won't soon forget.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
Savannah thought all she had to do was bring a flower up to the front of the church.
What a surprise when she got stuck up there on her knees for the entire mass! Too funny. 

The zoo was fun but the monkey sure was trouble. I should post this video in slow motion because my face is hilarious. The bad monkey scared me!

On our last night in PV we decided to go out dancing in spite of a crazy rainstorm. I would hate to know what was in the water we were trudging through as we walked down the hill from our hotel to the club. It didn't smell good I can tell you that much. Thankfully I was carrying my heels and wearing my flip flops. It was nuts.

The rain water was rushing down the street like a river!

It became clear as soon as we got outside that there was no point in doing my hair because after about 2 minutes I looked like a drowned rat! But even with the rain we had a really fun night. Hehe it's always a fun night when I bust out the red heels! ;)

Ahhh rain...

It's been so hot here, I welcomed the rain storm that arrived last night. It sure took the temperature down. I haven't seen a really good storm with booming thunder and lightning that lights up the sky since I lived in Ontario 20 years ago. When I was a kid I remember sitting out on the front porch loving all the action. Last night was no exception. I love a good storm. Between trying to watch my show Orange Is The New Black, I kept running outside to take pictures of the lightening. I wasn't fast enough to get any lighting photos but I loved being out there. Hmm maybe storm chasing will be my next adventure...haha.

Oops left my new book 1000 Places To See Before You Die out in the rain!! Bad me. I guess I'll have to make my own list now. :)