Mexican differences!!!!

OK! Yesterday we went to Costco here in Guadalajara to check out the selection. The store is huge, and they had a ton of selection. They give samples of food and such here just like in the states, however, they were giving samples of Tequila!!!! Lime and salt included! Joe and I had to have a sample, and it was quite good. They weren't even cheap about it, they gave you a pretty big taste! We couldn't believe it! Then we went to the mall across the street, and it was just a nice as any mall I have ever seen in the US, but people were walking around smoking!! It was weird. Then when we were leaving, we saw a machine that we thought was to validate your parking (because it was a secured lot). I took the ticket over and put it in, and it asked me for 10 pesos. Not knowing what to do (and I needed my ticket back to get the car out of the lot) I put in 10 pesos, took my ticket, and went back to the car. When we went to drive out of the lot, you had to put your ticket in the machine to get the arm to lift and let you out! Can you believe you could have a pay lot with NO attendants! What an idea. We could learn something from Mexico about this.

We also bought a moped scooter this weekend. As much as we have been driving our van on the coblestone roads, we were wanting something to get around quickly, and improve our parking. We took it out for a spin around town, and found out that we could all fit on the scooter. When in Mexico, so as the Mexicans. We got quite a few curious looks, bet we weren't sure if it was because we had well over 400 lbs of gringo on a single scooter, or if it was because the thing was so bright yellow, it blinded them momentarily. Either way, we all had a great time.

We move into our house next weekend, so we are busy taking Alex to school and back, and acquiring a few needed items for the house. Alex has not warmed up to school completely, but she did count to 6 in Spanish out of the blue. She said that God taught it to her, so she must have quite a teacher!

The pictures above are average traffic in Guadalajara, sharing the road with others ????, Alex and Mom on the new scooter, and Alex going to school. More to come......