… ever since visiting Aranza´s house in a street named after a salmon

Sita is at pains to point out that she liked the song before I did. And therefore wins or something.

Ever wondered how people avoid slowly cooking themselves to death while dressed as Dr. Simi or, in this case, ¿¡Barney!? (from Farmacia Generi-K in Tonalá) what with Mexico´s high temperatures?

Today I can reveal all with this AgaveWeb exclusive aerial shot…

So today we went to get an 8 piece dining set of ceramics from Tonala, just to give them one more thing to inspect as we cross the state lines on Monday. Lovely they are. Almost as good as the Provencale ones from a couple of years ago. I might have to leave my guitar behind to fit them all in the car. We won´t know till Sunday though.

Also, the Sauza family granted us a last minute interview and so we´re off to Tequila for the last time tomorrow afternoon before our last meal for a good while in La Matera and then other stuff.

Still to sell on the furniture front: 2 x computer desks, 2 x chairs, 1 kitchen cabinet, 1 folding table and kitchen bits and pieces. Sunday is going to be hectic. And tomorrow. And Saturday. And not to mention Monday…

I can´t post without mentioning Monday´s entertainment, as you´ll see in the post below we were expecting a quietish meal with our Flickr friends, we got there and all was calm then one by one the patio filled up with familiar faces dressed as angels, devils, kings, shepherds, and er mermaids… I didn´t know what the merry hell was going on for a good few minutes. It turns out they´d all got together and planned a Pastorela, a nativity play crossed with a Christmas panto in our honour. It was hilarious and such an unexpected and lovely send off. My appreciation for the peeps in this good town knows no bounds. I promised not to make the photos too public, but if you´re not in my Flickr contacts shout out and I´ll email you the link, and if you are a contact, then click away hence.

We´ve really been spoilt for friends here in Guadalajara, more than anywhere I´ve ever lived and I sincerely hope we can return the favour wherever we find ourselves next.

Righty, we´re off for tacos then down the pub cantina.

No news from Colorado yet, for the record.

Been well busy. As of this very minute, here are our plans…

Tonight: Flickreros Tapatíos Despedida round Aranza´s
Tuesday: Photography course, last day… Presentation
Wednesday: R&R, packing, goodbying
Thursday: Packing, Down the pub. To be decided.
Friday: Cancelling internet, cable, phone, water, gas. Paying bills, Behrnard´s arrival at Amour Fou
Saturday: SIT 2007, drinks at Famosos Equipales
Sunday: Packing, furniture distributing, handing over keys, final quiet despedida at Chop on Av. Mexico around 8pm.
Monday: Hit the road, probably Culiacan, possibly further
Tuesday: Nogales and beyond… Immigration fun.
Wednesday: Arrive in L.A. Reunion with la familia (+ Atticus)
Thursday: Unpacking, packing, shopping…
From this point on things get vaguer:
Fridayish: L.A. fun
Saturday: L.A. to Oakland
Sunday: Unpacking, getting Sita installed in her temporary office
Monday: Buy a new computer which works (expect a lot of blog silence in the interim)
Tuesday: Packing for England
Wednesday: Leave for UK from SF.
Thursday: Arrive in UK, bus it to Taunton…

3ish weeks of catching up with lovely peeps in Taunton + Bristol + (possibly) London
Back to the States. Immigration fun.
New Year´s Eve and all that…
Find job / set up business. Take it as it comes.

There´s still furniture up for grabs, and also some new satisfied customers pix. Tell your friends!

Hugo and Pati finally kindly took Monica and Daniel´s beautiful banana painting off our hands, and some other stuff.

…

and now I´m a little tired.

The picture accompanying this article from yesterday´s Mural made me Laugh Out Loud…

They were caught stealing people´s credit card details and pins with a laptop and card reading thing. According to the last line they also moonlight as exotic dancers. Check your bank statements if you´ve been to a “Teibol” in Michocan lately 😉