Posada on Dec. 23

Lety and Stan held the annual Posada (the traditional "room at the inn" event) at their home 2 streets over. Lots of friends and families in attandance.











First we all held candles and sang a song at a neighbours house which asked if there was room at the inn. Sadly, the neighbour sang back, we have no room at the inn........











So we all moved to Lety's - where some sang the song on the outside...........










and the rest of us sang the song on the inside saying - yes! we have room, please come in....!! Then the traditional fruit punch was served to all, after being cooked for 24 hours....yummy!












then of course there was the pinata.........










.....all the kids smashed away..........













Lety did some serious damage.........













.....and your trusty blogger knocked it out of the park.....well, got all the goodies out for the kids, anyway.........











the rest of the evening was lots of good food, visits with friends, music and even dancing, but all the kids definitely stole the show. Thanks Stan and Lety for another wonderful night!!!

Anniversary and Cancun....

Miki and I celebrated our anniversary with dinner at Chimichurri's - the finest meat in town.......and a violinist walked in off the street and played for us - now THERE'S a first in Puerto Morelos!!









We had a lovely dinner.........












and had a great surprise when Jill and Diane joined us - made the evening even more special!!!











On the way home we stopped in at the grand opening of the newest restaurant (same place, new name) behind Mayan Riviera Properties on the beach. Welcome back, Miguel and family!!!











Next day we bussed into the Plaza las Americas to do some shopping.....this carousel is set up in the solarium part of the mall. Must be pricey - only one family road it in over 3 hours. The mall has doubled in size since last year.....wow........place is amazing!













This little train was running around too.....such fun for kids......!














Christmas decorations everywhere.....could be any mall in Canada...........















.....and of course SANTA - with his rather burly looking elf.....LOL! We had lunch in our favourite place - Sanborn's lounge - shopped way too long, and then bussed home again. Lovely day!

Dinner party circuit...

The other night we had Sue, Ernie, Robin, Steve, Murielle and Mario over for dinner - poor Jo was under the weather................
It was a "Canadian" dinner with burgers, hot dogs, roast potatoes and homemade salsa and quacamole........







......lots of wine, laughter, food and fun, and since Sue is originally from Quebec, there was lots of French flying around.............









Sue and Ernie were leaving the next day to go back to Switzerland - we have all become dear friends with the Boyz during their month in PM












....tout le gang...............













...a couple of nights later, we had Joanne over with Murielle and Mario again..........Jo is also from Quebec originally, so more French......













Jo left yesterday to return to Canada.......












.....and it was another fun evening of food and great times.......

Guadalupe Day!

Daf has a day at the bookstore again.....

.....pics courtesy of Murielle...merci!

as we left the other evening, there was this great little jazz trio playing at the corner coffee shop....wonderful live music everywhere in our town....

Guadalupe Day brings small parades....this one is just one vehicle.....

fish boats decorated with palm fronds and balloons......

the malecon where I take my lunch break......

sunset bathes the square in golden light......

another parade comes right past the store......

traditional dress, young, old, men, women..........

and the band at the back......

I can never resist this little group............

and the golden day after full moon to end a perfect day....

Full moon tonight!

the local coffee shop, Anancia's, is decorated for Christmas.........

....where we stopped for a visit with James Sweeny and wife Sylvie - the leader of the Men in Blues, whose first show in PM is Jan. 4 at David Lau's.....

tonight was a stunning full moon.........

so we met Jill and Linda at Cantina Habarneros for a bite and some music and dancing....

Miki and Linda......................

D and M enjoy a moment together.........

we 3 musketeers...........................

the 4 of us enjoyed a fun evening............................

and tomorrow Sue heads off to Cuba!