random thoughts – Day 1,659 – (Wednesday) – vacation life

Sunrise.

It had been part of the personal vacation plan to see the sun rise at the beach and this morning it all worked out. First, and most important, I  woke up in time. It wasn’t raining like the other morning. I pulled on some linen pants and a shirt and walked to the beach. There are a lot of people waking around at 6:30 am. At the posted time of 6:41, the clouds at the horizon were tinged in pink and gold and the water shimmered in silvery blue and golden pink. Eventually the orb of fire edged up over the water.

I was glad I had gotten out of bed and out the door. Not long after 7:00 I was settled in at a restaurant for coffee and breakfast before returning to the room to change clothes.

Part of the resort vacation thing is booking excursions off the property to stuff elsewhere, and we had one scheduled to leave at 10:00. Sometimes the side trips turn out to be a bit different that what is expected. Our little jaunt “into town” was billed as “Jewelry Factory, Free Tequila Tasting and open-air shopping.” We thought this was multiple fixed locations – visiting a factory making jewelry, some sort of tequila tasting event, and some shopping. Not quite.

The transport van picked us up on time, and about a half hour later we were let out at a souvenir shop and told the van would be back to pick us up at 1:00. The souvenir shop sold tequila and had lots of other stuff, and beyond its doors were more shops and restaurants and tour operators. We saw a bartender/waiter in town. It was his day off from the resort and he took us to his family’s shop which sells jewelry and tequila. We were given samples of it and it was really good. This was cool, but not quite the “jewelry factory” or “tequila tasting” we thought we signed up for.

French café lunch in a Mexican town.

We logged a lot of steps and bought a few souvenirs and then stopped for lunch. We ended up in the small outdoor dining area of Chez Celine: Boulangerie – Patisserie – Artisinale. French music filled the air. My three cheese sandwich featured fresh crusty bread with Boursin, brie, and gouda with salad greens, grapes, and pecans and the orange and ginger house jam. It was so delicious I have no words. 

One friend said the avocado toast was delicious, another enjoyed the coffee with three mini pastries (Crème Brulee, mouse, and lemon tart). It was an unexpected delight to be enjoying lunch at a French bakery café in Mexico. And we got a few mementos of our visit.

Back at the resort, it was back to the beach for a couple hours of floating on rafts and relaxing in lounger chairs. The fitness watched logged 13,169 steps, which is low because I didn't wear it at the beach in the afternoon. There is no doubt I could get used to this lifestyle. I need to get busy figuring out how to make it happen.