Feb 27th Saturday A Paella Charity Luncheon @ La Hacienda de los Santos 350p each (about $29 USD) . There were several competing chefs from various parts of Mexico with their special paella recipes. The ones we tasted were very good. Margaritas were included as well as deserts of flan or capriotada (a Mexican bread pudding of sorts). There was music too. (albeit loud…ah Mexico! Always loud)
There must have been over 100 people. Mostly wealthy Mexicans from out of town. I guess they would need to be wealthy to afford 350 pesos each.. The streets were packed with clean, late model, nice vehicles.. It was really difficult to find a place to park in O little town of Alamos.
There were probably 20 non-Mexican guests. Most of us were lucky to have tables further from the loud speakers than the Mexicans.
Our friends Bill & Emily were at our table & it was nice to spend time with them. We shared some geocaching talk with some 1st time American visitors that are also RVers. They, Judy & Ron, are renting a house at the end of our street, Durango, & it was good to meet them.
It started at 2pm. The weather was perfect, about 75 degrees & went on until….well, who knows? We left about 5:45pm, staying later than many of the Gringos & the few other foreigners.
We had hoped to catch a photography showing at the museum that began at four. The photographs were by Paul, an American friend here that has taken pictures of Alamos over several years. By the time we walked over there the museum was closed….@6pm. Oh, well, maybe we will be able to see them in his home before we leave
From there we went home to grab the laptop, drove to our favorite hotspot for a nice internet signal so we could catch up on not only email but watch some of our recorded programs from our DVR at home….using SlingBox. It’s working well this trip so far….knock wood. (not the worm-eaten kind please.
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