Well that was a fun surprise!

Sundays are our favorite day here at Valle de Bravo. Why? Because it's market day!

We are located about 6 kms from the center of town. Normally we wouldn't mind walking one way, but the road is busy and much of it has no sidewalk. We've done it once in a past year, but it's really not the best for walking.

There is no actual public transportation system here, but there are "collectivo" taxis that run set routes... most of them are small four door sedans that you simply flag down. Fortunately, there is a direct route right outside our house. Sometimes they are already full, but you don't normally have to wait long for another one to come along. And yes, they are shared, so you often have to squeeze in beside someone else. They have no problem putting five adults plus the driver into one of these little cars.

The cost to get to Valle de Bravo from here is 20 pesos ($1.50 CAD, $1.10 USD) per person one way. So for both of us to go to town and back it's 80 pesos ($6.00 CAD, $4.40 USD).

Market day in Valle de Bravo.

But market day isn't only for fruits and veggies. It's also the day to get the best food! There is one particular taco stand that we really like, so we headed there for lunch before doing any shopping.

This is the place.

I had three chorizo tacos.

I should have only had two... I was stuffed! Ruth had two arrachera (beef) tacos. They are a little more expensive. So five tacos, and we shared a glass of jamaica. Cost was 210 pesos ($16 CAD, $11.40 USD).

The guy who owns the place. They are always super busy.

Then we went shopping for our weekly supply of fruits and veggies. The markets in Mexico are where you go if you want the freshest produce at the best prices. There are a couple of fruit and veggie stores that are walking distance from our house, but we only go there if we need something mid week.

238 pesos ($18 CAD, $13 USD).

Mid afternoon, we were back at home relaxing. I was just about ready to have a siesta when our host Chago yelled up the stairs, asking if we wanted to go sailing! He was taking out some paying customers and had extra room on the boat. It didn't take us long to say "yes" and in five minutes we were down at the dock and ready to go!

This is how they put the boats in the water.

The green vegetation at the shore is water hyacinth. They are invasive floating plants and they seem particularly bad this year. 

Two of Chago's employees are getting the boat rigged up.

The water hyacinth does have a pretty flower though!

And we're off!

The family was from the nearby city of Toluca. 

Our host Chago in white.

There were a few clouds, but overall it was a really nice afternoon on the water.

La Peña is what this area is called.

You can hike to the top of this rock. We've done it a few times in the past, but the last time was a few years ago.

We'll go again this year at some point.

Egrets on a floating water hyacinth.

This boat does tourist rides on the lake.

La Peña.

Ussie on the sailboat.

So, that was a fun surprise! 

The next two days are supposed to be beautiful weather here. You can tell that rainy season is just about over, although I'm sure there will be a few more showers still coming over the next couple of weeks.

In the evening, we watched the Blue Jays lose 3-1 to the Seattle Mariners. They had great pitching and we just couldn't get any hits. Oh well... game two is this afternoon.

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