Saturday Stroll

This morning I finally finished the computer work I needed to do (more on that subject in another post), and decided I would finally take my new camera with me to walk up to La Casa de la Cultura to see if the office was open.  It wasn't, so I continued up the street from there because it looked like a street where Lynne and Eric and I had found a very nice jewelry store and a lovely big store that sold Mexican crafts from all over.   

I was right.  The same jewelry store is there, so I browsed thinking to myself "Hmmm, I could make that, and that ... "   Made me miss our jewelry class.  I walked on up the street, and there was the same craft store, Quinto Real, owned by the same people.  The young woman said she remembered me from several years ago --- but I think she just knows how to please her customers.  They now have a little cafe, and I was starving so I sat down and let her bring me some limonada, the best pecan sticky roll I've ever had, and a really yummy ham and cheese sandwich.   There were several people at another little table talking English -- I realized how nice it was to hear familiar words.  I can understand why north americans who live here often group together.  And I think the food tasted really good because it was familiar (also because I was very hungry.

I walked home through several jardins.  There are five big gardens in El Centro where people gather and visit and eat and shop.  Here are some pictures.