Mexico 2022 Days 5 and 6

We left off at the end of day 4, so we are starting days 5 and 6. I was going to put the last 4 days into one post, but I took too many pictures to cram it into one post. Day 5 was Wednesday, October 5. 

We woke up, had some coffee and I was scared to do anything. Rory had a massage at 10 am, and mine was at 12. I wasn't sure if I could go, but I ended up going. I took the girls to breakfast at Casa Nicole for some amazing pancakes with strawberries. We definitely had to go to the pharmacy and get some meds for me and rush back to the condo. 

I took some medicine that was recommended on Tripadvisor and it helped me so much. I wasn't in the bathroom every hour or afraid to leave the condo. It didn't get rid of it, but helped. It was my turn for the massage and I was worried, but I made it through my massage and it was amazing.

After my massage, I met everyone back at the condo. Rory and the girls had gone to a lunch and were ready for some swimming. After showering, I went into the pool for a bit. I was still nervous, but did just fine in the water. 

Again, since we were at the massages, I didn't take any photos until we went to dinner that night. We went to Gaby's (per our friends recommendation that we met at the pool). We had Caesar salad (did you know it was created in Mexico?), and I had chicken mole enchiladas. The food was really good and the drinks were strong!

Then we walked the Melacon (boardwalk) to take photos, see the sunset and enjoy the nice weather. 

Those are light up swords that the girls got on the Melacon. We also got some ice cream.

Every night a pirate ship sails around the bay shooting off fireworks for the people aboard. And we all get to enjoy it as well.

We started day 6 off with coffee and another massage for just me this time. Rory didn't want one two days in a row but that was all that they had. I opted to go and it was amazing. Then we all went to brunch at Mi Cafe which is one of Rory's favorite places. Then we walked around, hit the pool again....wash, rinse, repeat. We had dinner at Don Chava's. The girls got pastor tacos after some chips and guacamole. Rory and I got dishes with pastor, onions, peppers and potatoes. Soooo good. I couldn't even finish my dish.

Once again we took a walk along the Melacon and back towards Los Muertos Pier. We walked through the sand to watch the sunset and took some photos on the pier. We also grabbed another bottle of wine on the way home.

We went back to the condo, relaxed, read and went to bed. Did I mention I read 2 1/2 books on the trip?

That concludes days 5 and 6. Only one more post to go with days 7 and 8.

Mexico 2022 Days 7 and 8

This is the last post of our Mexico 2022 trip. We did a lot of the same things day in and day out because it was so hot out during the day. I am talking high 80s to low 90s and 80+ humidity. We did go shopping and walking around a bit, but mostly we just went to the pool during the day.

Day 7 started out with us walking almost a mile and a half to breakfast. Rory wanted to try this place (can't think of the name or find it) really bad. So we walked there and sweated a ton. I am talking lots of boob sweat. Ha. Oh and I still wasn't feeling in tip top shape still. 

I had another frap type of drink and Rory got a smoothie with cold brew, peanut butter and cocoa. It was really good.  The girls opted for fancy toast with peanut butter, honey and fruit. I had a bowl that had chicken, cucumbers, radishes, carrots, jalapenos, avocado, brown rice, seasame seeds and a killer spicy sauce.

We walked back to the condo so Rory could do some work and we could cool off. Us girls ended up at the pool hanging out with our friends (and when I say friends, I mean friends older than me, but loved hanging out with the girls too) and Rory came up after an hour and a half. This is when I was also checking into our flight and got everyone but me checked in. I was deemed not able to check in until I got to the airport which sucked as we were flying Southwest. That meant that Rory and the girls were in A group and I had no group (meaning I would get C group at the airport).

I had to go back down to the condo and call Southwest to figure out what was going with me not being able to check in. Turns out when you have two foreign trips within a week of each other, it looks bad, so I had extra security to go through. But in the end it was ok. It just took me longer and Rory and the girls had to save me seats. 

After our last day in the pool, we went back to the condo as we were trying to go see the baby turtles being released, but one place cancelled on us and the other place was full. We were planning the excursion all week only to be cancelled on. That is also what happens during the October season...you are right at the end of the low season and coming back to the higher season, so things get changed or cancelled often.

We opted to just stay in our area and went to dinner at Il Pesce. This is the same place we went on our last day last year in Mexico. Avery had been wanting to go there but it was closed until the day before. We all had calamari (the girls loved it), pasta dishes, wine, and basil gelato, plus wine. The girls didn't like their gelato, so we took them down the street to another place and took it to the wine bar two doors down.

My pasta

Rory's

Check out Avery's hair from the humidity and her messy face.

The wine bar we went to.

After dinner, we walked back down the Melacon one last evening and went back to the condo to go to bed.

Saturday morning we got up, went to breakfast at Coco's again and had the same dishes and the same smoothies and frapp. It was all amazing. We tried going to farmer's market, but it wasn't going on due to it not being high season yet. We were so bummed as we always get gifts and snacks there each time. We walked back to the liquor store so Rory could get some tequila to bring home. Then we went to a few stores to let the girls spend their remaining pesos. Then we went back to the condo to shower and pack before heading to the airport around 1:30.

As I explained earlier, the airport was fine. It just took me longer to get to our gate. Oh and we had to purchase masks to go just through security which sucked. I also had an extra pat down at the gate before boarding. Oh the joys of travel. 

We made it home around 10:30. We unpacked, showered and went to bed after seeing our pup. And that concludes our Mexico 2022 trip. I think we will go back in April next time like we normally do. We loved how quiet it was, but hated that many restaurants were not open and the excursion situation wasn't as good as April. 

Mexico 2022 Days 3 and 4

We left off on Sunday evening, so I will start with Monday October 3rd. It was a beautiful morning and the hurricane had went up north leaving some beautiful views. We got ready and the girls asked me to snap a photo of them.

Then we headed off to another favorite breakfast place, Coco's Kitchen. We had the best breakfast with fresh smoothies and coffee fraps.

It was finally pool day and the girls were so excited! We spent a good 4 hours on the rooftop pool. As always, I take a ton of photos up there because you can see the whole Bay of Banderas. 

We had the pool to ourselves most days. There was also another couple and an older lady that we have seen there many times that we hung out with at the pool. They gave us tons of food recommendations!

After a day of swimming, we headed out to dinner. Now this is where I got Montezuma's from. I went back and forth on posting where we went, but decided to do it. We all shared everything except this one taco that I got, a garlic shrimp taco. We had tuna tar tar, firecracker shrimp, octopus tacos, a shrimp tostado and margs (us not the girls) and the only thing different was I got the garlic shrimp taco and the girls and Rory shared the octopus tacos. 

The food was amazing, but it hit me hard that night. I was too scared to leave the condo, even though we did quite often. Ha.

The best mango margs.

Something in this wrecked me.

I didn't feel it right away either. We went to an American style bar and watched the Niners game til half time there. I had a glass of wine, so it wasn't that either. Then we went back to the condo to watch the rest of the game, put the girls down and enjoy the Niners win!

That evening I woke up about 2 in the morning and spent a lot of the night in the bathroom. I never threw up, but had other issues....for weeks. 

I grabbed some pastries down at a little Parisian shop for breakfast, but just wasn't feeling great at all. 

We headed into town to go to their mall for some shopping and then next door to Walmart to try to get me some meds and basically a pedialite for me. I needed to rehydrate and feel better. Then it was some pool time. Well for Rory and the girls. I was too scared too. I didn't take many photos that day as I was too sick.

That evening we went to Italian food and ate some amazing food at Trattoria Di Nuovo. My stomach was still rough so we didn't get to enjoy a ton of appetizers, but the bruscetta, wine and pasta was amazing!

This picture was taken and within minutes, we had to move tables as part of the restaurant has an open roof and it started dumping on us.

Some killer pasta in Mexico!

The girls love tiramisu and ask for it all the time now.

It never stopped pouring, so we had another glass of wine and tried to wait it out. No luck. When we got outside it was still dumping and the streets were flooded. In the roads, it was about 8 inches or more of water flooding. We sat under some awnings and tried to wait for a taxi. 20 minutes later and a $5 cab ride for less than a mile and we were back at the condo. I have some amazing videos of it.

We watched the storm roll through on our balcony, but it rained for hours that night. Only that night too.

And that concludes days 3 and 4.

Mexico 2022 Days 1 and 2

I am first posting our Mexico trip since it came first and then I will move onto my Austria and Poland trip. And mix in some gift guides and other things in between.

We went to Mexico for Fall break which was October 1st through the 8th. We traveled on Southwest this time as I grabbed tickets the day they went on sale. We usually fly United or American and we think we will stick with that unless we are not traveling with the girls. It was too much of a hassle with the checking in right on the dot and still getting far down in B. Just not my thing when I travel. 

Anyways, we fly out bright and early at 5:20 am. The girls were so excited. We have never been during October and let me tell you, it is more quiet but way more humid. You will see how crazy our hair got over the trip. Especially the girls.

Did I mention that it also rained a lot more? But usually a half hour or less and cooled things off.

This building in the back in something I had to post. It has been half built for years and they are finally tearing it down!

Another view.

We had a hard time with dinners. We always go to a few places and those were either closed the entire time we were there or some opened the last couple days. In Mexico, it gets too hot, so when we came is when they usually start opening things back up. Lesson learned but we still found great places to go to.

The first night we had tacos at Sonorita Olas Atlas. We have been there before and it is always good. The girls loved the pastor tacos. And it rained really hard for about 20 minutes while we were there.

After dinner, we walked around, got some money and enjoyed the cool air. We also grabbed a bottle of wine from a local place and took it back to drink it on the patio.

Oh and the first two days we had sirens going off at 10 pm for about 15 minutes warning of a hurricane coming in. It went north of us and we only got some rain from it.

Sunday morning, we got up and headed to our favorite breakfast place, Fredy Tucan's. We wanted to go swimming after, but they told us that due to the storm, they wouldn't open the pool until Monday. So we had to find something else to do. We found a 4D museum a few streets away which was really cool. We got a personal tour and the girls were free. Make sure you check out Tripadvisor for deals.

My breakfast!

Everything was in black light and 4D. The pictures don't do it justice.

After the museum, we grabbed a quick lunch and then went to dinner at Monzon Pizza and Brewery. We have gone there a lot and it gave us leftovers for lunches to take to the pool. I didn't get any pictures of it though. We also watched some football.

Next up, will be days 3 and 4. Spoiler, I got montezuma's and had a rough time the rest of the trip, but still made the most of it. Also, it was my first time getting it in 14 years, so that is saying something. Do I know what I got it from? I am pretty sure, but not 100%.

Until next time!