Day Ten in Mazatlan - Wednesday 28 Jan - Markets, necklaces and sunsets

Didn’t fall asleep until almost one waiting for downtown abbey to download and then watching it. Will have to download the next episode too but not tonight. Woke up around 645 and headed off to the beach to make the Inukshuk and the labyrinth. Another beautiful day in Mazatlan. 
The previous days labyrinth had been washed away by the tide which was to be expected and so not upsetting at all.The mexican workers said good morning and let me take their picture. I set to work and after the assembling of the inukshuk  and the labyrinth was completeded went back to the house via the residential streets enjoying all the flowers. I love all the flowers.
Back at the house we met Phyllis and Debbie who is Phyllis’s upstairs neighbour. She is going to the organic market in Centro and is going to take us. First we all went to the chicken store just up the street from the church. I picked up some candy to take home and Phyllis got some chicken broth. 

After dropping off our purchases we headed off for downtown. Phyllis has been coming to Mexico for so long that she drives like a Mexican so we just held onto our hats and enjoyed the ride. Really, no, she was a very good driver. She navigated those streets like a pro, parked I don't know where as I was to ally lost, and we all went in search of the store. 

Walked to the Machado plaza with its central gazebo, new carnival statue and fresh plantings. A very nice square with shops and restaurants all around. Our organic veggie store was down the street from  the square in a mall like building where you have to walk through a restaurant to get to the store.  We did and stocked up on raspberries, bagels, tomatoes, fresh basil, bread, and more. 

The Mexicans that we have met are all so nice. The young girl in the bakery was fond of saying 'okeeydokey' which made me laugh as it was unexpected. I am not sure what one might expect to hear in a bakery in Mazatlan but okeedokey was not one of them for sure. With our shopping accomplished we decided to go for a quick bite of lunch so back to the square and  what did we all enjoy seeing but an old mexican woman being given a ride by a street vendor. and she smiled and waved as she went by like she was the queen. so cute.

From the square up past the cathedral and down a different street  with very tall curbs. I have heard the the curbs are very high but some of them are three feet high. Navigated a few busy corners with Debbie telling us about this restaurant and that restaurant and who had the best eggs benedict in the city. 
Then to another street which was the Sixto Osuna Street. We knew this street. The Museum Archeologica was on this street, so we felt quite at home although the museum was, I believe, several more blocks down the road. 

We came to the restaurant and ordered salads and juices. Chatted about our food sources, GMO and the evil monsanto corporation. Michael and Phyllis are very well travelled, Diane is well rounded and grounded and Debbie has strong opinions so our conversation was lively and interesting. 
We headed back to the van and got back to the house around one. 

While we waited for the internet guy, we had a lovely quiet afternoon making necklaces. Well, I had a lovely afternoon making necklaces as Diane couldn’t get them to go the way she wanted and so she did other things. She went to get pasta and when she had come back and had made the pasta sauce discovered we were out of red wine so went and got the red wine too. I made three necklaces which both Linda and Diane said were lovely and I agree.  Not bad for my first (well maybe second) attempt at creative jewelry making

After supper Diane and I headed down to the beach to get some sunset shots as I had not thus far been to the beach in the evening. the tide does come right up to the hotels at night but before that happened I did get some very nice sunset shots. 
We wandered down the beach only to discover that with the tide coming in we could not get off the beach down there so had to come back up the beach to the access road we had come in on. 

Went for a leisurely stroll down the rich avenue (don't know what it is called) window shopping and chatting about retirement and money. There was a band playing so we stopped to listen to good old rock and roll for a bit and then headed home. It was around eight when we got home and we were both so tired we just went to bed. O course I uploaded photos to face book first and a few videos but was fast asleep within minutes of finishing that.