Just returned from a whirlwind trip to San Antonio, where we got to play catch up with reams of paperwork, paid our annual homage to the IRS, shopped till we dropped from our "bring back to Mexico" list, and actually managed to squeeze in some quality time with friends. It was GREAT to see them all; just wish we would have had more time to play! Our return flight was another edition of the Clampetts. We acquired some very-used luggage thanks to friends having a garage sale and the local Goodwill store, which we proceeded to stuff full of items from the aforementioned Mexico list. We then hauled all four mismatched, different colored bags to the airport and prayed they would survive the flight...they did! The only bump we encountered was when the Mexican customs agent watched our bags being x-rayed and determined we had several household items in tow (Barb's bad...she didn't take all the items out of their packaging and we guess that showed up in the x-rays). But when he asked what was in the bags, did we have cortinas (curtains), what else were we carrying, and how much did it all cost (whew!), she sweetly answered that we only had linens/other household items (TRUE) and that they came from our home in the U.S. (NOT QUITE TRUE-THEY ACTUALLY WERE IN THE HOUSE FOR A FEW DAYS...ok, LIE). For some reason, he decided not to challenge us. Maybe it had something to do with how funky those suitcases looked, like how much could the owners of such suitcases really afford to smuggle in? Anyway, it was smooth sailing after that and the shuttle bus service once again delivered us on time to our new hometown, happy but tired (and Bill's arms might have stretched a little from all that hauling ~ 250lbs).
Our trip home got us thinking about what we like in each place, so we've come up with a little Letterman list of top tens (sorry about the layout..just couldn't get it to line up...but you'll get the drift):
San Antonio vs La Paz
10. Tex-Mex meals 10. Mex-Mex meals
9. TV 9. No TV (we're reading alot)
8. No wondering about toilet seat availability in cafes 8. No wondering about tip (10%) in cafes
7. Great Chinese, mediocre seafood 7. Great seafood, mediocre Chinese
6. Lower gas prices 6. No shopping for gas-all the same price
5. Ice cold Shiner 5. Ice cold Pacifico micheladas
4. Breakfast tacos 4. Baja fish tacos
3. Spurs basketball 3. Lucha libre midget wrestling
2. Biz attitude-very efficient,impersonal 2. Biz attitude-inefficient,very personal
1. Old friends 1. New friends
So there you have it, friends old and new. Until next time, we send all of you our heartfelt thanks for hanging in with us. Adios!
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