Day 2

Day 2 11/8

We started the day by going to the folk art fair (Feria Maestros del Arte) in the Chapala Yacht Club.  Many vendors/artesanias from all over Mexico with a lot of diverse stuff. Bo shopped.  Then she went to a lecture about the indigenous weavers from Veracruz.  We had lunch at the fair (not great).  After a rest we took a taxi to Ajijik.  The 10 km drive took 30 minutes as the road was jammed. It is a town also on the lake. It is quite a contrast from Chapala (the weather is the same).  You hear very little Spanish spoken since there are thousands of American retirees living there. (about 40 % of the population is expats). We had noticed a Polish flag on a restaurant named “Gosha’s” so we stopped there and chatted with the owner who was from Yucatan, but he told us that his wife Gosia was from Poland. He encouraged us to come for dinner and meet Gosia so we did. The food was very good, and we had a nice chat with Gosia and her husband.  The taxi ride back to Chapala was 10 minutes. We walked back to our hotel via the Malecon. What a difference from last night – lots of people, families with children, music, a very lively place ,,,, and we didn’t hear a word of English. Such contrast with Ajijic.