It’s been so, so long since I’ve update farfrumwurken.com that I felt I needed to bring things up-to-date.  The things we accomplished could never have been done over the phone or through email – we got a ton of things done.  In the end, our casa was still not ready so we headed back to Vancouver knowing that we would be back in three short months.

Cut to the present time.  We came back down on November 4th (InterJet Airlines) into Cancun and grabbed the ADO bus directly at the airport.  This was a first for us.  We normally we grab a cab (600P) and get into Cancun City – stay the night at the Ramada Inn and then get the bus out the next morning.  Knowing that we had a home to go to (along with our ten (10) bags of checked luggage) we didn’t get too concerned about arriving after dark.

Our first night in the new casa was fantastic, we have two large sliding doors that lead to a curved terrace just outside our bedroom – to be able to sleep with the screens only, see the clear sky with stars a blazing, particularly in November was great.

We’ve been here in Merida now for two months, twenty-one days and it feels like a week.  We just plain and simply love Merida.  The workman have all but left Casa Amigos, it’s been Deborah and I and Jean for the last few weeks and it’s lovely.  The banging, the dust, the footprints on the floor, the early morning doorbells are a thing of the past.  My main task now is to get the art on the walls and fill it out with furniture – I probably have close to twenty large pieces of art that need to be prepared and hung so that we can add some color to this very, very white home.

At this time of year in January it’s like our fall NOTB.  The leaves are falling off the trees, the temperature during day is reasonable and it gets down right cool at night, the lowest temperature that we’ve seen has been around 46F, but it’s great sleeping weather.  We’ve done very little touristy things up to this point, but we did get to the Uxmal ruins and a side trip to three Cenotes (Santa Barbara) but there’s definitely more in our future when we get ourself some wheels that we can call our own.  Up to this point, beggars can’t be choosers, our contractor Adam, has lent us his Ford Expedition (Construction Truck) for the last couple of weeks, so Deb and I are out and about learning how to drive in this somewhat hazardous Merida road system.  I’m just about used to it and I can proudly say that I have had zero fender-benders, scrapes or bruises up to this point.

We’ve got friends coming down in February and March so things might get a little hectic, but we’re ready.  The casa is standing tall and the fridge and pantry is full, so bring it on.  We’re sad that we only have fifty-four days left here before we have to go home.  I’ve attached some pictures of what we’ve done to date, hopefully enjoy these and immediately get onto the AirBNB site and book some time here at Casa Amigos – you’ll love it.