{"id":247,"date":"2019-03-22T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/22\/daily-life-in-tlaquepaque\/"},"modified":"2019-03-22T13:28:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T17:28:00","slug":"daily-life-in-tlaquepaque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/22\/daily-life-in-tlaquepaque\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Life in Tlaquepaque"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nI know you think our life is so glamorous now because we live in Mexico, but actually, it\u2019s just life, only with different people, language, transportation and especially food.<\/div>\n
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\nThis is a Day in the Life in Tlaquepaque:<\/h3>\n
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\n6: 45 AM: <\/b>(Or earlier, if the cats are hungry.) Bob and Lisa get up. Shower. Make coffee. Eat breakfast. Do homework. Pack a snack (Lisa \u2013 tangerine, Bob \u2013 banana).<\/div>\n
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\n7:45 AM: <\/b>Lexie gets up, showers, eats, and packs Goldfish or crackers.<\/div>\n
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\n8:45 AM:<\/b> Walk 7 blocks to Guadalajara Language Center.<\/div>\n
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\n9-11 AM: <\/b>Morning Spanish Class with Monica.<\/div>\n
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\n11-11:30 AM <\/b>\u2013 Break. Eat snack. Bob goes walking and exploring; Lisa often talks with Aryk or chats with other students.<\/div>\n
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\n11:30 AM-1:30 PM<\/b> \u2013 Afternoon class with Edith.<\/div>\n
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\nSchool’s Out!<\/h3>\n
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\n1:30-2:30 PM <\/b>\u2013 School’s out! Lunchtime. The three of us walk two blocks to Jardin Hidalgo, the plaza in the center of Tlaquepaque, to search for a lunch that is late for us but early for Mexicans, who eat lunch from 2-5 PM. We have favorite puestos<\/i>, or food stands \u2013 the Elote Truck<\/i> for Lisa and Lexie, where Lexie gets yellow corn on a cob on a stick with butter (25 pesos, $1.25) , and Lisa gets an elote\/chayote<\/a><\/i> (corn and a delicious type of squash) combo with cream, manchego<\/i> cheese and salsa (20 pesos, $1). Bob goes off to get a lonche<\/i>, a plain meat sandwich on extraordinarily delicious bread. Lisa and Bob enjoy raspadas<\/i>, which are fruit in syrup with crushed ice, and we find a shady park bench to sit and enjoy our treats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Elote truck at night<\/p>\n
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Elote\/Chayote with crema and queso<\/p>\n
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There\u2019s also a taco place we love underneath the big enclosed marketplace, where Lexie enjoys tacos blanditos <\/i>(plain beef taco made with two flour tortillas) <\/i>and Lisa orders molitas (spicy beef abd melted cheese on a fried corn tortilla, with salsa, lime, and onions).<\/div>\n

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\n Or we go to Quarto Kilo, a delicious hamburger chain with freshly BBQed burgers and spicy fries.<\/div>\n
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After Lunch<\/h3>\n
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\n3:30-Bedtime:<\/b> After lunch, we might peruse art galleries, do work in a coffee shop, go for a hike with the school director, go to the gym for a workout, write a blog, practice our instruments, go for a run, take a walking tour of Tlaquepaque, clean the apartment, take cats to the vet, drop off or pick up laundry from the local laundromat, go to the Mercado to buy fresh meat, seafood, bread and produce, stop into a bakery for breakfast treats, visit a mini-supermarket for sundries, walk to Wal-Mart or Soriana for groceries, or just head home and watch movies.<\/div>\n
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Quiet Weekdays<\/h3>\n

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\nSchool takes a lot out of us, so our weekdays are pretty quiet. In the evening we\u2019ll eat out once or twice a week, or just pick up a pizza and bring it home. We might take a Salsa dance class (50 pesos), go into Guadalajara ($88 pesos on Uber) to walk around the Centro Historico or see a movie at the Cinemex, or hang out at home playing Pinochle or watching a couple of episodes of Gravity Falls on Netflix.<\/div>\n
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\nTransportation<\/h3>\n
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\nOur truck sits idle in the driveway, as we walk everywhere in town and otherwise take Uber, which is dirt cheap in Mexico. Public buses are also close, so we don\u2019t feel the need to drive.<\/div>\n
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\nCulture<\/h3>\n
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\nWe have had a chance to enjoy a variety of culture: Hospicio Cabanas (museum), Lucha Libre (wrestling), bullfighting, Atlas futbol, the Guadalajara International Film Festival, the Jalisco Symphony Orchestra, and lots of free mariachi music and Ballet Folclorico. We enjoyed the huge Guadalajara birthday celebration and the Herradura Tequila Train.<\/p>\n
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\nCycling Sundays<\/h3>\n
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\nOn Sundays, Lisa and Bob hop on our road bikes and we ride 10-15 miles on the Via RecreActiva, which is basically major roads in Tlaquepaque and Guadalajara that are closed to traffic from 8 AM-2 PM so people can exercise. I call it obstacle cycling because of all the dogs, kids on big wheels, skateboarders and clueless novices we have to dodge around. Still, for hard-core cyclists like Bob and Lisa, it\u2019s better than nothing.<\/p>\n
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\nFinding an inclusive church with English services within a reasonable distance has proved impossible, so my Sunday sermons are found online at Lisa\u2019s pastor brother Peter Hamm\u2019s YouTube page.<\/a><\/div>\n
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We\u2019re planning to do a lot more exploring starting next week, when school is done, though Lexie will be continuing to study during the second session, and Bob and Lisa plan to keep studying every day. But otherwise, there are galleries to visit and sights to see!<\/p>\n

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I know you think our life is so glamorous now because we live in Mexico, but actually, it\u2019s just life, only with different people, language, transportation and especially food. This is a Day in the Life in Tlaquepaque: 6: 45 AM: (Or earlier, if the cats are hungry.) Bob and Lisa get up. Shower. Make … <\/p>\n

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