It's party time! We left Anna and Bertin’s house around 10 am to go to the party house nearby.
First some photos of Anna and Bertin's house in Cuernavaca. They have three kids: Poncho, Arantxa, and Mine.
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Anna and Bertin's house from the street
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Anna and Guille making us breakfast quesadillas
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Second floor sitting room
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Mine's bedroom
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Last time we visited Anna's house, Mine's room was covered with Justin Bieber posters. Well she's grown up now and studying to become a doctor.
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| Pool |
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Bertin's Auto Shop next to the house
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Anna has a picture painted by her brother, Quico. It is of a place
that Quico took us to on one of our previous trips to Mexico. It is
Isla Janitzio on Lago de Patzcuaro in Michoacán, Mexico. Isla Janitzio is famous for having the ugliest statue of Jose Maria Morelos, the independence leader, in all of Mexico.
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| Photo courtesy of https://richardmcguire.wordpress.com/2016/11/26/isla-janitzio-a-tourist-trap-on-an-idyllic-lake/ |
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Photo courtesy of https://richardmcguire.wordpress.com/2016/11/26/isla-janitzio-a-tourist-trap-on-an-idyllic-lake/
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was looking at the picture and it was reminding me of our visit to an
island with Quico and family and Quico confirmed it was the same place.
Quico is quite a talented painter.
The family rented a home for the birthday party for two days that had 8
bedrooms and 6 bathrooms on two floors plus more bathrooms in an out building. There was also a swimming pool and outdoor kitchen.
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| Rent me for the weekend |
From the second floor looking down on the property
Inside on the second floor
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Second floor sitting area
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Our room for the night
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| Guests arriving |
The church service started at
2PM.
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This deacon was from Chicago
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Quico, one of Tia Eva's sons, documenting the service
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Tia Eva blessing Anna, one of her daughters
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Tia Eva blessing her son, Carlos
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Taking communion
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Musician for the service
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After the service it was party time!
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Bertin's camper van
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Stickers from the different states of Mexico
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Carlos and Al flying Al's drone
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| Carlos |
We were assigned to The Kids table which we were very happy about.
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Miquel and Iramita
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| Iramita |
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Tia Eva with Poncho along with Soco in the light blue dress
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Back: Iramita, Tia Eva, and Al
Front: Poncho, Denis, and Fernando
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Barbacoa dinner with beans and rice along with a soup
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The outdoor kitchen area
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Nancy and Al with the birthday girl, Tia Eva
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Nancy and Carlos (father to Iramita, Denis, and Karla)
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| Dancing |
Tia's children (Quico, Carlos, Anna, and Aida (Alba was away in Finland) wore blue shirts to match their mother and all the grandchildren wore pink.
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Iramita, Karla, and Denis
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Nancy and Quico
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Nancy and cousin Grisel
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Anna and her husband, Bertin
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Iramita, Denis, Nancy, and Karla
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Al took some family photos
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Back: Denis, Iramita, Karla, Estafania, Heron, Benjamin, Gabriel, Nadia, Poncho, Arantxa, and Mine. (Missing Rachely in Finland.)
Front: Gloria (Carlos' wife), Carlos, Quico, Tia Eva, Aida, Anna, and Bertin (don't know the little girl) (Missing Alba in Finland.)
The kids are loosely grouped behind their parents. |
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| Grandkids: Benjamin, Mine, Poncho, Nadia, Gabriel, Denis, Heron, Iramita, Karla, Arantxa, and Estefania |
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| Grandkids and friends/fiance: Benjamin, Mine, Nadia, Fernando, Denis, Poncho, Iramita, Gabriel, Tia Eva, Miguel, Karla, Heron, Arantxa, Edith, and Estefania |
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| Singing |
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Nancy, Al, and Benjamin
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The next day, all the people who stayed at the party house and more who
arrived by car were at the house for the day playing in the pool.
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Nancy and Ana Ruth
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Nancy, Al, Ana Ruth, Miguel, and Aida
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| Armando |
We ate some
kind of sope for lunch which was catered.
We played in the
pool all day until we had to leave the house by
5PM.
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Armando and Carlos' in-laws
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Gabriel, Miguel, Iramita, Fernando, Denis, Nadia, and Poncho
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Drone photo
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It was a fun party and we had a great time with everyone. We were so glad we went.
We rode back to Mexico City in the van with Denis,
Fernando, Miguel, Karla, a friend of Ana’s, Poncho, Iramita, Al, and me.
Back in Mexico City....
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Tia Eva in her kitchen making food for whoever stops by the house that day.
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We went for a walk around the neighborhood and came across this entrepreneur with his mobile barber shop. Al got his hair cut.
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Tia Eva's house from the street with Romina and Al at the door
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In the afternoon we went to watch Estefania's daughter, Romina, get her yellow belt in martial arts.
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Before with her orange belt.
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A photo hanging on the wall in the house with Tia and her children:
Anna, Alba, Carlos, Tia Eva, Aida, and Quico
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We were at the house when Tia Eva was opening her birthday gifts.
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Anna drove Arantxa up from Cuernavaca to drop her off. Arantxa is a flight attendant for Volaris and was headed out the next morning.
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Tia Eva always has fresh cut flowers at her house. One day I noticed this tiny vase with flowers that Romina left for her great-grandmother. So sweet.
Our flight from Mexico City was at 7:30 am the next day. Quico drove us to the airport at 6 am. No troubles getting through security and to
our gate. We upgraded our seats on the
flight from MEX to SFO so we had more space around us since Al was not feeling well.
Scott, the Uber driver, picked us up at the
airport. He took us to El Pollo Loco to get
some food then he took us back to the house on Peregrine Dr in Reno. All was well with our RV. Good to be back. We spent the night in the RV in the backyard in
Reno. It was very hot in the upper
90’s but we managed for one night..
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Nancy and Al with the Angels Rally Monkey
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Al, Nancy, and Scott
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Well that was our quick week to Mexico City. We had a blast! I'm so glad we had the opportunity and ability to pause our travel plans, find a place to park the truck and RV, and spend the week in Mexico City with family.
Commercial break: If you are so inclined, we have a musician cousin, Gabriel, aka El_Gabe, who has music on Spotify, iTunes, etc. and videos on YouTube. He would welcome any plays you can give him to increase his numbers. If you don't like the music, you can mute your speaker and let the music play in the background. I can't say I like all of it or the scantily dressed girls but we are trying to be supportive.
We're picking back up with our travls and headed north to Oregon. Thanks for following along.....
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