On Thursday night, we walked to Paxia, a Mexican Restaurant in Santa Fe. It was a beautiful restaurant a few doors down from our hotel. However, it was a challenging experience. Little Annabelle was exhausted and grumpy, crying every few minutes. Meanwhile, Miguelito (Mikey, as he has been nicknamed by his co-workers) was also tired...and frustrated that the menu was in Spanish with no translation. It helped a ton when the restaurant manager came over for some translation.
What we think of Mexican food in the U.S. is not actual Mexican food. The quesadillas are much different, as are the burritos. However, the food was excellent.
On Friday morning, after much discussion with Mike's co-workers, we moved from the Stadia Suites hotel in Santa Fe to a hotel in Chapultepec/Polanco. The move has been good and bad. At the Stadia Suites, we had a little kitchen, separate bedroom, living room, dining room and bathroom. Plus, we had complementary breakfast and internet.
At the new hotel, we have a better location, near multiple parks, the Chapultepec Castle, and tons of shopping and restaurants. However, it is an actual hotel room. No kitchen (refridgerator for Annie's milk) and we have to pay per device for internet. So, with my iPhone, our iPad, and Mike's work computer, we have many devices! For the iPad (what I will use during the day) we are paying $770 pesos for 7 days. For Mike's work computer, we are paying $180 pesos for 24 hours (not one day, but 24 actual hours on the internet). And, the iPhone is out of luck, unfortunately, as that is where I have taken a lot of photos.
Annie is not adjusting so well to the new hotel. On Friday night, she went to bed after chanting "I see a Mommy" and "I see a Daddy" for awhile. Then, around 2 am, she started crying hysterically. Night terrors. I picked her up, tried talking to her, but she was sound asleep. It took about 15 minutes for her to quiet down.
Last night, we tried to put her to bed at 8:30 after a LONG day of walking and house hunting. She was hysterically crying again (this time wide awake). She would calm down, ask for milk (which we didn't have, since we don't have a fridge) and then cry again. At about 10:30, after running out to get milk (which she frustratingly enough did not drink), we finally let her play and run around. She fell asleep at about 11:15. Oy vey!
So, yesterday at 1 pm, a real estate agent named Irma picked us up. She showed us 11 condos/apartments (departments as they say in Mexico). We saw 3 that were furnished (con meubles) and 8 unfurnished. We were ASTOUNDED at how big these homes were. Most were bigger than our current single family home. And ALL of them came with servants quarters. Yes, that's right. Servants quarters. A bedroom and a bathroom for the live-in maid (should we want one...which we don't). This extra bedroom and bathroom do not count in their room count either. So, when you are expecting to see a three bedroom, 3.1 bath home, it is actually a four bedroom 4.1 bath.
Anyways, we found one home that we absolutely love. It is in a brand new building in Polanco, just a few blocks away from Masaryk (the main drag in Polanco). It is also just a block away from Sam's Club, Hospital Espanol, and a few more blocks from Superama, the grocery store.
The building has a guard 24/7 and is completely gated, with underground parking. There are 14 condos, 8 of which are currently occupied. They take dogs and have a little grassy area in the middle, with an open roof, which will be great for letting Molly out late at night.
The home has a big kitchen, living room, den, two huge bedrooms and 2.1 bathrooms. Plus, if you go out of the unit, on the roof, there is a an additional room and bathroom for our potential servant.
Our only potential issue is that the home is unfurnished. We are only allowed to ship 200 kg, which equates to 440 pounds. So, if we bring our couch (150-200 pounds), we are going to get to 440 pounds quickly! However, Molly and Annie will certainly love to have an empty house where they can run and spread out their toys!
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