Bienvenidos a Guadalajara.

Everyone, but everyone has been welcoming us to Guadalajara with open arms. We feel the most welcome one could possibly feel. Our little flat in Jardines Alcalce in 20 minutes north of the centre suits us perfectly and we are lucky to be living above the most friendly family who offer us food, advice, anything we could possibly need. So far so good. That's not to say its all been going smoothly, the bus system here is confusing to say the least (there's no timetables/ bus route guides!) and everything tastes different. One observation Ellie made yesterday is that EVERYTHING is made form corn. This nugget of golden corn came to her after Jesús downstairs kindly took us to the next neighbourhood along, keen we should try the Jalisco specialty Tejuino drink. It's a beverage based on fermented corn, with lemon, salt and snow (crushed ice). We only had a small cup but it was extremely filling as we felt the need to drink it up out of politeness although the thought of the taste is not a happy memory. We're hoping a ride on the Tequila Express in the near future will prove that Jalisco has better drinks to offer. In fact we know it does as the other day Jesús and co invited us for Rompope, a delicious creamy rum drink served in intricate little cups, apparently its similar to the american egg-nog. Lovely stuff. After that it seems we had been lured into a false sense of security by our drinks serving hosts and we were ripe to be hit with the tejuino awakener. Hopefully this explains the name our of blog, in which we hope to keep you all up to date with our various taste bud and other adventures....


K