Strolling through Merida

One of our chores here at Casa Claire is to feed the rooftop gatos, a part of life in Mexico.  We have one Siamese, one calico and one tiger striped! (Who is a bully)

We serve their dinner on the rooftop terrace around five every evening.  Check out the photo and see if you can spot the calico to the right of the Siamese! We can't really befriend the cats as the house is open air, and the owner doesn't want them wandering around below the terrace.

We strolled down to Paseo Montejo (the Champs Elysees of Merida) and stopped for ice cream at Dulceria y Sorbeteria Colon. I enjoyed lemon sorbet, and Wayne tried guanabana!! (a tropical fruit found here) Both were delicious.  Check out the Mayan mural on the wall of the store. The menu didn't look much like the ones at home in Texas:  durazno, tamarindo, mantecado, mamey, elote??? We wanted to try them all.

One of our favorite places to eat has become Cafe Pop, a very small cafe near our casa.  The wall has a Picasso-esque mural of the three waiters,  Miguel, Jose, and Jorge.  Jose (the center picture) has worked here for 43 years! Miguel, who is in the picture, prepares the fruit and appears on the left.   Very friendly people and wonderful food.  Our new favorite breakfast is Huevos Motulenos, a speciality of the Yucatan: fried eggs over black beans on a tortilla with salsa and fried plantains and queso fresco.  Muy delicioso.