Wednesday, 14 February 2018: Yucatan

Happy Valentine's Day!

We had reservation for brunch at Hacienda Santa Rosa de Lima.  We packed our backpacks and set out today toward the south for the historic setting.  In the late 1800's, the henequen hacienda was a sisal producing giant with over 90 people working almost 3,500 hectares of land .  Today, a Starwood hotel called us to dine and explore the luscious grounds. 

We started with traditional Yucatan Soup de Lima

After a fabulous, relaxing respite ...  sally forth onto Merida.  Ric comes in tomorrow and we will be at the airport to meet him.  We checked into our room at the Hotel Reforma (18th century colonial style oasis right in the hustle and bustle of the centro) and made our commitment for Lent.  It is the season after all. 

As it became time to think about dinner I realized we might have some difficulty as we didn't have reservations anywhere, and it was, afterall, still Valentine's Day.  We had wanted to go to Pancho's when Kim and Brian were here so we tried there first but no luck.  Plan B: The Hotel Caribe in La Parque Hidalgo just a few blocks from our hotel.  The setting is a quaint little park; there is a Starbucks there and this is often where we walk Gemma in the morning.  Our dinner was one to remember ... unfortunately.  Our food was great. Unfortunately I had what is probably the worse margarita I've had in my entire life. It was terrible. You'd think in Mexico you'd be ok, right? It was so bad I had to have another thinking this must be an anomaly. But no. The second was terribly too.  Do I need to start drinking beer?