Wednesday walking around town.

 Tuesday we were out and about for a good part of the day. I should have been wearing my FitBit but forgot to put it on. It was a perfect day to be walking. About 75 out, humidity still a little high for my liking. The worst part of it is it makes the masks WET as you breathe. ICK!

Driving along the Malecon towards Centro - the old shopping part of Mazatlan. It was hazy air you could see.

Poor guy is painting the white strips, He's got his bucket and a brush and a couple of extra buckets to act as barriers from the traffic. Talk about back breaking work. 

Driving up one of the colorful street. There are two homes, the orange building is an auto paint shop. 

The inside of the parking lot. They put a new door in right to the street where the Plazuela Machado is. 

A plaque on the outside of the building. Built in 1830. I'll try to remember to take a picture of the outside, it looks like the old building. They cannot change any of the original exterior architecture. So they just keep painting it.  

Walking up one of  the pretty streets around the Plaza. The orchid trees are in bloom.  Where the flags are is an import shop. The yellow building is a home. Last year I wrote a whole blog about getting invited inside to look at it. Amazing inside.  Click here to look at that blog. 

Some times I wonder how any ones electricity, phones, cable, wifi works. What a mess of wires.  We are walking down the street towards the watchmaker. Remember we just dropped Bill's watches off to the watchmaker when he came out to the car last week. 

Just some of the homes on the street. One has a roof garden. Yes the window bars are for security.

The watchmaker's shop is the yellow part and his home the orange part. His shop is about 10 x 10 if that big. 

He has a new sign. I wonder if he is really open those hours. Last couple of years it was hard to catch him open. We had to go to his home once. 

Bill has six or seven watches that he rotates so he gave all to be cleaned and batteries replaced. Cost him US$22,50. The watchmaker, can't remember his name, shame on me, says he is busier than ever this year. 

Up to the main plaza downtown. You want your blood pressure, cholesterol, sugar etc. checked. The doctor in white will oblige you. In fact the lady with the white hair took advantage of the service.

The Christmas decorations are going up on the government building and in the plaza. 

Getting ready for Santa to come. 

This house was entirely pink last year, they were just starting to paint it when we left. I wonder if the ladder wasn't high enough or if they ran out of paint. On the side some of it is still pink too. 

One of the streets we walked down. 

Oh, oh where is Bill heading? To the bakery of course. ARTESANOS. 

Talking to the owner/baker, and his wife. Last year he had one oven, now he has three and says he can't keep up with the demand. Good for him. His baked goods are delicious. 

They are getting our order ready to take. 4 cinnamon rolls, 3 crescent rolls , 1 small banana cake, 1 small carrot cake, focaccia bread and 4 biscuits. You kind of want one of everything. The crescents were delicious. Shared one before we made it to the corner. 

Walking towards Plazuela Machado. Parking lot is on the right. We left the bakery goods in the car and kept walking.  The Christmas decorations were being put up in the Plaza. Took pictures but will save for another time. In fact I took 98 pictures while walking around that day. The building on the left is a music school. At one time it was a garage where the first Pulmonia was made. 

Just a colorful street scene. There are four  restaurants on the right hand side to the next block. Including a rib place, a pizza place, and two full service restaurants. 

Another building that has no interior or roof. It too is a parking lot. All original outside.

Interesting. 

This is Angels Lane. 

La Antigua Restaurant - we were wondering if it was open. Ate there a lot last year. Delicious stuffed  crepes. They have an outside patio and several different rooms for diners. Said between 8 and 10 a.m. they have very few customers. We'll be there one of these mornings. 

What an amazing bush. I wonder how old it is. 

Same bush different view.

Heading back towards the car. Good thing these streets are one way. Notice the homes. 

They are very narrow but deep. Each is painted a different color.  One door, one front window each. No where to park a car they have one. 

Spent the rest of the day home. 

As of today there is one more RV in the park. They are American and they are here every year too. From Iowa. They are parked in "their spot" towards the front of the park. 

It is the weekend so we will be staying home or just taking drives somewhere. 

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