The Early Evening - Feliz Navidad

We walked to the cambio so that Don and Caroline could get some cash before the holidays broke upon us. As we strolled we noticed that another small shop had opened up. In Mexico, shops open and close at a blink of an eye. One night a shop will be there the next it is gone. Same thing happens with food carts and restaurants. They open for the tourist season or special holidays and close as soon as the potential customers are gone.

The new shop had some cool items. We liked a couple bracelets with hearts on them, and a blue wind sock type decoration caught my eye. I thought it would look good hanging outside our camper in the summer. Linda did her barter thing and the shop keeper knocked five bucks off the price, so we bought it. So far I have bought three items, all of them for our camper.
After the big purchase we went to the store and on the way back to the plaza we ran into a cart selling churros. As we watched the vendor squirt the batter into the hot oil, a very nice lady explained all about how good they were. The vendor gave us samples and, of course, we ended up purchasing a bag of the warm treats for each couple.

The plaza was teaming with excitement and loud music. A band and several people were advertizing an upcoming festival and bull fight. They played music as people danced and acted like bulls and matadors. We watched and took some shots as we ate our churros, then we walked to the doughnut man and made our nightly purchases.

From there we walked to a restaurant called Ricky’s that is located close to our house. Santa passed by in a sled on top of a truck and tossed us some candy. Our Christmas evening was in full swing, how could you beat, churros, bull fights, doughnuts and Santa?