[in Veracruz during 10/30/2005-11/2/2005]
We are finally catching up on our blog entries. Sorry for the delay.
We ended up spending 3 days in Veracruz. On our 2nd day, we walked several miles exploring the city. Seeking refuge from the strong winds along the coast (which also kept us from hanging at the beach), we ducked into a posh Veracruz neighborhood. We found quite a few homes we wouldn’t mind living in! Soon after passing a gourmet food store, we found a drive-thru coffee shop. We walked up and got 2 frozen cappuchinos. Yum!
Veracruz is a party town and their Carnaval is known as the wildest in Mexico. John and I are definitely coming back for that experience! We were too tired to do much partying during this trip. But we couldn’t pass up the Blue Monkey Bar & Grill on Halloween. We’d been seeing something called Michelada under the Cervezas section of many Mexican menus. We had never heard of this beer (a beer John hasn’t heard of ?!), but John decided to give it a go. Libby ordered a Diabla, also under the Cervezas section, in honor of Halloween. Well, to our surprise, these drinks were NOT beers. They both tasted tomato/vegetable juice-like, and of course, we both hate tomato and vegetable juices. Oh well, lesson learned. Dos Sols, por favor!
After 2 non-beach friendly days, we finally got lucky on Wednesday. 
The beaches in Veracruz have brown, coarse sand and the settings aren’t especially picturesque. But hey, it’s November and we’re in swimsuits at the beach. Esta bien!
