With the darkness of winter only waning marginally (it seems), and a fresh dusting of snow, we embarked on a voyage to Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco down Mexico way. Our friends (and very generous ones at that as prior posts to this blog will attest) Bill and Jane invited us to their condo at Marina de Vallarta. Their plans had to be abruptly modified when Bill got a call to take a cancellation appointment to have one of his long awaited knee replacement procedures just before Christmas. Having been rendered grounded from flying, he would be unable to go to PV in Jan/Feb as planned. Not to be deterred, the ever gracious Jane wasn’t about to miss spending their vacation entertaining family and friends while Bill was convalescing at home. The window of opportunity opened for us, and we leapt through. So, while he is there, we are here. Miss Jane will spend several days squiring us about the neighborhood before heading home to Bill. Our Day 1 started early with Matthew agreeing to drive us to YYC if we’d go before his workday commenced. Arrived at the airport fully three and a half hours before our flight. This allowed us to start the vacation in style with b’fast at a wine bar, can’t get much better than that. Push back was exactly on time and the WestJet flight was very comfortable. After waiting nervously for our luggage, we were relieved to see everything turn up on the carousel. Mexican customs was predictably laid back, and we made our way to the curb an got a cab for the very short drive to the Marina area, with only a very minor hiccup due to having a slightly incorrect address (cuatrocientos treinta is not the same as cuatrocientos sesenta!). Luckily, Jane had made her way to the curb and we saw her standing there after a very minor detour. We entered the very comfortable Owners Club through the iron gate and got settled into the Master Suite (I know that is no longer PC). A quick walk over to the Marriot to see if Champions would be screening the Calcutta cup next morning (not), then over to the Marina and got a lovely table at La Terraza de Marina where we enjoyed a great pizza/pasta meal with Italian wine (muy caliente por Jane - got some gelato for desert). That put a wrap on day 1, and after purchasing some pricey AA batteries at the Farmicia we strolled home and were abed well before midnight. Blogging early on day 2, on the patio overlooking the first tee box at Marina de Golf, the golfing commences as early as conceivable with the first group off before fully light. What a lovely way to start the day with my newspaper and coffee!
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