We slept in until about 8 am, had breakfast and watched a sermon from North Coast in Vista. We wanted to go to the bilingual church here in Mazatlan (Vineyard) but they failed to respond not the email we sent to them to confirm the time of the service). We then headed downtown. We then went to a market this was not an open air market, rather a building about the size of a Costco, with a bunch of small shops inside, narrow walkways and crowded. At every entrance there was hand sanitizer and temperature checks, and several places inside also had the same. So you could only walk about 50 feet or so without sanitizing your hands. I really don’t like crowds, so this was not a good place for me. Renee’ on the other hand loves to shop so she was having a good time. Anyway, we left after a bit.
Found a restaurant and had lunch. This was a challenge, as the part of town we were in was on the “fancy” side, “Old Mazatlan”, and it was a bit early for lunch (right at about noon) so most places were still selling breakfast. One place that had pretty high reviews had a 10 page or so menu, with about 4 items for lunch, all of which had cheese or yogurt in them. I am lactose intolerant, and have to ask them to make it without dairy. There was nothing here that really looked appetizing to me. They had 4 pages of waffles and crepes, but we were not looking for breakfast. We ran into a couple who had been dancing on the porch of one of the buildings by a square. They were about our age, maybe a bit older, and brought their own music to tango. They told us about a live music performance scheduled at the square that evening. We thought about going but by the time it was supposed to start the weather had turned cold and grey, so we stayed in. Back to the lunch restaurant, we finally found one and had a nice view, but I was not really impressed with the food. Then out to walk again.
We chatted with some sailors on the same dock, Eve and Rene. Eve told us that we could. Be refused the covid test if we brush our teeth, chew gum, or eat or drink anything before taking it. Yikes…so glad we got this info before tomorrow.
