The trip to Europe starts this weekend, so I’m doing the last minute things to get ready.
I have a few plants on my balcony, so I got a timer and drip system. Now that it’s summer I need to turn it to watering twice a day though. We’ll see if it worked when I get back!
I’m going to put a few hundred pesos on my OXXO Spin debit card. Currently I have my amazon.com.mx prime account charging the 99 pesos a month on it, and it’s a backup for paying the CFE bill.
Tomorrow I’ll walk down to Jumapam and pre-pay for several months too. I don’t trust that their website will remain functional while I’m gone, so I’ll avoid the online payment process for them.
Telcel (cellphone) and TelMex (internet) will be paid online – their payment systems are pretty reliable.
I’ve eaten almost everything in my refrigerator and am *almost* down to tuna sandwiches and top ramen 🙂 Tonight I may walk to Esquites Los De Tuetano Mazatlan for a tasty street food dinner!
On my other vacation to Europe I took trains between the cities – this time I’m flying. The price was a little more than the trains, but not too bad. And most airports I’m flying into have excellent public transportation into their respective cities. Not as ideal as the ‘couple of block walk’ from the train station to the hostel – but I won’t have to rent a car anywhere. I am going out of my normal travel style, and am taking a small suitcase, and a small duffle bag. Both are the proper size to fit in the cabins of the airplanes. I only have to check the suitcase on one flight, and it was included in the cost. Europe is full of discount fares that only allow one carry-on, so I did have to ‘upgrade’ for a second one. Still not too bad – and I may be able to put the duffle bag into the suitcase – at least until I get to Istanbul.
I also sat and counted each of my meds – I have enough to last until I get to Seattle. Then I’ll do another year refill on everything. Using those ‘goodrx’ coupons brings what the insurance doesn’t cover down to a very reasonable rate – LESS than what I’d pay in México. So every year when I visit the USA I stock up.
If you are following my other project, the Mazatlán Weekly news site, I will still be updating it – just probably not on a daily basis. It may not take a week, but if the featured news items haven’t changed in the morning then check back the next day.
¡Hasta la proxima!
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