Well, it's been 5 weeks since we left Canada. We are quickly settling into life here in Chapala. Today we went down to the immigration office and completed the process in order to obtain our resident visas. These are called "no immigrato" which means we are permant residents of Mexico but not immigrants? We must renew these each year and must provide immigration with a copy of our bank statements showing we have adequate money deposited each month into our account in order to live here. For two people the amount required by Mexican law is about $1200 per month.
We've been busy doing small projects around the casa. Had a water purification system installed so we now have purified water throughout the house. We have installed a generator which will allow us to have power throughout the house when the power goes out. We also had to install a voltage regulator for the house as the electricity currents here are always changing and surging. Don't want to fry our electronic items - they are super expensive to purchase here.
We ventured into Guadaljara yesterday with friends of ours and made a bee line to Costco! Yes, we even have a Costco here - about 40 minutes away. It was refereshing to see all the usual goodies Costco is known for and we felt that we were back in Canada. Our pantry and freezer are now stocked up. Yeah!
The local markets (mercado's) here are wonderful with a large assortments of fresh veggies and fruit.
A full bag of produce (and I mean full!) cost us less than $4. I think we will appreciate it even more come February of next year.
We are loving our new home here in Mexico and are planning on doing a few day trips soon.
Will report more about the adventures later.
Hasta Luego (see ya later!)
The Blanco's!
xoxo
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