“If We Were to Buy?” Over dinner we sit on our rooftop gazing at the Cathedral glowing in the evening light and play the “if we were to buy in Mazatlan” game … where and what would it be? After 20 days and nights we know Mazatlan is for us. It meets our criteria for…
Category: Mexican Moments – A Book
My Mexican Moments: Chapter 2
Falling in Love When we arrived at our “fully furnished apartment,” it became obvious that not only did we need to learn Spanish, but we must also learn to understand the Mexican code phrases. For instance, a fully furnished apartment means that, yes, there is some furniture: a bed, but nothing in the kitchen or…
My Mexican Moments: Chapter 1
A Memoir by Sheila Madsen Time to Escape:Winter or Toronto? It all began innocently enough over a bottle of red wine. One chilly April evening I suddenly blurted out to my husband, Soren, “I hate Toronto I hate the climate.” Even for me that was a little odd, having lived there for 61 years. And…
My Mexican Moments:
A Memoir by Sheila Madsen
A Memoir by Sheila Madsen
Table of contents Prologue 1. Time to Escape: Winter or Toronto? 2. Falling in Love 3. “If We Were to Buy?” 4. Red Rock Fever Strikes Again 5. Drugs, Doctors and Hot Potatoes 6. So This is January and What Have We Done? 7. Cigars and Carnaval 8. FM3 and Copper Canyon 9. April in…