A long weekend we don't celebrate
In America it was the long Thanksgiving weekend. We don't celebrate it, so we were looking for somewhere to go. Hotels in Mexico were really cheap at that time, because the Americans celebrate Thanksgiving at home.
We went as a whole family, Hanka, Barka, Žofka, Tonda, František and me. The weather wasn't great, but it was an interesting peek at Mexico in the autumn.
Wednesday 21/11/2018, Palos Verdes – San Diego – Rosarito
A stop in San Diego on the way south: a selfie with Tonda on the waterfront, a giant red chair and František in the stroller on the promenade. Then across the border into Mexico.
We stayed at the Las Rocas Resort and Spa, on a cliff above the sea about ten kilometres south of Rosarito. In the evening a sunset behind the palm trees, dinner in the restaurant and the boys in a big bed.
Thursday 22/11/2018, Las Rocas
Overcast in the morning, seagulls on the railing and waves below the cliff. The girls and František splashed around in the pool with blue tiles anyway, and I joined them.
In the afternoon portraits at the table on the terrace, then a walk along the road to a stony beach. The girls played ball there and a dog ran around.
A black Jeep got stuck on the rocks. They were random passers-by and we helped them get it out. In the evening the pool after dark and dinner by candlelight.
Rosarito
A seaside town in Baja California, just south of Tijuana and the American border. It has a long sandy beach with a pier and it's mostly Americans from Southern California who come here.
Friday 23/11/2018, Rosarito – Puerto Nuevo
Sunshine at last in the morning. Breakfast with a view of the sea, the pool and the beach below the rocks, where František was climbing around on the rocks.
Around noon off to Rosarito to the pier. Horses for hire on the beach, mariachis with guitars, a musician with a double bass, paragliders over the water and a chips stand. Then the streets of the town, a market with sweets, poorer neighbourhoods with tin shacks and souvenir shops.
We were back at the hotel for sunset, the kids with Hanka in the hot tub and me with a laptop and a beer. In the evening lobster in Puerto Nuevo.
Puerto Nuevo
A fishing village between Rosarito and Ensenada, known for its restaurants serving lobster fried in lard, with beans, rice and tortillas.
Saturday 24/11/2018, Rosarito – Palos Verdes
In the morning a seagull on the fountain in front of the hotel and we set off back to California.
