Kelly
Monday, August 28, 2006
#18 Leaving Ensenada
Finding Mary busy with library matters, I shared my first on-shore adventure with Alden, a member of the SAS faculty whose travel writing classes overflow with budding Bill Brysons. Exploring Ensenada, we kept an eye on Alden's watch. Without my cell phone, I live in a world with no time and watching the ship sail away without us would spoil our day. I need to get a watch. Breakfast and lunch with a special dessert-only stop for flan…that was our take on the touristy town of Ensenada. We rated the local flan a solid 5 on the international flan 10 scale.
Avoiding the Viagra shops, persistent street vendors, seafood carts, and hopefully hepatitis, we arrived back at the ship with 30 minutes to spare, cleared security, and climbed the gangway smiling. While we were out, all the students arrived. They tell me the bus system shuttling students from San Diego to Ensenada worked OK. The Semester At Sea staff put a lot of effort into making it work. Sadly, those staff not directly involved in the rest of the voyage left the ship in Ensenada, waving good-bye from the dock as a single tug pushed us away toward Hawaii.
Yours in waving adios to Mexico,
Kelly
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The flan was only a five? What a bummer! Sounds like the rest was pretty fun though! Happy trails... er... sails. :-)
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Yea, I like the flan a bit more eggy. This one was really heavy. I settled on the 5 rating after consultation with my new friend and flan lover, Alden. I might have gone higher, but she's tough, and after all, 5 is average, not bad.
ReplyDeleteEl Sol or El Rodeo are my fave flans in Indy...yours?
Good to hear from you Sonya!
Kelly
I'm going to have to try the flan at both of those places! I'm going right now! Ok, maybe not right now since it is 9:15 in the morning... but soon. I'll give them a try and get back to you. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI'll bet those street vendors could have fixed you up with a nice "Rolex." Missed your opportunity.
ReplyDeleteYeah, but in Mexico instead of "Rolex" the watch says "Rolequis".
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