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July 2, 2021: Day Eleven

Today was a rather light day.  We did a little work, but then we had to pack up as it was our last night in this location.  We also had to separate our luggage because some of it was coming to the beach at Progreso with us, some was not.

I had been working on various things and Francine got her work wrapped up for vacation.  We went for a Yucatecan lunch at a rather upscale place and then back home to pack and do all the laundry.  We finished packing and went out for dinner.  On Fridays, the church I serve has a food-related activity that is popular.  The organizer of the activity throws a food out there and everyone "plays along" by integrating that food or ingredient into their meal plans on Fridays.  I rarely get to play for two reasons:  First, a lot of times, I don't realize its Friday again until Saturday; and  second, even when I do remember, I'm very busy on the weekends, so by the time I post, the moment has passed.  This time, I wanted to play, which had me eating a hamburger at a restaurant at which I probably should not have been eating a hamburger.  That's because the first place - a hamburger specialty restaurant - turned out to be much more closed than Google Maps had let on...as in; totally-boarded-up-closed. 

"Casa Mapa", Mérida Centro, (the blue trimmed part) our first home away from home.

So, that's it for our stop #1.  It was a good house.  I can imagine had it not been so hot, we could have opened the rest of the doors and used the back patio and it would have been quite wonderful.  The location, quite honestly, was alright.  We learned late, that walking on 59th street was much more comfortable than 61st or 63rd.  Of course, we learned this with only two days to go.  Ah.  You live and you learn.

Tomorrow, we are off to the beach.

And so ends day eleven.

Steps:  6,639

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Location: Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico

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