Muchacho Polaco

I found a random place to visit called Cuenca, so that’s where we are. It’s an hour east of Madrid by fast train. It’s a nice little town.

We stayed at Posada de Cuenta, the former convent in the background above. It is a beautiful place with great rooms and spectacular food.

The city is known for these hanging buildings…casas colgadas. It’s low season which means colder, but we have everything mostly to ourselves.

Saturday was warm, Sunday dipped in temperatures and started raining.

Some impressive architecture here and 4 Michelin star restaurants in town. We have reservations at one tonight and another Michelin star restaurant tomorrow in Toledo.

Our flight from Tucson was delayed over an hour, which was our layover in Dallas. AA staff were so kind, they moved us to the front of the plane and with a full sprint in Dallas, we made it to Terminal D and our gate, just as they were closing. Last ones on and we are in the very back. Good times.

Had some friends over for New Year’s Eve last night. We did 500g rib eyes which, though magnifico, is far too much and we need to stop that tradition. The cigars and bacanora helped settle things. I didn’t think I would make it to midnight, but ended up going all the way to 2am. Hard to believe we are now in 2023.

We came down to HMO for xmas this year. Much wamrer than at home which is a nice change. I made 10 pounds of potatoes for dinner last night (mashed) and 10 more pounds for breakfast (Polish potato pancakes). Not exactly Keto friendly.

We went out to meet with Sergio this evening for a beer. We ended up ordering nearly everything on the menu!

Work xmas party is always so much fun. Yun decided to join us this year.

Some of my gifts included a lucha libre mask and a nice bottle of bourbon. They know me pretty well.

We had a nice steak dinner catered by Firebirds and a murder mystery event.

We bought Chad a $500 ice machine to replace the same brand (older model) ice machine he currently has. What a goofy present, but it’s what he wanted.

Yun got her new car this last weekend. It’s a nice compliment to my black Mazda 6. Now we have a pretty brand loyal household.

We hope to be able to sell the CX5 for about $5000 more than we paid for it 5 years ago. Car prices are ridiculous.

A few weeks back over Thanksgiving weekend we traveled down to Kino Bay. Matt and Dana were with us and we brought Carl and Shelley and Brant and Stacy. The place we stay at is so impressive. We had such a great time.

We had red meat for dinner every night. On the way down we stopped at Taste and picked up some half kilo rib eyes each.

Lots of music and singing late into the evenings

We toasted the sunset each night.

Our friends Orlando and Ana were able to join us for a day.

It’s the time of year again where hiking isn’t completely miserable. We have some trails just North of our house with some pretty spectacular views.

We did this same trail last weekend. It was in the 70s today, so it is really quite pleasant.

Not too many on the same trail, so we had most of it to ourselves.

I found this little guy swimming in the pool yesterday. Once creatures get in, they have no way out. I am not sure what type he is, but not a rattler which is all that matters.

One benefit living close to the border are the super cheap labor rates. Changing sensors isn’t hard, but when it costs around $5, why bother.