CasaAna

The beautiful garden and dipping pool right outside my door

I hear I got very lucky! The weather has taken a nice turn towards cooler. There is a lot of cloud cover and is expected to be in the 70's today, similar to yesterday, although I see 80s and then 90s by the end of the week. I found a school, Centro de Idiomas del Sureste, yesterday, only a couple of blocks from where I am staying, at CasaAna's. I worked out a private schedule for a couple of hours each day and had my first class yesterday. It was really good. I'm told I can "take the class out of school" and we can take a little side trip for our class. I'm hoping to go to Progresso maybe tomorrow or Thursday.

I wanted to share my home for the week- I'm staying in CasaAna, run by two Cuban women, Ana and AnaMaria. They've been great and I feel really comfortable here. It is a small place, with the guest rooms outside of their main house around this lovely garden with a dipping pool and little areas to sit in the shade and catch a nice breeze. There are 5 rooms ranging from $40 - $50 per night with $10 extra if you use the air conditioner-- I used it one night, but last night it was perfect with just the fan and open window. I'm in the Habeñero Room, on the ground floor with a little patio right outside my sliding glass window. I've posted a little slide show of the house starting from the street side. CasaAna is true to all Mexican homes and lodging I've known- not so attractive on the outside, but beautiful on the inside. You can always expect a nice surprise once you've entered the main door!