Well if it isn’t my favorite Canadian in Mexico! Good morning, Lynn, it’s always nice to hear from you. I’m either 7 or 8 hours ahead of you so my morning is most likely your sleep time. Please tell Brain he’s in our prayers.

Oh, Lynn, it couldn’t be farther from “blah.” I, personally, love “middle-eastern” and “Asian” food. Well, there’s more of that cuisine here than you could imagine. Also, being Europe, you have plenty of French and Italian choices. I love Mexican food, too, you obviously won’t find any of that here but other than that—nah, I give this country a 10 when it comes to food choices. And the prices of everything are almost unreal. You saw the price of that meal, just yesterday, we loaded up on groceries—3 bags, all of the stuff Pura needs (you nailed it!) even specialty items like agave, coffee, dairy free breads, imported apples and stuff. The tab was only £43—about $50. That, my friend, I never would’ve guessed. Literally a $75’ish haul in the states and easily twice that in CR.

Man, I just can’t keep my responses under three minutes. 🤔 Continuing on..

Hookah. Yeah, I’m totally a rookie myself. They’re those big ‘water pipe’ things right with the fancy hoses. The water is the flavored part, you dump your choice flavor in there. On the bowl are these coal-type square block things about twice the size of a sugar cube. They’re just coals, non-tobacco, so you have to turn them frequently and eventually they’re completely ash so the attendants will replace them periodically, with tongs of course.

How’d my description do? I totally understand why they’d be at a bar type joint you mentioned where they serve beer. They’re not something you’d just smoke, I wouldn’t have one at the house or nothing, they’re more of a social thing—something to do really. It’s something you just kinda inhale and exhale while being social with whoever you’re with rather than playing on your phones or whatever. Ya’all should give it a shot, it’s not a bad time.

Thanks a lot for stopping by @lynncoyle1, I always enjoy hearing from you. Can’t you tell? 😉