Great finds

I think I have mentioned before how much I enjoy the weekly bazaar. We get whatever is in season. The strawberries are almost done and we are getting lots of watermelon, corn, cherries and apricots now. The apricots are truly amazing. I guess that is why this place is world famous for them. One thing they do not have here though is blueberries or salsa. I did find blueberries at a specialty shop but they were $8.00 for about 30-40 blueberries. I just could not bring myself to do it. So I guess we will have to wait until we are back home to have some. I miss the days of having neighbours drop of flats of berries for us! They were so good.
They also dont really have anything mexican. They do sell tortillas occasionally but that is about it. At this same specialty shop I had heard that they sold tortilla chips. It took 3 visits for me to finally score some. They were always sold out. The next task was to make salsa. I have been doing it since we got here but not I actually have chips to go along. Cilantro is a hard find but there is one vendor in the market who sells it. Those are my finds for this week. Also animal crackers. The kids love them and ask for them every day at snack time.
On a different topic, the last few days have been slow and relaxed. A is done language class and my classes start tomorrow so we had a few relaxing slower days in between. It has been nice. This morning we finished breakfast (usually around 7am as the kids are up at 6.) Then we cleaned our house just in time for the painter to come and do some touch ups and fix the wall in a few places. The kids have been peeling paint of the wall and the smallest child has eaten it. So we wanted to get it fixed obviously since paint is not a healthy part of her diet. We fed the painter lunch and cay which is a staple drink here and now he is still busy painting and fixing the walls. I just hope we can keep the kids from touching the walls until the paint dries. I think I might take 1 or both of the kids to the park later as it is not so hot today. We did not go yesterday as it was too hot to be outside in the full sun. There is very little shade on any of the playgrounds here.  This week will be busy as I become a 4 day a week student again on top of regular daily activities. Only for 2 months and then we will take a bit of a break. Our friends here are having a baby at the end of summer so we want to be available to help them out. Summer is looking busy as we have several different groups of people traveling through the city that we are hosting and have some work related things to do that will take up some time. We are enjoying the hot weather although I do miss a good air conditioner. We have some wall units in the house so some rooms stay cool. We will just be spending lots of time in those locations.