Beautiful Granada

This is a view of our house. The yellow room on the left, with the doors open is our bedroom. This is the Convento San Francisco, located just across the street from our house. It is a very famous church, with a museum right next door.
This is our house. Maia is right out front.Isn't it beautiful!!
This is the view of Mombacho mountain, an inactive volcano that can be seen if you look right from our house.
Here is Adam, working away at the computer at the restaurant right next door to our house.

So, I know that I promised more about our business, but it is still kind of in the works, so I can’t say anything yet. Just to let everyone know though, we are planning on being home in Canada for Lauren and Jamie’s baby’s birth, so we won’t be here after July 20th, and we aren’t sure when we will get back. So, if you want to visit us, please come before July 20th. And please do come if you can because we would love to have more guests.
Granada is what I would like to talk about today. Granada is the city where we live. It is supposedly the oldest colonized city in Central America. It is a beautiful little town, with a population of approx. 130, 000. My friend Jessica just posted some pictures of Spain on her facebook account and I was stunned at the similarities. It is quite evident that this town was settled/colonized by Spaniards. The cobblestone streets, the red clay tile roofs and the interior courtyards all show a Spanish influence.
The people that we have met so far have been really nice, despite our first issues with trusting people. I am really starting to love it here, and would like to stay as long as possible. Circumstances allowing, we will be back to this little paradise soon. The sidewalks are kind of hard to navigate with the stroller, if they exist at all. But, what I love about this place is that even though you have to walk on the streets sometimes, all of the cars avoid you. Defensive driving is in full play here. This is a good thing because we have been caught driving the wrong way down one way streets too many times to count.
Every block has several small stores being run out of people’s homes. These places are called Pulperias. They are sometimes big and fancy and other times they aren’t even advertised on the street. The Pulperias sell everything from milk, eggs and pasta to school books and hair gel. They have an impressive amount of stock, albeit sometimes a little dusty.
The market here runs seven days a week and sells absolutely anything you can imagine. There are fresh corn or flour tortillas daily, as well as a huge selection of fruit, vegetables, fish, meat and various household items. You can buy shoes, hair elastics, and bras all at one little booth. It is busy all the time, except when I get there with Naomi strapped to me. Then, all of the hustle and bustle seems to stop and everyone stares at Naomi and I. People have even asked me if she is mine. She is quite the show here, as is Maia.
In response to my cousin Erin’s inquiry about diseases and the like. We have been pretty lucky so far. All of the vegetables and fruit that we are planning to eat raw, go into a sink full of water that has been treated with a tiny amount of bleach. This kills all the potentially harmful bacteria and has kept us free from traveller’s stomach so far. Also, one great thing about Granada is that you can drink the tap water. We have all been doing so without incident. As for other precautions, we all got immunized before we came. I cut Maia’s fingernails really short in order to avoid any contact with contaminated dirt. Other than that, we just hope for the best I guess.
Well, that is all for now. I have posted some pictures to give you an idea of our neighbourhood and new house. Sorry this posting is so short and kind of vanilla. Next time I promise more juice. Love to youall and thank you Becky for your comments about people reading but not posting comments. It gives us heart.