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Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Mexico Days 1, 2 and 3

 I am recapping our trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. I already recapped the airport and travel stuff, so I a am diving right into our trip. 

Right after we arrived to our condo, we all got unpacked and changed since we arrived around 5:30 pm at our condo. We took some photos of the view and then headed to dinner at Cafe De Olla. We have been there many times before and it offers amazing chile rellenos. That is what my in-laws and I had. The girls shared a quesadilla with beans and rice and Rory had an octopus dish. It was very tender and really good. Plus we shared guacamole. And if you know me, you know that we pretty much had guacamole every day!

Puerto Vallarta Mexico
The view from our condo.

Sutton at dinner. And she definitely had a lot of guac that night!


It may not look pretty, but it was delicious. this is the chile relleno.

After dinner, we stopped for some gelato (for the girls) a couple doors down and then walked back to the condo. We were all exhausted after a travel day.

Sunday morning we grabbed breakfast at Freddy Tucan's and walked around that area for some shopping. I always tell myself to shop early so you are not waiting until last minute and scrambling to find things.

After breakfast which was more of a brunch, we headed up to the pool for many hours. The girls did so well swimming all week. They learned so much and it was great to see that their swim lessons made a difference even a year after stopping them due to covid.
The view from the rooftop pool.

That blue X is to keep people apart. If you are with family, you can move your loungers close and hang out, but otherwise, they ask you to keep apart.

After spending about 4 hours at the pool, we got ready and headed to dinner. This time we went to a new to us place called Sonorita Olas Atlas. They specialize in their al pastor tacos. We love our Panchos Takos, but knew it would be difficult for 6 of us to go there with the long lines and small restaurant. 

We got an order of guacamole and chips, watermelon margarita's for Rory and I, a half order of grilled onions and then tacos. I got the al pastor tacos with poblano peppers and onions and the girls got flank steak tacos. The girls loved their tacos and I think we finally got them moved from deconstructed tacos to the real deal.



Watermelon Margarita


I am still dreaming about these tacos.

After dinner, we walked around for a bit and then headed back to the condo. We relaxed on the patio and all just chatted until bedtime.

Monday morning we headed to another favorite breakfast place, Coco's Kitchen. On the way, we had to stop and get some cash from the ATM and Rory snapped this photo of the girls and I. Look at their dresses and how adorable they looked!

After breakfast, we walked around some more, did some more shopping and scoped out a ring for me and my MIL. Then we headed up to the pool and spent another 4 hours there. The pool was on repeat daily and so much fun. I sadly didn't capture many photos on Monday.

That evening we headed to Joe Jack's Fish Shack where we once again split guacamole and chips and I had shrimp and chips (fries). Rory had the combo fish, shrimp and chips. My MIL had a burger and my FIL had a sea bass special. Everything was amazing and we ended the dinner with our favorite coconut pie. I live for this pie!



After dinner we headed down to Los Muertos Pier to take some pictures and show the girls the pier and the sunset. These pictures don't do it justice.

The view from the pier looking out to the Bay of Banderas

Los Muertos Pier
Los Muertos Pier

Puerto Vallarta at night


We made our way back to the condo and chatted until bedtime. As you can see our vacation is pretty chill. We spent a lot of time relaxing, enjoying the pool and eating our way through Puerto Vallarta. Stay tuned for the next couple days in Puerto Vallarta!

22 comments :

  1. Your trip looks amazing! So glad you were able to go and enjoy some fun. That's great the girls were able to jump right back into things with swimming. We were planning on getting the boys lessons last year but that didn't work out. Hopefully this summer will go better.

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    1. Thank you. I am so glad that we were able to go as well. We have been planning this and trying to go for a year now. It was worth it. Especially since we saw Rory's great uncle who is 97. Lessons are so important and we feared that they wouldn't remember things, but they did. They are definitely little fishes.

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  2. That sounds like such a fabulous and relaxing vacation!

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  3. It looks so nice there! The food looks great.

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    1. It was a great time and the food is always amazing!

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  4. It looks like it was so much fun so far, Danielle!! Makes me want to get out on one!

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    1. It was a lot of fun and I am glad that we went. Vacation was needed.

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  5. Love that pic of you with the girls.
    I bet the trips are getting more fun with the girls getting older.

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    1. Thank you. It is a favorite of mine too. They are getting more fun. They are able to do more and really enjoy it. I hope they remember this trip.

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  6. Great weather, good food and relaxing - nothing better!

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    1. You are so right. There isn't much better. And being there with family made it even better.

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  7. All your food looks so amazing! That is awesome the girls picked back up on swimming. I wanted to do lessons for Zoe, but I guess maybe this fall will be the earliest or next spring.

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    1. Definitely get her in lessons when you can for safety. It is amazing what they can remember.

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  8. I love Mexico and their food! Looks like a lovely relaxing time!

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    1. Me too. It is one of my favorite things about traveling there.

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  9. What an amazing trip! All of the food has my mouth watering. So glad you guys were able to go and enjoy. :)

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    1. We had the best time. The food is always so good there. Mexican is definitely a favorite of mine. I am so happy that we got to go as well.

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  10. Puerto Vallarta looks gorgeous, especially at night! I'm so glad y'all had so much fun, and I'm cracking up at that empty bowl of guac... Sutton is a girl after my own heart!! I will tear up some guac!

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    1. It really is sooo pretty. Sunsets and the evenings are just magical there. Oh she is like her mama. I tear up the guac too. I used to have a shirt that said something like, "I know it is extra".

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  11. It looks like so much fun! That food! I could eat Mexican food every day of the week!

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