Weekend in Acapulco~Fin de semana en Acapulco

On Friday, my wonderful friends and fellow ETAs, Cammie and Renee, came to visit me in Cuernavaca. It was so great to see them and to also share thoughts and ideas about our first week of teaching at each of our universities. For dinner we decided to go to Lucca, an Italian restaurant that had been recommended to me by my nice landlady, Claudia. We ordered 3 different dishes and shared them in order to sample all of the delicious flavors. We certainly had an enjoyable night in one another’s company.

On Saturday morning, we headed out early to the Estrella de Oro bus station to catch a 4-hour bus to Acapulco. On the way there, we made a stop in a small town called Chilpancingo. Thinking that we had already arrived in Acapulco, we got off the bus like everyone else only to realize that we should have stayed on. Oops! Luckily we were able to get back on the bus, and we arrived in Acapulco to some extremely hot and humid weather.

We stayed at the Casa Inn, a high rise that is situated in the Bahía de Acapulco. The hotel had a refreshing pool, a beautiful view of the hills, and a partial view of the beach.

For lunch, we went to a restaurant across the street called 100% Natural Restaurantes. I enjoyed an ordered of molletes—halves of a whole wheat baguette spread with refried black beans, white cheese, and salsa. We enjoyed the tropical breeze that blew lightly through the open cabana.

After lunch we walked along the beach. The sand is much coarser in Acapulco and really gives your feet a good massage. The undertow is very strong, and we found it difficult to walk along the beach due to this. Nonetheless we enjoyed the fantastic views of the surrounding mountains and the splash of salty Pacific water on our bare feet.

For dinner, we headed to Taco Tumbra’s at the recommendation of the hotel bellboy. At most taco stands in Mexico you order a filling and then build your own tacos. We ordered chicken and queso-chile poblano as our fillings. Each order came with 10 or so small corn tortillas. There was a variety of six different types of muy picante salsas that we put on our tacos. They were wonderfully delicious and our waiter was awesome. He gave us small samples of the salsa to go and packed the bag with ice. Yummy!

During the evening, we watched the Mexico vs. Costa Rica soccer game. Mexico won 3-0 and there were fireworks on the beach in celebration of the victory!! At night, we met Renee’s friend, Rebecca. Rebecca was in Acapulco for the weekend visiting her boyfriend, Justin who is a professional poker player.

Rebecca and Justin invited us to their beach house in Las Brisas on Sunday morning for breakfast. The place was amazing with the most spectacular view of the beach. I couldn’t believe it…the landscape was like something you only see in travel brochures. We met Justin’s friends who are also professional poker players. Chucho, the man who works on the grounds of Las Brisas, served us a beautiful breakfast that included fresh fruit, quesadillas, salsas, molletes, fresh juices and coffee. After breakfast we sat around the pool and took in the gorgeous views and the sun’s warm rays.

Like a Cinderella story, the lovely weekend came to an end too soon, but we certainly enjoyed our mini-getaway to tropical Acapulco. HAPPY LABOR DAY to everyone back home and thanks for all of the comments :-)

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Abrazos, Nicole