Mirasol

We scored the last car at our rental place Friday morning and joined the throng of people heading to the coast.  After unloading our stuff at the Cabañas Canadienses in Mirasol, which were almost exactly next door to where our friends were staying, we met them for a walk around the neighborhood.

The main square of Mirasol serves as public meeting place, playground, exercise area, flower garden, and vegetable garden.  Here's a tomato plant among the roses.

At the park the girls started playing with some kids who spoke both English and Spanish.  When we told the mom we were from Pittsburgh, she shouted, "Go Steelers!" and gave me a big high-five!    She and her husband had both lived there, doing their masters degrees at Carnegie Mellon!!  Small world.....

Our friends have purchased property in the neighborhood for a future beach house.  Around sundown we walked over from the square to check it out.  Here's the view from just up the street...

And another....

Here we are at the property--just beyond the visible roof there's a cliff down to the ocean, so no chance of a tall building blocking their view in the future.  The sound of the surf is incredible from the property!

The whole property was covered over with this succulent plant, really juicy and funny to walk on!  :-)