As my cruising friend Laurin commented, it's not too often when traveling abroad that local people you meet invite you to their home. But last night I and my sailing friends Laurin and Leslie shared the evening with Julio and Abigail's family, and you can share it also.

Above you see some photos from last night. Julio is the father, Abigail the mother, and Abigail (yes, same name), the ten-year-old daughter. Plus there is Mia the doggie.

Food, drink, and camaraderie were bountiful. Abigail (daughter) loves her doggie and her electronic devices, just like kids in the States, and demonstrates her youthful agility with her handstands (lower right).

Since we Americans came with limited Spanish ability, I brought some Spanish exercises for levity and for language practice. First, I asked silly questions I had written out on index cards, such as "¿Quién habla más, mujeres o hombres?" That one provoked some light-hearted discussion.

In the above right photo we are acting out a dialogue in an introductory Spanish book. Abigail was the lady driving the car too fast; I was the policeman, and Julio was the auto mechanic. Plus I had Abigail (daughter) help we out (not shown in photos) with my Spanish word flash cards, and it was really good practice for me to repeat the words right after her while trying to mimic exactly her accent. Partway through she decided she wanted to do the equivalent English words too, so we were both mimicking each other.

So that was our delightful visit last night to the home of a Mexican family. I hope you enjoyed coming along. You can also see a few more photos on-line, and also a short video showing just the ending of the dialogue reading.