We had a long airport day! We had airline snafus for both of the legs of our flight, which happily synchronized in timing somewhat so we were able to make both of our flights and get into the Guadalajara airport the night we were supposed to arrive, as opposed to going home to Pittsburgh to spend a night or to spend the night in Houston. It was a couple hours later, but we still made it!
We arrived at the Guadalajara airport around 10:00, immigration was smooth, our luggage arrived (hooray), and our driver was there to pick us up. He spelled our name incorrectly on the sign, but it was close enough! We got to our apartment about 11:30 and Jorge showed us around and gave us some hints about the place.
We got a sense that the place was a bit more than we expected, and then we crashed.
The next morning — Jan 22 — I woke up looking at the most beautiful bedroom ceiling I think I’ve ever seen in a house — a huge curved brick arched ceiling with a wonderful cupola at the top with an orate chandelier hanging from the middle of the cupola. I thought I might just spend the entire month in bed starring at the gorgeous ceiling. But hey — we had things to do!
We got up and unpacked, trying to figure out the most logical arrangement for everything, and it was during this process that we became more aware of how absolutely architecturally gorgeous the place is. The ceilings are amazing, not only the bedroom, but also in a TV/family room, which also had some fabulous views.
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| The ceiling in the TV/family room |
Then there was the rooftop patio with ever more spectacular views (we had our coffee there).
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| That’s the lake in the background |
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| The view toward the houses behind us |
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| A second view (on the other side) of the houses behind us |
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| And some views in front of us |
After some city exploring (more on that later), I crashed on the living room couch, stared up, and realised I could spend the month on that couch too — just looking up at the architectural beauty above me.
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| Those four. Brick expanses are all curved, and there is a skylight window over on the left. You can also see the stairs to one of the bedrooms, and a second set of stairs to the rooftop patio. |
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| The view to the living room from the stairs |
Yes, the place is gorgeous. Two bedrooms (come visit), three beautiful bathrooms, a laundry room, and everything else we will need for the month.
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| Ceiling above the dining room table |
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| We have learned that these graceful curved brick ceilings are in this area only. Amazing brick artisans! Not sure if they still do this kind of work or not, but our ceilings look reasonably new. We’ve seen a few others that are in rough shape. |
Oh, and a nice entry too.
We definitely paid “gringo” prices for this place, which was bigger than we needed, but I rationalised. I wanted a view of the lake and the mountains, since we look out at buildings from our condo in Pittsburgh, and I wanted to be within walking distance of the water and the Town Center. All were achieved, but the pictures of our Air BnB place certainly did NOT do it justice.
The upshot — it will be a happy place for us for the next month.
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