When we first thought about moving to P.V. I assumed we would live in a condo. A nice modern place, with Mexican tile in the kitchen and a view of the ocean. Then a friend of mine, who just returned to Italy, posted some pictures of his place on facebook.
This place is gorgeous! So I've changed my perspective. Now I hope, eventually, we can find a nice charming place.....still near the ocean.
I've found a nice real estate agent in P.V. who sent me some pictures of his own home, that he sold last year.
These are images to dream by.
The internet is so wonderful for a quest like this. There is a webcam that I check out just about every day. I've played around with google maps and google earth, to get great views of the city. Sometimes I check out real estate listings and look at the pictures and locations.
We've been doing lots of reading. The most interesting book is "On Mexican Time", which isn't about Puerto Vallarta, (it is about San Miguel Allende) but it's an extremely well written book about an American couple who move to Mexico.
In June we will go to P.V. for 9 days and see what it is really like. They say the weather ranges from about 80-95, year around. It doesn't sound like summer is much worse there than it is in the DC area, but we'll find out.
If that works out, we will go for a month in January or February. That means I will have to tell my boss that I will be retiring. Ted already told the school that he will be gone for a month, with the expectation that he won't be teaching much longer.
