Regresa a Valladolid

Must get back to my trip report, from Merida to Valladolid to Isla, via truck.    Anyway, here we are (were) in Valladolid. Every time I go through this old town, it feels kind of homey, maybe because it is farming country, and more of a natural feel, being around mostly people who really live in a place, and are not tourists. However, we love this restaurant, which does have tourists passing through (including us!)
It has an old world feel, and maybe a European feel too.  Valladolid was named after a city in Spain.
I think the restaurant was named Marquis de Meson, or something like that, so some French there.
Overall, had a nice European flair, mixed with Mexican style and food choices.

Do we look a little road-weary here, or do we just look hungry?

here are two of the regional specialties.
I wish I could remember the names, but had to do with pork...
Mine is one on the left, and will say the presentation was really nicer in person! and, it tasted great. Rosy's on right, also nice.
Sall had something Tex-Mex, & felt at home.
Come to think of it, a Texan would probably feel very at home in Valladolid. Lots of leather shops!
(cowboy stuff, that is...)

 


The fountain is in the center of the courtyard, with tables all around, on all four sides. Nice artwork is on the walls, and the bathrooms are inviting.
All around, a comfortable rest stop between Merida and Cancun.  It is a hotel, and the rooms are probably wonderful.  Wish I could've had a tour of the kitchen.

Love the trees and the birdcages.

Then, as we continued on our way, toward Temozon and the Carpinteria shop, we passed this church in a small town, decked out for a holiday and a fair. 

Wish I had more pics of the beautiful square of Valladolid, but it was just a pit stop, and we had things to do and places to go.  So, maybe next time.

After filling our stomachs, we filled our truck in Temozon, and here it is getting loaded--and from an earlier post, you can get a better look at some things. Besides the adirondack chairs, I got two loungers...they fold up, so that will be nice when hurricanes come.  And the halltree--a bit bright, but nice contrast, and you can never have enough hooks to hang things, right!
Back to Merida in next post.