DH and I have had this joke since Christmas that he was going to buy me a Faberge chihuahua to comemorate the band trip to Monterrey in April. Today we were talking about getting a really special souvenir while down there to remember the trip by...aside from the band, which we have already named Betsy.

So tell me, what did you find in your adventures the day before or after surgery while down there?? any cool shops, art and crafts, pottery, guitars, or all the other wonderful things MX is known for? Give me some idea. I want to study up on what I might get before going up there.

theres 3 huge malls there a really cool music store, flea markets and bunch of neat stores right downtown.

if your staying at the hampton inn its all within 30 minutes or so.

as far as what we got its been two years since we were there last. i remember tequila, lots of tequila.

ooooo. booze. yum. LOL

We heard there was some great nightlife, so we are going to go dancing the night before. I am being banded by Dr. Sanchez, and staying at the private guest house he has for his patients. I was told that there is a driver that will take us into town and retrieve us for our shopping. Talk about service! LOL

Did you( or any other Monterrey visitors) see any guitar shops? My DH is really wanting to learn spanish guitar and Flamenco, so he has toyed withthe idea of getting a nice spanish guitar there.

i dont know what the road name is, i know it was like the main road (5 or 6 lanes wide) heading to the sanjose hospital. the music store looked like a night club. and was HUGE inside.

there was also a little guitar shop next door to the hampton inn.

if you like the movies. There is a beautiful mall. I don't know what its called but there is a big Liverpool store there. They have VIP movie theaters, and its awesome! leather lazy boy chairs, and waiters, and it was only like $9. I don't know about where you all live, but where i'm from we dont have theaters like that. I saw one movie before surgery, one after, and one when I went back for my fill. The movies are in english. Monterrey is very nice. It's where all the rich mexicans live.

Oh the movies sound really nice. Esp since DH and I never get to go anymore. We have two small kids, and call me old fashioned but I believe in not subjecting other movie goers to a child's chatter. LOL