We wrapped up our first week in Todos Santos with some more breakfast exploration and some round two visits to a few dinner spots that we had already tried.
Dad wrapped up the last week of work before the holiday, and, as usual, things started to slow down leading into Thanksgiving. Most of the folks at Microsoft take the week of Thanksgiving off, and those that stick around are usually focused on cleaning out inboxes or working on smaller projects while the office is quiet. This can sometimes create a bit of a rush just before the holidays, but thankfully things were pretty lowkey through the end of our first week.
Working in Todos Santos has been a seamless experience. The internet is fast and reliable, and we haven't had any connection issues thus far. Working in San Felipe was a little spottier, likely due to being off the grid and having the power behave a little strangely. The internet connection there seemed to go in and out more frequently, although it didn't cause any major problems other than the very first day when Dad had to leave a meeting early because he kept getting disconnected. The house in San Felipe was also much warmer, which made it slightly harder to stay focused as the day dragged on.
We are one hour ahead, but that hasn't had much impact either. It is possible that we could have a meeting at 5:30 pm Todos Santos time, but meetings are usually wrapped up by 4pm Redmond time for the grunts of the workforce. Dad personally enjoys getting an earlier start, so starting at 9am here results in an 8 am start in Redmond. This leaves more focus time before conversations start up with coworkers.
We tried three new breakfast spots in the later half of the week, Taller 17, La Esquina, and Todos Santos Cafe.
Taller is Spanish for workshop, and we aren't quite sure what the 17 represents. This is a small coffee shop, serving just coffee and pastries, in the downtown area. They had good coffee (we haven't really had any bad coffee yet), and a very large pastry selection. Dad ordered almost one of everything so that we could have snacks for the next few days. The barista pulled out a small to-go bag initially and Dad had to request a larger one. When she pulled out the medium bag Dad asked if there was anything larger. Luckily she had a box and didn't have to break out the garbage bag.
La Esquina (the corner) is a large cafe just down the road from our building. From the outside the building looks like just a wall, as none of the interior features are visible. Once inside the wall though there is a large kitchen, several tables in the main seating area, a playground, and a garden with more tables interspersed. This is probably the nicest atmosphere that we've encountered so far. Louie stayed home for this outing but we made a new dog friend at the restaurant.
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