At the Mission library Francesca signed out an Encyclopedia Britannica and researched Baja California. She had never been any farther than Santa Barbara county lines, and Mexico appeared to her as a boot like country with familiar sounding names. She heard the boys talk that Tijuana was the place to go, if you wanted to experience Mexico. Father Paolo lectured against any thoughts, stressing to his male students that the city was a city of crime, and prostitution. His warnings were mostly mocked by the boys and they dismissed him as being overly protective.Francesca had to travel through Tijuana, but her destination was the port city of Ensenada. The photos of Ensenada from the encyclopedia looked beautiful and less threatening. She was amazed to learn that vineyards were plentiful in the
