So for Passover, the other fellows came to San Salvador and crashed our house (10 of us in our tiny casita!!!). We rented kitchen and table space at the little hotel where we lived for 2 weeks, shopped for relevant kosher food, cooked some amazing dishes including the traditional Matzah Ball Soup from the matzah ball soup mix, and had our very own Seder - Equipo Uno Style. We had to improvise due to lack of horseradish. We ended up asking people in the grocery store for bitter vegetables and ended up with these unfamiliar white flowers. Though we didn't know how to prepare it, Flor de Izote did the trick, it was quite bitter and also happens to be the National Flower of El Salvador (I later found out.) The Jewish mothers would have been so proud!
We also used passover weekend as the perfect excuse to go to the beach. We found this secluded spot with the help of Salvadoran friends. El Tunco had warm waters, lots of rocks and relaxing sand.
Lastly, I share my favorite wildlife pic. We did some San Salvador sightseeing and went to a botanical garden. Along with all of the beautiful flowers and fascinating plant life I also observed this turtle in a pond.
1 comment:
hey sita! finally checked out your blog and it seems like you are having a crazy busy time. we went through much similar things when trying to have a "traditional" thanksgiving meal in korea. none of us had a real oven, just kitchens, plus lack of many key ingrediants, led us to some interesting (and mostly successful) improvisations. :)
i just got back from a week in vietnam, and i totally feel you on the extra daily stresses of living in a thrid world country. i guess you get used to it after awhile, but damn i sure appreciate running water and bug free beds now. more, i think the part that was hardest to deal with was the local's attitude towards us. i really hated being treated like a walking atm and having people try to cheat you or take advantage of you all the time. i mean, i understand that we have more money than they do but i just dont like being treated that way.
but sita, i really admire you for what you are doing. :) hope you are well, querida. :)
un abrazo super fuerte,
janet
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