Today was the last day of a week of meetings, team building, retreats, gettin' up early and wearing shoes and socks! But summer is over and now it's time to get to the real work of school; the kids start on Monday.
I've missed the blog for a few days because we lost our internet connection, but happily we are back on now. It went out at the beginning of the Salvadoran holiday of Augustino on August 1. Since the holiday goes to the 7th, I knew there was no way it would get fixed until yesterday. Enjoying new holidays and traditions is one of the pleasures of international living, but ya gotta be flexible.
Another of those pleasures is getting to know another cuisine. There is no shortage of US fast food places here (why do we export the worst?) but we don't eat at them in the US, why would be do that here? But we have eaten out in some interesting local places. The first was a papuseria up in the hills. That is, of course, where they sell papusas, which is probably the Salvadoran national food. It's a round, flat pastry that is stuffed with different things (meat, chicken, cheese) and then pan fried. But our main tutor for Salvadoran food will be Rosa, our amazing housekeeper. On her first day here she left us a pot full of rice and another pot full of cooked-up beans. I don't think it gets more Salvadoran than that!
More on food soon. Grace has just corralled a BFC, and I need to deal with that. Another pleasure of the tropics, I guess.
I've missed the blog for a few days because we lost our internet connection, but happily we are back on now. It went out at the beginning of the Salvadoran holiday of Augustino on August 1. Since the holiday goes to the 7th, I knew there was no way it would get fixed until yesterday. Enjoying new holidays and traditions is one of the pleasures of international living, but ya gotta be flexible.
Another of those pleasures is getting to know another cuisine. There is no shortage of US fast food places here (why do we export the worst?) but we don't eat at them in the US, why would be do that here? But we have eaten out in some interesting local places. The first was a papuseria up in the hills. That is, of course, where they sell papusas, which is probably the Salvadoran national food. It's a round, flat pastry that is stuffed with different things (meat, chicken, cheese) and then pan fried. But our main tutor for Salvadoran food will be Rosa, our amazing housekeeper. On her first day here she left us a pot full of rice and another pot full of cooked-up beans. I don't think it gets more Salvadoran than that!
More on food soon. Grace has just corralled a BFC, and I need to deal with that. Another pleasure of the tropics, I guess.
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