So just today I pulled out my "Bucket List" from my closet, to find that I can cross-off two very important things that I accomplished this/last year. These three things included;
1.) Learning to ride a motorcycle (which I did in aug. 2011 during summer vacation),
2.)Swimming in the ocean for the very first time,
3.) travel to El Salvador to meet Papi's family.
Since the title of this blog is "Meeting the Family in El Salvador For the Very First Time," i'm only going to discuss the last two things mentioned on my list.
So, being originally born in Canada, I was always exposed to many diverse cultures.
My parents (who have been separated for quite awhile now) were both born on different sides of the earth. My mother was born and raised in Poland, and my dad was from El Salvador. Its kinda funny actually, my nationally/heritage. I'm 50% Polish and 50% Spanish but most people who've never known me would say I look asian. For instance, most of my friends first thought I was like a mix of Filipino or aboriginal. I'm always like, "WHAT ? Me? Asian? Well, I do like chow mein but that doesn't make me asian." Hahaha, i dunno why but it always makes me laugh when people tell me that . . .
Anyways getting back on topic. I have seen my mom's side of the family in Poland many times, but it wasn't until the Christmas of 2011/New years of 2012 that I finally got to meet my dad's side of the family in El Salvador. AND DAMN do I have A LOT of cousins living there. They multiply like bunnies!
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| On Christmas we danced all night long. |
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| Got a chance to taste things I never ate before. In this picture i'm eating a clum cocktail soup dish. It looked discusting but im not gunna lie; it actually tasted pretty good:) |
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| We also lite a bunch of fireworks for Christmas! [ i burned my hand on one] |
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| Visited the church where Oscar Romero once served as the bishop in San Salvador. |
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| Made yummy tortillas:) |
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| Cousins, friends, sister, & me at the ocean.
Things to know while being in El Salvador:
-the people love to put salt and/or lime on pretty much everything they eat
-never pet the dogs, they all have fleas
-only drink the bottled/bagged water
I got a chance to witness the Salvadorean Lifestyle, and it was a four star rating of AWESOME! (it was all good dispite the part where I was throwing-up everywhere the day after Christmas) (& no its not b/c I drank too much and was hung over, its cuz my immune system sucks) Also, made a Youtube, summary of this trip. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/user/TornAPartPaperHeart?feature=mhee#p/a/u/0/chAntpQRn4U |
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