I am here in Parrita again, this time to buy a small refrigerator for the family I am staying with. She refuses to take any money for feeding me, allowing me access to everything, giving me a room, and helping me with everything I need, introducing me to everyone, and she doesn't have one. This is a thank you gift.
Refrigerators are more expensive than they are in the US; but considering what I would have paid to stay in a hotel, eat in a restaurant, and have my laundry done, this is certainly appropriate cost wise. And I know it is something they will all appreciate and be able to use. I asked her sister if it would cause a problem, or would she be happy for it,(because I don´t know the societal norms)and the sister said she would love it. Damacio (the man I know from New Mexico)is taking it back up to Parrita in his truck for me.
It rains like all get out, for a few hours each day or evening, and yesterday afternoon the women took refuge by making ceviche with a large fish that came from the river. (Limes, peppers, cilantro and fish) I helped, watched and learned.
I have met just about the whole family who all live within walking distance, except for one son working in the US. The 22 year old Bryan, who is absolutely adorable, and has the raging hormones of someone his age, wants to marry me. Keep in mind there is still a huge communication problem, as I speak SO little Spanish, and it is alternately very frustrating for me, and very humorous. I think they like me. I certainly like them.
From what I have seen so far - people here are honest, sweet and generous. I am eating new foods - yesterday I had a strawberry sized thing with soft prickly spikes, and contains something like a lychee inside it. I had yucca pancakes, which are like starchy potatoes, and have tasted almost everything that comes my way, including the juice of a cactus like thing that is supposed to help you lose weight. I am developing a taste for the rich black, heavily sweetened coffe that everyone drinks all the time. The water here is clean - one can drink, brush teeth, and not get sick.
posted by roni @ 11:04 AM
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