Wednesday, December 9, 2015

A quick recap of our Thanksgiving El Salvador trip


If this wasn’t a whirlwind trip, then I don’t know what is. I was originally supposed to be there for a week but… then I got a job. Unfortunately, new priorities were created.

I was originally just going to go to Texas for a 20 hour layover, so I called Courtney and told her to meet me in Houston! And then we were both like… OR we could meet in El Salvador!! Tickets were obnoxiously cheap, so within an hour she had bought one and our plan was set! Don’t ever let go of friends like that.

Julia and Courtney arrived on Tuesday night, and I followed with a 1pm arrival the following day. I flew American Airlines. Annoying thing about them… You now have to pay if you don’t want a middle seat! What kind of BS is that??? I obviously didn’t do that. Which sucks when you have a 6am flight.

If the guys on either side of me are reading this, I apologize if I leaned on you at any point in the flight. I HAD to sleep on both flights so that I would be wide awake for my first of only four days in El Salvador! I bought a sleeping mask earlier this year, which I will say was an investment that has really paid off. Instead of being pissed off when they turn the lights on an hour before landing, I just continue to sleep J

When Lois, Julia and Courtney picked me up from the airport, they greeted me with a delicious turkey sandwich. Lois said, “Sorry, but this is as close to Thanksgiving as you’re gonna get here.” My response? “Um, fine by me! It’s 85 degrees here!”

We went to an awesome brewery, Cadejo, where we received a really cool tour in Englsh, followed by flights of all of their beer! Delicious.


After going to my nephew, Atsushi’s soccer practice, we had some delicious tacos. We had talked about just ordering pizza, but then Taka had the wonderful idea of eating tacos. So. Freakin. Good. Thank you, Taka.

We then went to Republica – a bar with live music. The band that Lois manages, was supposed to play, but they decided they didn’t feel like playing sooo we just hung out with them and their friends instead, which was fun!

After a great night’s sleep, we went to breakfast on a volcano. The view was exquisite. Courtney and Atsushi really enjoyed exploring too :P


Next? The beach! It was Thanksgiving, and we couldn’t think of a better way to spend it then to go to a resort for a couple of days.

Day one was spent in the pool. So relaxing. I’m in a bar drinking a Corona right now and just pretending that I am there again…


We had a wonderful taco lunch as our Thanksgiving dinner, paired with delicious Pilsners, of course. Well for me. Julia went for the Suprema, and Courtney went for the Sex on the Beach. Later on in the week I introduced her to Suprema, which she actually liked (or so she said… she only drank half of it).

The next day was our beach day. Courtney decided to tackle surfing. When I asked her if she had ever been surfing before, she said, “Yeah! Well, I’ve tried to stand up on a boogie board.” Because that is obviously the same thing.


Instead of taking lessons, Courtney grabbed a surfboard from our resort and went for the waves. I mean I thought she did great. But, then again, I’ve only ever boogie-boarded.


The water was perfect. None of us wanted to leave. But alas, all good things must come to an end.

We got pupusas that night. They’re a Salvadoran specialty, which Courtney just had to try (and well, we all wanted them too)!

After Courtney and I fell asleep talking to each other (definitely not the first time that has happened), we took her to the airport. We then had a wonderful morning on Saturday, I made sure that I woke up early to be able to play Wii with my nephew. Pretty sure he beat me… again.

I went back to New York that afternoon. So no, I didn’t get lost once, but it was definitely still a trip worth blogging about!



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