Katie: Indulging in San Salvador

On our way to San Salvador I start thinking about cravings I wanted satisfied and there did not seem to be enough time to stuff myself with all. Anyway on the edge of the city there is a store called Hiper Paz basically a Wall Mart with a grocery store (kinda like a Safeway) inside. There were women handing out cheese samples that we ate and while we were there we found dark chocolate Milky Ways. After leaving here we went to Pizza Hut. Pizza not the greatest but very good since it was the first time I have had restaurant pizza in country. Back at the hotel we proceeded to eat our Milky Ways. Off to the office to work… after on the way to the bus we grabbed mocha frapachinos for the bus ride to our hotel. Its time for dinner and we are too full to eat much so we head to a happy hour in a fancy hotel for a beer and free nachos with a lot of other English speaking people… that was strange, not used to hearing that much English outside the PC community. On the way to our hotel we stop at the gas station on the corner and find dark chocolate Milky Ways and of course we eat them, but before we ate those we ate churros (chips). The second day started off with a McDonald’s sausage McSandwich and a mocha. For lunch we decide to give the Argentinean restaurant “Pamas”(near our office) a try. Bien Rico! We each had a ten ounce steak, one chorizo, a grilled potato, veggies, soup, salad, garlic bread, and with this comes 4 different salsas to choose from, lime wedges, and a pickled thing that tasted good but not sure what it was. We also had a very nice glass of red wine with our meal and after we had a delicious cappuccino with desert. I had flan while Jon had tres leches, bien rico! Lunch is the biggest meal here of course. Ok for dinner we had subway and I was disappointed because they were out of chocolate chip cookies how could they J ! I will not be back in San Salvador for at least two months at least I hope. Oh well, we bought more Dark Chocolate Milky Ways on the way home instead J. The last morning we get up early and ate egg croissants and of course coffee at a bakery called San Martin. All in all fine dining experiences this time.

Other things we came a across in San Salvador: Another volunteer told me about a yarn shop with a very nice owner so we went to investigate good stuff and it will work for my knitting group. Yeah! I found baking powder in a couple of stores (Super Selectos & Hiper Paz) but not baking soda? We bought more coffee for our coffee maker, oreos, pancake mix (you do not have to add egg & milk to), mint tea (we are able to get chamomile near our site), granola, sesame oil, sirrachi sauce, vinegar, curry paste, and coconut milk.
San Salvador is not our favorite place because of traffic, safety issues, and polluted air but it has its perks.