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I guess every AIESECer feels that curiosity for finding, discovering and enjoying every detail when going to new places... and also when going back to some places... last Sunday, I went with mom and dad to the city they used to live when they where dating (around 43 years ago!): Sonsonate (I've been there before). But we also went to Juayúa, the place where my dad used to live when he was 10 or something (around 50 years ago). Anyway, lately they have a Gastronomic festival every weekend and lots of people form our country and some gringos go there to eat! The menu? Empiñadas (a pink disk with pineapple jelly in it), Minutas (sort of frozen), Mangos with salt and lemon, meat, shrimp, paella, fried fish, dried fish, coconut ice cream, tamarinds ice cream and berries icecream (all typically made), pupusas, riguas, tacos, and then fruits: jocotes, guineos (bananas), peaches, watermelons, melons, you name it... I bet that place will be like Antigua Guatemala sooner or later.

And the best of all, I was with mom and dad... and grandma :D. See, this trip made me realize how much I love my mom and dad, even if I hate the way they treat me sometimes or the fact that my dad wants to control every single movement I make (for example telling me from what time to what time I should read the newspaper) or that my mom gives me 5 dollars to “go out” and she actually expects it to be enough (yeah, well I don’t drink much so it ends up being enough) and she still doesn’t know how to cook... they love me, I know that. So I spent the day kissing and hugging them :D. They felt that so weird and they were asking me: Which country do you want to go now??. And I was like: “I don’t want anything from you... not now..."

Dad, mom, Lizarda (grandma's friend) and grandma

But really, someday (soon) I will move out of my house, maybe to another country, so the time I gonna spend with them from now on will be quality time, and I am going to show them how much I love them... because far from home, I am not gonna be able to do it.

ps, grandma lives in California and I don't get to see her so often so i will show her my love when she is here :D