We are now in El Salvador. We landed here on Dec 6th and took a taxi from the airport to a town called Suchitoto. Suchitoto is a dream with a glitch. It's an amazing town.. the kind of town where you might come looking for me if I go missing. The glitch is that there is a festival in town. And, I'm not talking about a unique or local affair. It's kind of like The Jersey Shore hit Suchitoto..a cheesy pageant, loud music and a transportable ferris wheel and roller coaster. It just about sent my amazing husband (who has a true asesthetic and wants authenticity at all costs) over the edge. And, our amazing hotel (Los Almendros de San Lorenzo) is hosting a wedding tonight and could therefore only accommodate us for one night. Los Almendros de San Lorenzo is owned and run by two kind Frenchmen (one of whom is the ex- ambassador to El Salvador). The place is charming with a courtyard fountain, lovely rooms with georgeous bathrooms and includes a delicous fountain-side breakfast. I cannot say enough wonderful things about this hotel. It is reasonably priced and elegant. What more could you want? Because of the wedding tonight, however, we headed down the street to Hotel Posada de Suchiltan. It is also pretty amazing and has one of the best views I have ever seen. We look out over hills and a lake with a huge mountain range in the distance.... only rivaled by views I've seen in Africa -words just dont to it justice.
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| Suchitoto's church, in the main square. Lovely! |
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| Yummy! (Shirt is off for the obvious reason of messy breakfast and also because playing in the fountain was a fun, but messy affair) |
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| The lovely Los Almendros de San Lorenzo |
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| Sitting area at Los Almendros de San Lorenzo |
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| Formal Dinning room at Los Almendros de San Lorenzo.. these guys have some classy digs! |
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| Outdoor indoor living and relaxing at Los Almendros de San Lorenzo... move me in! |
For our Journey onward the Frenchmen convinced us to rent a car. So we are hitting the road tomorrow.. we'll see how it goes. It is sure to be a serious adventure. The road maps aren't quite up to par and the explinations are a little vague and grandiose (typical french) but they swear its the way to go.. so we'll see.
In the meantime, we had pina coladas on the terrace this evening. Henry just didn't get why he couldn't have any (seeing as they look just like the fruit/yogurt shakes hes been drinking all along). So I orderd him a glass of milk with a straw and the three of us sat happily enjoying our view and doing "cheers" about a million times.. his latest discovery and he loves it.
If you need to plan a trip out of the country, Im telling you, this is it! Suchitoto is the kind of place I could really hunker down. Daniel and I talked about how if we stayed, we could have the Frenchmen over for dinner. Hilarious!
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| Our view while sipping Pina Colatas from Hotel Posada de Suchiltan |
Coming from one who can truly enjoys the cheesy, tell D that the festival is probably very authentic, tho perhaps not aesthetically pleasing. It all sounds fabulous. I think you're starting Henry out right! cheers, xo
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