The New Normal

In the town of Santa Marta we have developed a new normal.  Every morning We have breakfast (Desayuno in spanish) and do school.  We can decide what and where we do school and it only lasts till  noon.  after school we play with the other kids on the dock, mainly Darien from Byamee and Ronia from Priscalina.  With Darien we do all kinds of things, from ripsticking in the park to make overs at her boat, but with Ronia we can't do much since she's only 7 months old.

In the evening we go into town and positively gorge ourselves on the crazy good street food they have available.  Then we wander around until we're too tired to walk another step, then we head for home.  It's a crazy schedule, but one that works for the whole family and is easy to complete.

Limonada Adventures

Cutting the limes.

We had just arrived in Santa Marta Colombia yesterday. Today we're going on a trip into town with our friends. The Kid's name is Darien she lives on a little boat named Byamee. We had some other friends that Darien introduced to us. The girl's name is Cassandra. We all met on the dock with our backpacks and stuff like that. Partly why my mom went into town is because she wanted to get a chip, which is how you can use wifi. My mom and dad are really concerned about wifi. Joyce, the mother of Darien, knew a place called tigo it sold chips for the ipad or ipod even a iPhone.

At the place called tigo there was a bin of old iPhone cases. All the kids went over and started sorting them into the different colors. When I looked over at the adults Joyce was sipping what looked like a lime juice freshly squeezed. My mom really wanted one, so my dad, my sister, and I went out on a street. And right there across the street there was a little stand that had lime juice. We walked over and said "we would like to have a lime juice." Of course we said it in Spanish. The guy behind the stand took a big spoon and dipped it into a square tank with white-ish stuff which I guess is something other than lime juice because then he took a lime from the pile of limes and cut the top off then cut two cuts one way and two cuts the opposite way. After he cut it open he put it in a little metal thing that he squeezed and the lime juice came out the bottom.

                                                                   It was delicious.

The man putting the lime juice in the cup.

The squeezer 

Santa Marta

     Santa Marta Colombia is a culture filled place and we've had fun walking the streets of this city.  Last night we went out to have a stroll at 7;00, and it was just as busy at any hour in the day!  We've feasted on street food, Arapas (corn meal buns stuffed with meat and cheese), Shishkabobs, and Limonada, the lime drink that is practically a staple in Colombian food!

This is a Limonada stand we bought from late in the evening.  Because it's so hot here more people are out at 8:00 than at 11:00.


Many nights we've disregarded our own kitchen, settling instead for the cheap, but delicious food-stands we find on the streets of Santa Marta.  Our  impression of Santa Marta has so far been amazing, everything is cheap, the food is wonderful, and we've had a very good time.