I've got three larger themes to talk about when I am not falling asleep at my chair (it's too darn hot!)... femininity, illness, and spirituality. Personally they embody the biggest challenges I've faced over these weeks, and I think I've gained some perspective - or at least the material, and words, to communicate my experience - regarding them.
On a side note, over this trip I've eaten many foods for the first time, including: turkey, fish, eggplant, bell peppers (in their whole form), apple-flavored yogurt (for some reason in the states, we don't really flavor anything with apples), potatoes (in a chopped, stir-fried form - I'd only ever had french fries, and I still have never had a baked potato or mashed potatoes) and pistachio ice cream. (Also, cosmopolitans and vodka, though those aren't exactly food.) At the risk of being completely unoriginal, I must say that the turkey was delicious, and really, it tasted like chicken.
You've never had mashed potatoes? Seriously? You need to come over to my house and this situation shall be rectified. I promise not to make them soupy, and I can guarantee they will be the best mashed potatoes you will ever taste.
ReplyDelete~ "Beans."