My favorite street mural thus far!
Power of the MONKEEEEEY
March.....how did it come so quickly?! Well it has and here we are wrapping up another wonderful, sunny month in South America. Paraguay is going well, I am learning more about the culture, the food, the traditions of the 'interior' (campo/countryside). The Guarani language is so intricate that I doubt I will pick up more than salutations, my head's a bit full of languages at the moment, but I respect how important it is to communicate without a translator, so hopefully during my travels outside of Asuncion I'll pick up a bit more!
I'm sorta following American politics (plastered everywhere here!) but more interested in what Obama is continuing to do (Cuba what?! Sippin' mate in Argentina? Politely addressing hecklers at a speech? Keep it up!). Honestly I'm more interested in the current political situation in Brazil, as I foresee something similar happening in the US IF (and that's a BIG IF, I mean HUUUGE) if Trump somehow wins.....Anyways, for those Americans out there reading this, look into the Dilma-Lula-Petrobras sitch....very relevant.
Recently I've been experimenting with refrigerator pickled veggies. Currently I have some spicy ginger beets and sweet dill pickles chilling while I'm out and about, but here is my first batch of carrots and cucumbers, they turned out super tasty!
I went to the International Blues Festival hosted in Asuncion. I had no idea blues and jazz are so popular in South America, with bands visiting from all over this continent!
Prince-like guitarist of Big Charlie's Blues Band (Ciudad de Este)
After party at Poniente
Rockin' it
Big Charlie himself!
Cactus bar where many blues bands played...really want to see this film now!
"And we danced all night"...yep, Costanera @ dawn
30 min later, love the color change from indigo to sky blue
street art on my way to Shopping Excelsior to fry up a post all night dance party cheesyburger!
Monocromo Art Opening
I went to a friend's art exhibition catered with delicious local stew, fried zucchini and yummy desserts! Great to see new art happening in the heart of Asuncion:
art out of recycled materials
soup in the cityscape
Ramon explaining his muse
This was my first adventure making pumpkin curry, turned out well with some shaved coconut!
my lil punkin served me well!
I kept the roasted chicken wings on the side so it was vegetarian-friendly! Curry turned out beautifully and we topped it off with lime, basil, chives, and roasted pumpkin seeds. The chicken wings were baked with a simple glaze of honey, spices, and apple cider vinegar...pairs well with BEER!
super tasty lunch...spicy bbq dressing on a super green salad and my take on bruschetta (without the oil) sautéed peppers on top of melted cheese
made my own cake balls for Mayeli's bday! Bake a cake, then crumble it up...mix it with dulce de leite and it tastes and feels like cake batter but it's cooked so safe to eat!
portable balls to be decorating with chocolate icing on site...I used chopsticks to serve
typical Paraguayan stew courtesy of Mayeli's cooking! With a cucumber, lime and parsley juice, mandioc, and one of my shaken salads mmmmmhmmmm good!
Key to healthy living is spicing everything up! So now we have basil, lettuce variety, rugula, and cherry tomatoes growing in recycled containers!
Green day at the market! So many different greens, spices, and plants for Terere
lunch after the green market...crunchy green salad and lean pork sandwich with homemade pickles, mustard, and melted cheeeeeeeeese
Most ambitious fusion project yet! Curried potato-stuffed tomatoes
turned out gorgeous...with an eggplant garlic yogurt sauce
Can't wait to make it again!
OMG discovered Paraguay has frozen yogurt, GRAPEFRUIT flavored! Yes, I will be coming back :)
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