Aron really loves churros, and is perfectly content to snack on either the cinnamon-sugar variety that one finds in Mexican restaurants, or the less sweet, perfect-for-dipping-in-chocolate variety one finds in Spain. In fact, in both Barcelona and Madrid, Churro-tasting was a key element of the visit. And not since those trips to Spain have we had such delicious, Spanish-style churros. That is, until yesterday! When I read about La Churreria in Nolita, I grabbed Aron and our baby and we all headed downtown. The cafe is intimate, with just a few marble-topped tables and counters you can pull up to. We decided to go totally sweet and get a shot of espresso poured over sweetened condensed milk (like coffee candy) along with churros and chocolate. The one time we tried making churros was a total disaster (scary frying accident and all), and we may not be back to Spain for quite some time, so I am sure Aron will be steering us back here for his future fix.
It looks like we might have a month free (August) between the time Aron finishes his residency and the day he starts a new job–and we want to use it to go see some amazing place, just the three of us!
It might be the only time for years and years that Aron will have more than a two week vacation to travel. So here are some qualifications we’re hoping the destination might meet: Ideally, it wouldn’t be a place that you would go with only a week (i.e. the Caribbean), and really takes advantage of the fact that we have an extended amount of time by being either difficult to reach or too vast to visit on a brief trip. It should be affordable enough once we arrive that it won’t break the bank to stay 3-4 weeks (e.g. Southeast Asia would be easier on the wallet than Europe). We’ll be traveling with a one-year-old, so we’d like to avoid things like Malarial zones and would like to be able to stay in fairly comfortable accommodations and maybe rent an apartment for a while rather than move around a lot. Those of you with one-year-olds, please weigh in about considerations you would keep in mind; are we overlooking something? We’d like to go someplace warm with beach days for at least part of the time (but beach alone won’t justify a month). And our month off is August, so we need to be mindful of the heat and the possibility of things like typhoons. (On that note, do any of you have any experience traveling during the rainy/hot season in Asia?)
So I need your help–any ideas? I might put together some imaginary (possibly fantasy) itineraries for the blog if I get my act together. I can’t believe how fast it’s going to come; I think we have to buy tickets very soon!
Ever since Hudson took over my closet (he is now trying with great success to take over the rest of our 500-square-foot apartment), I’ve tried to be better about folding and putting away my clothes (with much less success). How awesome would it be to have all of my clothes folded like this? Its actually pretty easy to do once you get the hang of it, so I have no excuse. Now I just need a Japanese Art of Onesie-folding video.
Have a great weekend! Hudson has been doing all kinds of exciting new things recently (except sleeping well), so we might have to share some more family photos next week. Until then, the goal is to sleep soundly under a pile of neatly folded t-shirts.
