My Ecuadorian Christmas

hey! so despite what i said in my last entry, this blog about my holiday experiences is very much late, as it´s already mid-january!

well, my holidays were soooooooooo different than i´m used to! for one thing, there was absolutely no snow! it wasn´t even cold out! on the contrary, it was super super hot. That would make sense since my family went to the beach for christmas! it was an amazinggg beach. completely beautiful. The beach we went to was called Atacames, and it´s about 6 hrs away from my home in Quito. We headed down to the beach on Christmas eve and stayed there for a week. My brother´s girlfriend´s family owns a house close to Atacames, so we stayed there.

When we arrived there on Christmas eve, we ate lots of meat. Then we handed out presents, gave people hugs, and went to sleep. That was my christmas. We seriously only celebrated for 10 minutes on christmas eve. On christmas day, we went to the beach and just layed out in the sun all day. I also made my whole family take pictures in rediculous christmas headbands that my mom sent from home. My family was really amused by them. My brother and sister kept shaking their heads to make the bells on their reindeer antlers jingle. it was so funny!

Other than that, the whole week that we were at Atacames, was spent on the beach. We left the beach to eat tons of seafood, and then returned afterwards. I ate soooooo much seafood during that trip! The most awkward thing that i ate was this thing that still had its beady little eyeballs attached to it when the waitor handed it to me. it tasted amazing, but i was slightly afraid of the eyes because they wouldn´t stop staring at me...jajaa. i also had tons of crab, lobster, fish, shrimp, clam, etc. lots and LOTS of seafood. but all of it was completely delicious, so it made me happy. =)

Overall, this was my absolute strangest Christmas EVER. but it was fun, and i got to spend time with my family! that was the best part of the trip. also, i got a tan. which i didn´t really need now that i think about it...but oh well. Now, i know that i never want to spend another christmas away from home, and without snow. But this christmas was definately an experience, and i´m really glad i got to experience it!