The end of our vacation has arrived. We had a fond farewell lunch together, told stories, and shared laughs.
It was a great trip at an opportune time. Jasmine got to meet her great grandparents, and they got to meet her.
A couple weeks later, my grandpa passed away. I will miss him. He was my mentor, my art instructor, my family.
He told my mom, that he was glad to have met Jasmine, and he sees a special bond between Jasmine and I. Both were nice things to hear.
So what the heck is going on. We go to ‘sunny’ Tucson for a ‘warm’ vacation and I wake up today to snow in the mountains. What gives? Refund please!
Brrr. It got cloudy and chilly in Tucson. A rare occurrence for sure. Well at least it’s not snowing.
We decided to go for a walk around the condo. I for one, was still full from overeating at lunch, and thought some exercise would be a good thing.
We had lunch at another favorite of ours – Poco and Mom’s Mexican restaurant. They’re famous for their New Mexico hatch red and green chilies. I had their green chili chicken enchiladas – yummy goodness. Emily had two special order enchiladas with homefries.
So how do you top off a day visiting exotic animal? Why by eating a dinner of exotic cuisine.
We tried Peruvian restaurant for our first time. I was swooning when they brought out homemade corn nuts! And they were presented in such a cute wooden dish. (In case you don’t know, I enjoy corn nuts, I generally have a stash hidden somewhere. Hmm, not sure if boys are allowed to say ‘swooning’ and ‘cute’ – oh well.)
I had ‘chupe de camarones’ – a shrimp bisque with rice and cheese; and ‘aji de gallina’ – pulled chicken breast cooked in aji amarillo and roasted walnuts served over potato with a pyramid of rice. Both were great.
Emily had a vegetable and rice dish – with a “peruvian corn”, a large kernel corn with lots of flavor. It was served with a delicious sauce.
