What's Up El Salvador

This month Emme graduated into the 1st grade. In El Salvador this is a big deal, with a cap and gown ceremony, and other grades singing to the new members of the elementary class. I am proud to say that through all the trauma of adjusting to a new language and new culture, to adjusting [...]

Last week my daughter’s school held the annual pre-school intramurals. I must admit, I did not know what an intramural is, we did not have them at any school I attended, but I figured it out. I was already in the family gathering mood, since the week prior to the intramurals, the school hosted a [...]

We took a family trip to Tin Marin this week. Tin Marin is a educational children´s museum located in San Salvador at Parque Cusclatlan. The exhibits and activities are all interactive and designed to involve children in learning about everything from dentistry to volcanoes. My daughter especially loved brushing the teeth of a giant mouth, [...]

I am an expat woman and my Daughter is 5 years old, and it is a big task helping her manage her stress, and my own at the same time. Her energy, her mindset and her changes as she learns are not shocking, but they are still a challenge to handle correctly. Her biggest complaint [...]

This weekend I had the opportunity to visit Tacuba, a pretty town in the Department of Ahuachapan. The weather was rainy, and for me that was fine. I find rain relaxing. In El Salvador, rain breaks up the humid warmth pleasantly. Tacuba is in the mountains and it is not very hot, but I´m convinced [...]

Our first week here I stayed at the Hotel Alicante in Nuevo Cuscatlan while my husband Andy was in Apaneca judging the Cup of Excellence. Emme and I stayed In San Salvador and completed the arrangements to rent the house we currently live in, and then headed for the mountains to join my husband toward [...]