Buñuelos Dias Friday

When I was doing my student teaching last year in the United States I had a ritual on Fridays of going early to get coffee before school at a café called Biggby and reading my bible. It was something I always looked forward to at the end of the week. I coined the term: “Biggby Friday”. Ohhhh! It was always such a nice way to end the week. It was so nice, in fact, I’ve decided to bring it to Colombia. Small problem: we don’t have Biggby here. Solution: Buñuelos Dias instead.

Buñuelos Dias is a little restaurant down the road from my house that is right along our school bus route. It specializes in these circular doughnut things called buñuelos.  Imagine a non-sweet doughnut hole with a hint of cheese flavor and a little bit of salt. I don’t particularly like them, but most people would kill for a buñuelo. So, here’s my new ritual. Leave my apartment early, go to Buñuelos Dias, order a coffee, scrambled eggs with an arepa, and 15 buñuelos to take with me to school to share. While waiting for my buñuelos I eat my scrambled eggs, drink my coffee and read my bible. It is straight awesomeness and pretty cheap. My breakfast costs me a mere $1.75 and the added buñuelos to share bring the bill just under $6. I’d say that’s worth it!

Today as I participated in “Buñuelos Dias Friday” several things were brought to my attention that made me grin. Here is the list:

1. As I walked down the street, a school bus drove by with a few children already on board. The peculiar thing was there were playboy bunny stickers covering the windows…on a school bus? Only in Colombia. 
2. I passed 2 gentleman talking to each other and said “Buenos días” (good morning)…they responded “Buenos días Niña” (good morning girl)…it doesn’t translate well in English. BUT it shows that although I just had a birthday and am a whopping 23 now, I can still be called a girl! Woooo hooo
3. I almost tripped and fell…for the 5^th time this week. Most of the time I’m walking next to someone and they laugh. It makes me smile. Today I was all alone and almost broke my ankle. Lol. That did not make me smile
4. My sister and Zach sent me a package and last night when I packed my bag I put a packet of sixlets in my backpack. As I was walking, I remember this and it made me smile: today is going to be a good day! 
5.  For the past 6 days I have been suffering from the Colombian flu and basically felt like death. Today was the first morning I did not think once, “Wow, I feel like death”. …well I didn’t think it until I realized I hadn’t thought it, then I thought it…but I didn’t think it because I felt it..I just thought it. Do you follow? Lol. 
6.  As I was eating my breakfast a lady walked by to buy some buñuelos and said hello and something else in Spanish that roughly translates, “Good morning, I remember you here last week.” Score! …I remembered her too. I had learned a new way to say “How are you this morning” in Spanish and she had said it to the workers last week at Buñuelos Dias on my first “Buñuelos Dias Friday”. I was excited that I remembered the phrase, understood her using it, and gathered meaning from the exchange. By now we are basically friends. 
7.  My scrambled eggs were delicious. Just delicious. They had a wonderful buttery flavor and paired with an arepa were just fantastic. The best way to describe an arepa is to call it a circular flat-bread made with corn flour. Arepas are a staple here

So those are my thoughts from my second “Buñuelos Dias Friday”. I’d say it was a success! See you next week Señor Buñuelos.