A little more than a year ago I got Heinz some surf lessons as a birthday gift and he's been hooked ever since. He wasn't much of a beach person but since he started surfing we go as often as we can and this makes me very v-e-r-y happy because I LOVE the beach! I love it so much I would happily move there any day!
So, for our anniversary we couldn't think of a better thing to do than to take the day off and make ourselves enjoy some surf&sun sessions.
We are lucky enough to live in a city that is 30 minutes away from one of the best surf spots in Central America: El Tunco. This little beach town is one of the coolest places in El Salvador, it's filled with tourists -mostly surfers- and friendly locals.
The night before our anniversary we packed our things and drove to our hotel. Next day we woke up to this view:
We had breakfast and then chilled by the pool where I had a lovely michelada which I'm sure must have been made with love because it was SO GOOD!
Micheladas should be declared our national drink and no tourist should ever leave my country without having one. They are made by serving a really cold beer in a glass filled with ice, lemon juice, worcester sauce and hot sauce.
They are refreshing and delicious and even though mine was more than perfect I decided I would only have one as for dinner we had planned to have -best date night ever- pizza and beer!
Pizza and beer may not sound as the romantic dinner one would have for a 5 year anniversary but Heinz & me are definitely not the fancy dinner type of couple and even though people may find it bizarre/boring/sad we enjoy ourselves being this way.
We didn't exchange gifts (we almost never do) or did anything out of the ordinary in fact all we did was to have a pretty normal day at the beach:
- We stepped out of the hotel to have a delicious salvadorean coffee at Dale! Dale! Café!
Actually I had the delicious coffee while Heinz had some orange juice claiming he needed the sugar boost for his upcoming surfing session - Can you tell the sugar high from his smile? -
- We walked around to enjoy the laid back vibe in this flip flops and boardshorts kind of place.
How cool is the supermarket name&sign?
Beach and healthy food?..sign me up!-
- We returned to our hotel and walked by the beach
- At dinner time we went out following the strict flip flop and boardshorts dress code and had the best pizza in El Salvador the world.
El Tunco Veloz is a pizzeria at playa El Tunco. Simply the best pizza E-V-E-R.
Even though we don't make a big deal out of it anniversaries are special to us, we may not dress up for it but we do embrace them as a day to look back and forward. Heinz is the best partner, friend, support and inspiration I can have (one day I'll tell our how-we-met story) and I don't need a special day to acknowledge that! Everyday I'm thankful that I made the decision to spend my life with him and remembering that I was smart/lucky enough to do it puts a smile on my face every time.
And just as I chose him he chose me and to realize that we are together by choice THAT for me is the true gift.
