Julie and I have learned a few lessons during the trip. Through conversations with others we assumed that more people here knew English as a second language. To be honest that's not the case. Learning to communicate was challenging at times but Julie's basic Spanish got us over some hurtles and Julio helped us a lot. So tonight Julie and I decided to go to Hunter's, a restaurant a few blocks from the hotel. As we get the menu we both are looking at it and realizing that it's not English friendly at all and our waiter knows zero English so we're pretty much on our own. So I could play the safe game and order something that's obvious (empanadas, wings, etc) but I see something called Bife Chorizo. Hmmmm, I'm guessing Bife is beef and I know what chorizo is so I figure it's steak and chorizo sausage or something. So Julie goes all out with something called Hunter's Mix Futbolero. It has all sorts of stuff. One word she didn't know was costillas. We had no idea what that was. So they come out with mine. It's a steak seasoned with chorizo. Good call. It was delicious. So they bring Julie's out with a box with a bag in it, some rubber gloves, and a plate with ribs and wings. Yup, costillas was ribs! Julie was laughing pretty good and said "It's RIBS!" I know what costillas is now!!!". The box with the bag in it was for the bones of the ribs and wings. Interesting. Anyway, everything was great.
