After living in America my entire life, I've witnessed many different cultures. One that I recently was able to experience in a recent trip with my family was the Salvadorian culture, my parent's homeland. I was able to witness many different relationships between family members and neighbors. I was also able to experience just how different a simple shopping day can be. Traveling has given me a new perspective on different cultures in relations to mine.
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It was June 15, 2012 when we took our family trip to my parent's homeland. It was my first time going to El Salvador and I was very nervous and scared, I didn't know what to expect. I had all these thoughts and emotions running through my body. I had heard a lot of different rumors about El Salvador and didn't know what to believe anymore. The only fact I knew about El Salvador was that the air was extremely hot and I had to be prepared for temperatures of 100 degrees or more. I was already used to hot weather but not to extremely hot and dry air. My flight was very relaxing, we didn't have too much turbulence and we were able to get to El Salvador in about 5 hours. As we were landing I remember opening the airplane window shade and looking out to witness this beautiful view. It was very sunny and the scenery looked like those out of a painting. The captain finally made his announcement and we could finally head out of the plane. My family and I got our luggage and headed outside to wait for our taxi, and that's when it finally hit me.
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I was in a different county that I knew nothing about and that everything I would experience will not be the same as what I'm used to in the United States. I remember it being hot not only extremely hot but the air was very dry. Back home in Virginia we usually have high temperatures with humid air. We got into our taxi and headed to the house my dad owned in El Salvador. It was located in the city of San Salvador.