The Food Festival

On Saturday there was a food festival that was called Aimeniarte. We walked a couple of blocks from our apartment to a park were the Food Festival was, we could already smell the food. We had left just before lunch so that when we got there we would be hungry to try some new food! We started on one side of what looked giant circle of little tents with different restaurants housing all different kinds of food. This weekend and the next weekend were the only weekends they were doing it, this weekend was international foods and next weekend would be all Colombian foods. We found some special tents to buy tickets that we payed for the food with. As we walked along we found a place with a picture of a big yummy looking brat with melted cheese on top. The place was called Divino Swiss House. We got in line and Dad ordered to the guy in Spanish for one brat like the one in the picture. After they cooked the brat they stuck it in a bun and another guy with a huge block of Swiss cheese, then put the cheese under a special heater, when some of the cheese melted he scraped it onto our brat. It was very crowded so we had a hard time finding an empty table and five chairs. Eventually Maddie and I had to go up to some random people and ask with one Spanish word meaning chair, and a finger to point at what we were talking about, to get a couple extra chairs. We all gathered around and each took a bite of the delicious cheese covered brat until it was gone. This was the way we decided to eat all of our food, because we all wanted to try a lot of different things. When we saw something that looked plain good, or just new and interesting we stopped to get one and experimented to see if we liked it! Soon we were ready for dessert. We all picked out our own thing that looked good and got it. Mom, Maddie, Dad and I all got ice cream, while Damon got some chocolate moose. Colombia was playing against Peru, but unlike the other Colombia game we watched here it came to a disappointing end when Peru won 2-0. Colombia came very close to scoring multiple goals but after Peru scored the second goal everyone watching got up and left the game.

Several times while we were walking around the big circle of tents we found other tents that didn't have food in them. One of the tents was a circus tent that we went into. Inside was a bunch of things that are at a circus, we tried stilts, hula-hooping, walking across a balance beam, balancing on a board which was on top of a big tube, and hanging from ribbons. This turned out to be a very fun stop for all of us! While we were walking to look for some food, a guy who spoke English stopped us and asked if Damon, Maddie or I, wanted to trying throwing some baskets to get a prize. It was free so we decided to go for it! We each would get three throws into a droopy looking basket attached to a board. Damon threw first and it bounced off the rim, but on his seconded try it swooshed through the hoop, we all smiled and he went over to get his prize. He chose a frisbee. I was up next and when I threw my first shot, it bounced off the backboard. I picked up the ball again, and Damon said “aim lower!” I did this and it flew through the hoop. I walked over and also grabbed a frisbee. Maddie stepped onto the platform, picked up the basketball and threw it, it swooshed though the hoop on her first try and we all cheered, “you should have played basketball!” Dad exclaimed. Maddie went over to pick out a prize and selected the slinky, which came in very useful when she got board at the soccer game! After the soccer game we packed up and went back home. Wednesday came and it was a holiday, Colombia's Independence Day. Normally they wouldn't have the food festival on Wednesday but because it was a holiday it was an exception. We liked the Food Festival so much that we came back to try some more new food and enjoy more activities!

Elena