Hola! Bienvenidos!

I can't figure out how to get the exclamation point to flip upside down, so we're just going to roll with it. It's something I have yet to figure out back in Texas on my keyboard, and trying to figure out the keyboard in the hostel just isn't happening.

It finally felt like summer (or something closer to summer) here today - sunny and 85*. After the first part of the trip being cloudy, rainy, and 60*, I was running around in a tank top and shorts, much like everyone else in the country. I spend two and a half weeks in cool weather and suddenly I've lost all of my abilities to deal with warm weather.

We only had ten people tonight at dinner, which was odd. I'm so used to cooking for an army that it was a little odd to cook for so few. Then again, I don't think most people would use the word "only" when referring to cooking for ten hungry, hungry athletes.

The Foodstuffs:

• One pound ground beef.
• One packet American taco seasoning (I packed accordingly).
• Taco shells (I prefer hard shells, but whatever you like is great).
• Taco toppings (rice, beans, cheese, avocado, salsa, corn, etc.).

The How-You-Do-It

• Brown your ground beef in a skillet and drain off excess fat. 
• Add the seasoning packet, using as much or as little as you like.
• Slowly add water (a tablespoon-ish at a time) and mix the seasoning into the beef. 
• With the heat on low, cook until the water has evaporated and the seasoning is evenly distributed.
• Make yourself a taco assembly line and have at it!