Sigo investigando... pero no solo materiales, sino la comida!

I'm sorry I haven't been writing too much lately, but I didn't have time nor power to do so. What you have to know is that I'm not on vacation here (if you don't know by now ;), but it means both that I have my days filled with "exciting adventures" such as taking photos of written materials, and really exciting ones such as talking to people who are close to the economic development of Venezuela. Additionally, I don't have vacation from my work - so whenever someone wants to know something about bidets (www.bidety.pl) I receive calls from Poland. And that itself means I pick up calls at times such as 2:42 AM (9:12 AM in Poland) or 4:53 AM (11:23 AM in Poland)... Then I get up at 7 and go to my actual work here in Venezuela. You can imagine how this kind of lifestyle affects my living strength.

But enough about not so nice things. Let's focus on what is nice. Like food:

 This is chupe con camarones - a soup I ate at a Peruan restaurant. It was a very tasty soup with shrimps and a bit of rice. Thing you can see to your left is a very hot sauce I used to spice the soup a bit (really, VERY VERY HOT SAUCE, and this I'm telling you as a person who loves spicy food). Top right - chicha; a fruit drink a bit similar in taste to Polish compote...

and this is a meal I ate at a restaurant called Mundo de Pollo, thus: "World of Chicken". Grilled chicken, corn dough and a salad with avocado and palmitos. Palmitos are insides of a rainforest tree. To the right - malta; a drink 100% the same as our "podpiwek".

When it comes to tastes, there's one funny thing you should know. Today in the morning I ate an omelette with papaya, having to see fresh papaya for the first time in my life. What is interesting is that inside of papaya there are small, round seeds, looking like caviar. Their taste is 100% the same as bittercress (pol. rzeżucha)!!!

And last thing about food. Yesterday, coming back from the National Library (which is a true disaster), I was very hungry and couldn't find a proper place to eat. An Argentinian restaurant I found on the way happened to be too expensive (at least 130 VEF for a meal, which is an equivalent of 15 USD or 50 PLN), so I went to McDonalds. I know. I hate myself for this, too. But it was worth it at least for this photo:

 An "imperialist" restaurant that has its products "Made in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela"? That's unheard of! :)))

Today I have been wearing a shirt I got from CEDICE, saying "vote without a gag" ("vota sin mordaza"). That produced a funny situation, because not only people were stopping to read what is written on my shirt and laughing, but also two of them asked me for directions! What you have to know, there aren't many "gringos" around here (interestingly so, noone till now named me a "gringo"), and gringo walking in the street produces confusion, rather than a thought "oh, here's a walking money mashine" (here everyone wealthy enough has a car). So wearing this shirt I automatically entered the Venezuelan community, which is quite funny :). Then in the afternoon, I happened to meet Capriles Radonski's supporters in the street. Here's a photo with them:

Finally, here's how one of the books by Chavez finishes:

Patria, socialismo o muerte! EXPRÓPIESE!!!