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Could you make some
rondon and send it to us by
servientrega, please?
dŚŝƐŝƐĂŶŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁŵĂĚĞƚŽŽŶĞŽĨƚŚĞ^ĂŶĂŶĚƌĞĂŶŚŽƐƚĞƐƐĞƐǁŚŽƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞƐŝŶƚŚĞ
ŶŐůŝƐŚ/ŵŵĞƌƐŝŽŶWƌŽŐƌĂŵŵĞ͗ĂƐĞůŝƚĂ&ŽƌďĞƐ͘/ŶŚĞƌŝŶƚĞƌǀŝĞǁƐŚĞŵĂŬĞƐŝƚĞǀŝĚĞŶƚ
ƚŚĂƚŝƚŝƐƚŚƌŽƵŐŚƚƌĂĚŝƟŽŶĂůĨŽŽĚƐƚŚĂƚƌĞůĂƟŽŶƐŚŝƉƐĂƌĞĞƐƚĂďůŝƐŚĞĚĚƵƌŝŶŐƚŚĞĐŽƵƌƐĞ͘
ŌĞƌŚĂǀŝŶŐƚĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĨƌŽŵĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚƉůĂĐĞƐŝŶŽůŽŵďŝĂ͕ƐŚĞŶŽǁŵĂŬĞƐarepas (a typical
ŬŝŶĚŽĨďƌĞĂĚĨƌŽŵŶƟŽƋƵŝĂͿĨŽƌďƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚŽŶƚŚĞŝƐůĂŶĚ͕ĂŶĚƚŚĞƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂŶƚƚĞĂĐŚĞƌƐ
that have been at her home usually call her and ask her to send them rondon (a typical
dish from the island).
Y͗ tŚĞŶ ĚŝĚ LJŽƵ ƐƚĂƌƚ ĂƐ Ă ŚŽƐƚĞƐƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ /ĐŽƵůĚƌĞĐĞŝǀĞƚŚĞŵƚŚĞĨŽůůŽǁŝŶŐLJĞĂƌďĞĐĂƵƐĞ
WƌŽŐƌĂŵ͍
they were not very happy in that hotel and it
was really expensive. One year later they came
͗dŚĞĮƌƐƚƟŵĞ/ǁŽƌŬĞĚŝŶƚŚĞWƌŽŐƌĂŵǁĂƐŝŶ over and stayed with me. Then they started to
ϮϬϬϲ͘ƵƌŝŶŐƚŚŝƐĮƌƐƚƟŵĞǁŽƌŬŝŶŐĂƐĂŚŽƐƚĞƐƐ send other people to my home recommending
/ƐƉĞŶƚϮϴĚĂLJƐƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌǁŝƚŚϰĨĞŵĂůĞƚĞĂĐŚĞƌƐ͘ ƚŚĞŵ ƚŽ ƐƚĂLJ ŚĞƌĞ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞŶ / ƵƐƵĂůůLJ ǁŽƌŬ
dŚĞLJǁĞƌĞĨƌŽŵdƵŶũĂ͕ĂƌƚĂŐĞŶĂĂŶĚĂƌƌĂŶ- ǁŝƚŚ ƵƌŽƉĞĂŶ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͖ ƉĞŽƉůĞ ĨƌŽŵ /ƚĂůLJ ĂŶĚ
ƋƵŝůůĂ͘/ĂůǁĂLJƐƌĞĐĞŝǀĞǁŽŵĞŶĂƚŚŽŵĞ͘/ƚǁĂƐ ,ŽůůĂŶĚ͘ >ĂƐƚ LJĞĂƌ / ŚĂĚ Ă ŐƵĞƐƚ ĨƌŽŵ /ƐƌĂĞů͘
ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů͘ǀĞƌƐŝŶĐĞ/ŚĂǀĞŬĞƉƚǁŽƌŬŝŶŐĨŽƌƚŚĞ And they always come back. So being a hostess
ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵĂŶĚ/ŚĂǀĞƚŽƐĂLJ/ŚĂǀĞŶŽĐŽŵƉůĂŝŶƐ͘ ǁĂƐŶŽƚƌĞĂůůLJŵLJŝĚĞĂ͘/ƚĂůůƐƚĂƌƚĞĚǁŝƚŚƚŚŝƐ
ǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐĚƵƌŝŶŐĂůůƚŚŝƐƟŵĞŚĂƐďĞĞŶǁŽŶĚĞƌ- ĐŽƵƉůĞ͘ĞĐŽŵŝŶŐĂŶĂƟǀĞůŽĚŐŝŶŐĂŶĚŽīĞƌŝŶŐ
ĨƵů͘dŚĞƚĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĂůǁĂLJƐŚĂǀĞĂŶŝĐĞƟŵĞĚƵƌŝŶŐ this service was actually a coincidence.
the program and at home with me.
Y͗tŚĂƚŝƐƚŚĞĮƌƐƚƚŚŝŶŐLJŽƵĚŽǁŚĞŶƚŚĞƚĞĂY͗,ŽǁĚŝĚLJŽƵŐĞƚŝŶƚŚĞƉƌŽŐƌĂŵŝŶƚŚĞĮƌƐƚ ĐŚĞƌƐĂƌƌŝǀĞ͍
ƉůĂĐĞ͍
͗dŚĞĮƌƐƚƚŚŝŶŐ/ĚŽŝƐǁĞůĐŽŵĞƚŚĞŵǁŝƚŚƐŽŵĞ
͗sŝĐĞŶƚĂ;ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌŚŽƐƚĞƐƐƚŚĂƚǁŽƌŬƐĨŽƌƚŚĞ ƚLJƉŝĐĂůĨŽŽĚ͘/ƚǁŽƵůĚďĞƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐƚLJƉŝĐĂůĨƌŽŵ
program) invited me to work for Pamela Newball. ƚŚĞŝƐůĂŶĚůŝŬĞĂũƵŝĐĞŽƌƐŽŵĞƐǁĞĞƚƐ͘/ƚĚĞƉĞŶĚƐ
They were looking for some homes and Pamela ŽŶǁŚĂƚƟŵĞƚŚĞLJĐŽŵĞ͘Ƶƚ/ĂůǁĂLJƐƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ
ƐĞŶƚsŝĐĞŶƚĂƚŽŝŶǀŝƚĞŵĞ͘^ŝŶĐĞ/ŚĂĚŚĂĚŽƚŚĞƌ them with something typical. Most of them when
ŐƵĞƐƚƐďĞĨŽƌĞƚŚĞŶƚŚĞLJŝŶǀŝƚĞĚŵĞƚŽƉĂƌƟĐŝƉĂƚĞ ƚŚĞLJƚĂƐƚĞŝƚ͕ƚŚĞLJĂůǁĂLJƐůŝŬĞŝƚĂůŽƚ͘^ŽŵĞƟŵĞƐ
ŝŶƚŚĞƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͘ǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐƐƚĂƌƚĞĚϭϴLJĞĂƌƐĂŐŽ some of them are very excited and they always
with a German couple who were in a hotel on ŚĂǀĞ Ă ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞLJ ĮƌƐƚ ĂƌƌŝǀĞ
the island and they talked to me and asked me if because they don’t expect to have this view from
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ƚŚĞŽĐĞĂŶ͘ƚŚŽŵĞ/ĐĂŶƐĞĞƚŚĞŽĐĞĂŶĨƌŽŵƚŚĞ
backyard. So they say the backyard is actually
the ocean. They tell their family “we are staying
ŝŶĂŚŽŵĞǁŚĞƌĞƚŚĞďĂĐŬLJĂƌĚŝƐƚŚĞŽĐĞĂŶ͘͟/Ŷ
ƐŽŵĞĐĂƐĞƐ͕ůŝŬĞůĂƐƚLJĞĂƌ͕ƚŚĞƌĞĂƌĞƉĞŽƉůĞǁŚŽ
have never seen the ocean before. So it is always
ĂŐƌĞĂƚĮƌƐƚŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝŽŶǁŚĞŶƚŚĞLJĂƌƌŝǀĞ͘
ŶŐůŝƐŚ͘/ƐƉĞŶĚŵŽƌĞƟŵĞǁŝƚŚƚŚŽƐĞǁŚŽĚŽ
ŶŽƚŬŶŽǁŵƵĐŚ͕LJŽƵŬŶŽǁ͍dĞĂĐŚŝŶŐƚŚĞŵǁŚĂƚ
ƚŚĞLJĚŽŶŽƚŬŶŽǁ͘dŚĞŵŽƐƚĚŝĸĐƵůƚƉĂƌƚŝƐƚŚĞ
ƉƌŽŶƵŶĐŝĂƟŽŶŽĨƐŽŵĞǁŽƌĚƐ͘/ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞĞǀĞƌLJ
ĚĂLJǁŝƚŚƚŚĞŵ͘ƵƌŝŶŐƚŚĞƉƌŽŐƌĂŵƚŚĞLJŽŌĞŶ
ŚĂǀĞƚŽŐŽƚŽĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚŚŽŵĞƐŝŶƚŚĞĂŌĞƌŶŽŽŶƐ
ĂŶĚĚŽŚŽŵĞǁŽƌŬ͕ĂŶĚƚŚĞŶƚŚĞLJĐŽŵĞďĂĐŬĂŶĚ
ƐŝƚĚŽǁŶ͕ĂŶĚŵĂLJďĞ/ƚƌLJƚŽŚĞůƉƚŚĞŵ͘dŚĞLJ
Y͗tŚĂƚŝƐŝƚůŝŬĞŚĂǀŝŶŐƚĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĨƌŽŵĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐƵƐĞ^ƉĂŶŝƐŚďƵƚ/ŶŽƌŵĂůůLJůĞƚƚŚĞŵ
ƉůĂĐĞƐŝŶŽůŽŵďŝĂĂƚLJŽƵƌŚŽŵĞ͍
know that they have to speak in English all the
ƟŵĞ͘/ƚŝƐŚĂƌĚĨŽƌƚŚĞŵ͘/Ĩ/ŚĞĂƌƚŚĞŵƐƉĞĂŬŝŶŐ
͗dŚĞĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞŝƐŶŝĐĞ͘dŚĞLJŶŽƌŵĂůůLJďƌŝŶŐ ^ƉĂŶŝƐŚ/ƚƌLJƚŽĐŽƌƌĞĐƚƚŚĞŵ͘
things from their regions. They share typical things
ǁŝƚŚŵĞ͘/ĚŝĚŶŽƚŬŶŽǁŚŽǁƚŽŵĂŬĞarepa for Y͗tŚĂƚŚĂƉƉĞŶƐǁŚĞŶƚŚĞLJůĞĂǀĞ͍
ĞdžĂŵƉůĞ͘KŶĞ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJĞǀĞŶŝŶŐĂƚĞĂĐŚĞƌƐĂŝĚ͗
͞dŽŵŽƌƌŽǁ/ĂŵŐŽŝŶŐƚŽƉƌĞƉĂƌĞďƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚĨŽƌ ͗tŚĞŶƚŚĞLJůĞĂǀĞ/ŵŝƐƐƚŚĞŵ͘/ůŝǀĞǁŝƚŚƚŚĞŵ
ĞǀĞƌLJŽŶĞ͘͟/ƚŽůĚŚĞƌ͞LJŽƵƚĞůůŵĞǁŚĂƚƚŽďƌŝŶŐ͘͟ for a month so they become part of my family.
She then showed me how to make arepasĂŶĚ/ You get accustomed to living with them. When
ŶŽǁŵĂŬĞƚŚĞŵƚǁŽŽƌƚŚƌĞĞƟŵĞƐĂǁĞĞŬ͘/ůŝŬĞ ƚŚĞLJůĞĂǀĞ/ĨĞĞůǀĞƌLJƵŶĐŽŵĨŽƌƚĂďůĞďĞĐĂƵƐĞ/
ƚŚĞŵĂůŽƚ͘^ŽĂƐLJŽƵƐĞĞ͕/ůĞĂƌŶĨƌŽŵƚŚĞŵƚŽŽ͘ ĂŵĂůŽŶĞĂŐĂŝŶ͘/ƌĞĂůůLJŵŝƐƐƚŚĞŵ͘DŽƐƚŽĨƚŚĞŵ
ĐĂůůŵĞĐŽŶƐƚĂŶƚůLJĂŶĚ/ĐĂůůƚŚĞŵƚŽŽ͘tĞŬĞĞƉ
Y͗tŚĂƚĚŽLJŽƵƚŚŝŶŬŝƐƚŚĞŵŽƐƚĚŝĸĐƵůƚƉĂƌƚ ŝŶ ƚŽƵĐŚ ǀĞƌLJ ŽŌĞŶ͘ dŚĞLJ ƵƐƵĂůůLJ ƚĞůů ŵĞ ƚŚĂƚ
ĨŽƌƚŚĞŵŝŶƚŚĞƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͍tŚĂƚĚŽƚŚĞLJƵƐƵĂůůLJ they miss my food. Some of them told me once
ƐƚƌƵŐŐůĞǁŝƚŚ͍
“could you make us some rondon and send it to
ƵƐďLJ^ĞƌǀŝĞŶƚƌĞŐĂ͍WůĞĂƐĞ͍^Ž/ŐƵĞƐƐǁĞŚĂǀĞ
͗ dŚĞLJ ƵƐƵĂůůLJ ĂƐŬ ŵĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐƌĞĂƚĞĚƉƌĞƩLJƐƚƌŽŶŐďŽŶĚƐƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƌƐŚĂƌŝŶŐ
ŚŽŵĞǁŽƌŬ͘ / ƚŚŝŶŬ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ƉĂƌƚ ĨŽƌ food and daily experiences.
ƚŚĞŵŝƐƚŚĂƚƚŚĞLJƐŽŵĞƟŵĞƐĚŽŶŽƚŬŶŽǁŵƵĐŚ
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