Navidad Salvadoreno - Part 2

We spent the majority of our time with Mario's family in a town called Sensuntepeque.  It's a small town with not much to do in the way of vacationy stuff so we spent the time eating amazing Salvadoran home cooking, walking around the centro, (park in the middle of town,) and visiting with family.

Sensunte market at Christmas

About the middle of our stay we were running low on diapers and ventured to the one grocery store in town, Super Selectos.  It's located near the outdoor market, which in the days immediately preceding Christmas, is a madhouse.  Everyone from surrounding small towns floods Sensuntepeque to buy last-minute Christmas items.  Cars and pedestrians filled the street, and we had to weave between cars spewing black exhaust.  Inside Super Selectos it was so full the check out lines were backed up down the isles.  A speaker right at baby ear-level blasted music and ofertas.  We made it there and back unharmed, but needless to say it was our first and only family trip to the mercado.

Reyes family cousins and Tia Xiomara

Windham did remarkably well with the 20+ family members wanting to hold and play with him.  But when he was done he'd always come to mama or dad.  He especially loved attention from Tio Jairo, who chased him around, carried him endlessly, and let him play with his phone.  Jairo was a wonderful host and drove us all around the country from the airport to the beach to the ruins.