Coffee

In Venezuela we have very good coffee. We are next to Colombia and they have the best coffee in the world. I think we had copied the skills of the Colombian coffee. In Venezuela everybody drink a lot of it. People is use to drink coffee every morning with the breakfast. In workshops everybody have a cup of coffee, also we have places to drink coffee like star bucks. However I don’t like any kind of coffee. I don’t like the flavor and I don’t like hot drinks. I prefer to drink tea but in Venezuela we are not use to drink unsweet ice tea. The only thing that we have in restaurants that is similar than tea is something called “Nestea” and is a kind of soda without sparkles. When I go to a restaurant and I want an ice tea I have to order a hot tea with a glass of ice. I like ice tea because is not strong like coffee and I think is better for your health. I like any kind of tea especially the red tea that I tasted when I was in Egypt. I didn’t remember the name of the flower to make that tea but was amazing. I like chamomile tea and green tea too. You don’t have to cry for me Anna I like tea.

Venezuelan Movies

I don’t like watch movies too much. In Venezuela everybody likes watch movies and also we have a lot of cinemas where people go very often. The 80 percent of the movies are from America but since few years ago we had increase our national movies. Our movies show the Venezuela culture too and they always have a topic related with insecure like kidnappings, robbers, drugs, and more. I don’t like the movies of Venezuela because I think we have more things to show to the world that are good about us. Our films are not really good. We don’t have good skills to produce a good movie. The only movie that was produced in Venezuela and was really good was one called “Kidnappings Express”. An American producer that was Cinemax bought this film. The movie has a really good texture and a good story. The actors were from Venezuela but they are not the same actors of always. They were new actors and I like that. After “Kidnappings Express” the industry of films in Venezuela have improve because before anyone liked the Venezuela movies. Right now a lot of producers are doing something interesting in my country. Although they are now pretty good I think in the future they will be better than today.

My favorite type of music

My favorite type of music is Reggaeton; I know is weird because no everybody likes. I like this type of music because is a happy and make you feel wake up. The reggaeton is a musical genre created in Puerto Rico and is a mix between hip hop, rap, dance and Latin style. This type of music is really good to dance because is fast and has a good rhythm. I love dance and specially reggaeton because you have to move all your body and sweat enjoying the dance. When you are dancing reggaeton you don’t need a partner because this type of music can be danced along. In Venezuelan night clubs we can hear a lot of reggaeton and everybody dance. I like to hear reggaeton in Carbondale because this type of music make me remember when I was in Venezuela and make feel happy.

My favorite duo of reggaeton is Wissin and Yandel, because for me they are the best reggaeton singers. I like them because they have good songs and good lyrics. Also when I was in Venezuela I when to a concert of Wissin and Yadel with my husband and we enjoy the moment and their music make me miss my husband and my country. I know some people think that reggaeton is not music but for me is a good music because is a new genre and is the genre of my time. Maybe when I would be old I would tell my sons “that was the music that I hear when I was young” like my parent tell me when they hear The Beatles.

Venezuelan Arepas

I really do not have a favorite food, because I am not a food lover. I eat for living but I don’t live for eating. However I want to talk about one food that is special in my country and the name is Arepa.

What is Arepa? The Arepa is a thick tortilla made with corn flour. The arepa can be roasted or fried and It is eaten stuffed with jam, cheese, eggs, beans or what each person like. The Arepa is perfect for brakfast but in Venezuela we eat Arepa in every moments and in diferents ways. At lunch time we eat Miniarepas, it is a small Arepa that we eat in replecement of bread. At night we can eat Arepas for dinner or if we go to a bar, when we leave of there, we can go to a place called arepera where we can eat arepas 24 hours a day.

In Venezuela we eat Arepas always even in parties, at the beach, or wherever we want. The Arepa is a cheap food and is really easy to make, the only thing that we have to do is mix the flour with water and then mold the arepa and put it in the grill for 10 minutes. The Arepa is an every day food. In Venezuela is our national food and when we leave from our country the thing that we miss is the Arepa, because we are used to eat Arepas every day.

Finally I want to say that the Arepa is a healty food and even healthier than bread, because corn flour is better than wheat flour.