We Found Salt!!!

After being in Cuba for five days, we finally found salt. Our apartment had only a pinch of salt on hand, making me realize how important salt is. We searched the few stores we could find, but again, they only had tomato sauces, sodas, and laundry detergent. We even thought about taking some from one of the restaurants we went to, but decided against it. After being cooped up all day, since everyone seems to be sick with a head cold, we finally left the apartment in search of food and just as importantly, salt. Any who, we walked to a mini-mercado a few blocks from our apartment, found some cookies, spaghetti, tomato sauce, sardines, and.....salt! It was magical, we could finally add flavor to the eggs, rice, and beans we have been making at home. I was honored when I was chosen to grab a bag of salt from the sack that was lying on the floor. I reached in...picked one up....and my hand got covered in salt. I sorted through the bags of salt, but alas they all had a gaping hole on the bottom, leaking salt everywhere, but we had to get salt, so, I grabbed one, put it on the counter, and wiped the salt onto the floor. This wonderful experience was the highlight of our day...no...our entire trip. I'm sitting here now watching my dad make spaghetti, that I will put salt on, oh it will be so good.