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[00:00.38] Katie: So imagine that I was going to go to Venezuela, what are three things that I absolutely have to see if I go there?

[00:06.63] Gilda: Well, it depends where you go. But if you go to Caracas, the capital, definitely visit the wealthy side of the city.

[00:15.88] You can go shopping at very nice shopping malls. And also, you have to go to the disco. There are so many nightclubs.

[00:26.88] Katie: Nice.

[00:27.63] Gilda: Enjoy salsa. Yeah. What else? Oh. Well, we are very close to the beach side from the city.

[00:38.38] So like normally, every weekend, people in Caracas, the capital go to the beach and spend the day there after having – after spending the whole night dancing, so.

[00:51.13] Katie: That sounds amazing.

[00:52.38] Gilda: It's like connecting two days.

[00:54.13] Katie: Amazing.

[00:55.63] Gilda: Yeah. If you go to the south, definitely you should visit the Canaima National Park.

[01:04.13] It's a famous park because it has the highest waterfall in the world. It's called Angel Falls.

[01:10.63] Katie: Yeah.

[01:11.13] Gilda: Yeah. So, and obviously, if you go there, you will get to see how the indigenous people live and try some of their food. Yeah.

[01:21.63] Arepa, which is mandatory if you got to Venezuela, you have to eat that.

[01:25.88] Katie: What's that?

[01:26.63] Gilda: It's made of corn, yes corn – it's sort of like corn flour. It's only in Venezuela, you can find it.

[01:36.13] And it's daily breakfast. So like I cannot live without arepas every day. I have to eat it.

[01:43.88] Katie: So is it like a sandwich or…?

[01:45.63] Gilda: It looks like a hamburger

[01:47.63] Katie: Okay.

[01:48.38] Gilda: And in the middle, like you put stuff in. It could be anything you want; cheese, meat, whatever you want.

[01:56.63] So there are so many styles of arepas. Yeah.

[01:59.38] Katie: Sounds amazing. And speaking of food, what other Venezuelan food could you recommend?

[02:05.13] Gilda: We also eat a lot of empanadas. I think you can find those in all the countries in South America.

[02:17.88] But every country has their original style.

[02:18.38] Katie: What's that?

[02:18.88] Gilda: It's also made from corn flour, and it's baked. Some of them could be fried.

[02:28.13] And they have meat or chicken inside. It's very tasty.

[02:32.38] And it's always like a breakfast thing. Yeah.

[02:35.13] Also, if you go there during Christmas, you can try hallaca.

[02:39.88] It's a traditional dish in Christmas. And it has all the four types of meat.

[02:49.88] It has pork, it has chicken, beef, fish, plus vegetables. It's very tasty.

[02:57.88] I know it sounds a little bit like oh, all together, but it's very tasty but you get a lot of weight after Christmas.

[03:05.63] Katie: I can imagine. That's what Christmas is for, right? Putting on weight.

[03:08.38] Gilda: Yeah, exactly. So everybody in January, new resolutions, losing weight.

[03:12.13] Katie: Sounds about right. Now I'm really hungry.