Passover holiday ended this week, and it has been very enriching. The only bad was this week, the sunny and abundant heat has been replaced with damp and cold. I didn't do any extreme travelling, mainly just along the coast, to the city and a lot of chilling and hanging out with friends But probably the highlight of the Pesach here was to be able to completely follow it (completely to me).
In America, I have never been very observant of it outside a not-very-religious-Seder. Here, the Seder I actually choose to participate in was a religious Seder, complete with Karpas, mar-or, the questions, wine and everything. I almost questioned if I would feel too out of place, but it was a great experience and it confirmed my belief that the Chabad are very welcoming to all denominations and levels of observance. Now I am proud to say I am familiar with the religious aspect of the Seder. Here, even if you did not want to observe Pesach you are kind of forced too. The Chametz aisles are closed off and many restaurants are closed. Of course, you have Tif-Tam store if you just wanted to go out of the way to break the rules.
Also, here there is not only the hard Matza (the only thing largely available in my area in USA), there are many K+ soft and fresh breads available, and you can even find pizza places that are Kosher L'Pesach. In Texas I deal without- and in my case suffer, because I am large bread eater, but here there are options, that while not as tasty at least imitate a normal piece of bread. April 2015 is full of memorial and holidays.

The Spring is here and the flowers are blossoming in my apartments community garden.
