Well all of this turned out to be true and then some. We might just as easily have seen the country through the eyes someone who cared less and did not exude love. When you love something you want to care for it. When you love something, you want others to love it also. I have been blessed to travel to many wonderful parts of the world, but my experience of those places is so much more rich when I am with someone who truly loves their home and wants me to love it as well.
As for loving tortillas and beans for breakfast, not so much.