a few more.

from my last day in nica.

last photos IN nica

beethoven

i just heard someone playing 'joyful, joyful we adore thee' on a flute as they walked down the street.  it made me smile.  i have been pretty sick for a few days now hence the lack of updates.  my body really doesn't seem to like Nicaragua all that much.  tomorrow i'll be talking to a doctor in the US, so hopefully I can figure out something.  

anyhow, let's see what I've left out about the past few days:

thursday- more Spanish class in the morning.  we walked to a fort in Granada as well.  in the afternoon we watched a movie that was in Spanish, but it had English subtitles, so I don't think my Spanish got much practice.

friday- in the morning instead of sitting in the classroom, we made our way to one of the neighborhoods on the outskirts of town and met a woman who has been making tortillas by hand for 26 years to support her family.  she works 6 days a week and sells the tortillas to neighbors and at the market.  michelle & i got to try our hand at making tortillas- it was quite interesting.  

friday afternoon we had our dancing class- i believe it was a mix of salsa & meringue.  they brought in two european ex-students to be our partners since michelle is so tall.  it worked out well since they two guys knew about as much as we did.  it ended up being quite the lesson and much fun.  

ok, more later.  time for my daily cold shower.

photos for now

random child on the street showing off for me...

throwing rocks?

oops, no balance.

and he's down.

maria.

  

making tortillas.

taking corn to make it into mush.

maria's grandson.

more photos...

michelle.

las ninas.

el mono.

so it's a bit past one o'clock on wednesday. day 3 of classes.  i am sitting on our porch enjoying a breeze (finally!).  randomly cars drive down the street with speakers on top blaring out music and voices.  the drivers here really are crazy... stop signs don't really mean much.  they exist, but they aren't really obeyed.  the craziest is the many bicycles and motercycles that weave in and out of traffic.  I'm so glad all we have to do is walk everywhere... I think we'd die if we had to drive.  

classes are going pretty well.  i have the basics mostly down: colors, numbers, animals, vegetables, fruits, basic verbs & adjectives... it's almost like being in preschool again.  hehe.  

food is finally resting in my stomach, and not trying to make it's way back up.  the bugs continue to like michelle better than me, which is good for me and bad for her.  i'm also finally sleeping better at night though I think maybe I shouldn't sleep so much at night and still try to take naps.

Ok, well I'm off- we're going to the islands in the lake for our activity with the school today... should be fun.  

photos (with some text) !!

street scene, la merced in the background.

at la casa where we had our cooking lesson.

anjeliqua and her daughter.

cooking class.

el catedral.

funeral.

ice cream.  

loco street signs.

mi profesora

the director of escuela with her baby.

la merced.  la iglasia closest to mi casa.