Day 3 in Nicaragua

Tuesday, June 20, 2006


Day 3 in Granada

I just finished day 2 of spanish class. Its pretty overwhelming. By the way, I cant do apostrophes today...but I got question marks! Anyway, I am staying with a host family now, so I have to go to the internet cafe to write. The family Im staying with is very nice and is helping me with my spanish. I go to class from 8 to 12. They are feeding me so good too. Lots of food and no exercise, except walking around everywhere. I brought my resistance bands, which I did a little this morning before class. Its too damn hot to do much and theres no a.c....anywhere, except with the family who housed me in Managua. But, the homes and buildings here are built with REALLY tall ceilings...maybe 25 ft? It helps, I think, since warm air rises, right? Also, some "rooms" in the house are open to the outside...i.e. no ceiling. And, it is customary to leave the front door open as well as the back to allow air to come in. Finally, there are fans, but I found the electricity is prone to go out at random times for extended periods. So, its pretty warm. Oh yeah...another thing is they HAND WASH their clothes in this special sink that has like a washboard built in. Its pretty cool...I washed a load of my clothes there...it was fun. Wouldnt want to do it all the time however. Everything is really cheap here, too. Its unbelievable. My stay at the hostel cost me a whopping $5 plus $3 for a beer and a huge burrito. This week Im paying $180 for 20 hours instruction and 3 BIG meals a day and my own room w/bath. I only get cold showers(which is very nice, actually) and again, if no water...must use bucket to swish out the toilet and manually flush. Havent had to do that one yet. Okay thats it for now, since Im paying by the minute. Adios!