Hola a Todos!
I just had a wonderful week of fun with my mom and sister in Nicaragua. I knew it was going to be a good trip when I picked them up from the airport and my mom told me that she accidentally put the house phone in her purse and brought it to Nicaragua. If that isn't a sign for a good trip I don't know what is!
So the first day they arrived. We went to the hotel to drop our stuff off. We stayed in the city of Granada. We took a short nap and then we decided to go in the city to walk around and eat dinner. In many ways Nicaragua is my mom's shopping dream come true. There are so many booths with crafts and such. My mom's favorite. Even though I had to explain the Nicaraguan/American money conversion to her every time she bought something... haha The city of Granada has a lot of cool restaurants and places to walk around. It was fun for Mom and Britt to walk around.
The next two days we spend visiting my old host family and my new host family. On Monday along with another friend of mine, we took my first host mom and host sister out to lunch in Catarina. At the restaurant we could look out and see Laguna de Apoyo, it was really pretty. Then Tuesday we went to the Market in the city of Masaya to do more shopping. We ate some delicious fresh fruit drinks before going to my town to see my current host family and to walk around the city. My mom brought gifts for the family and they really seemed to like them. Later on a few of my students from my community English class came over to meet my mom and sister. They were supposed to introduce themselves in English but they ended up doing nothing more than giggling. They were cute though.
The next day we decided to go to Mombacho volcano. We went in a truck up a steep hill to go part of the way up the mountain. Then after that we went on about an hour long hike to see the different look out points on the volcano. It was really pretty. Although not what my mom and sis were looking for. I think they wanted to see some smoke and lava haha. We plan on going to an active volcano next time. After this trip to the volcano we re-named mom MOM-bacho after the volcano. She can erupt just like a volcano haha. (Not really but it was funny to us at the time) We felt very active and adventurous that day because we went on a hike!
On Thursday we went to visit the Isletas of Granada. They are little islands that were formed when the volcano erupted and the rock from the volcano formed hundreds of little islands. We took a boat out to the islands and we had a tour guide show us all the flowers and birds and beautiful houses on the islands. If you are interested in buying an island, they start at about $300,000. We also went to Monkey Island. We tried to feed them Mangos but they weren't having it.
The trip went by really fast. It was so much fun to spend time with my mom and sister. I didn't want them to leave. I think they had a really great time in Nicaragua. The trip brought out their adventurous sides. At he end of the trip they already told me that they wanted to come back! If anyone wants to come and visit me between now and Christmas time, let me know!!!
I had a really great time with my mom and sister. I just wanted to make sure they had a good time and I think I accomplished that!
I have one or two pictures from everyday of the trip. The rest of my pictures will be on facebook.
Hasta Luego
