It has been quite a crazy few weeks. Jess and I have been very busy and internet availability has been spotty, but it looks like we’re back on track now. A lot of people have been asking about our daily schedule here in Nicaragua. Well, here it is!
3 days a week we have Spanish class in the morning in our training towns. Each town has 3 or 4 people living in it, so the classes are small and discussion based. During the afternoon we have “applied Spanish,” which gets us out and about Santa Teresa meeting local people and practicing our lessons from the morning. About once a week we’ve been learning a Nicaraguan recipe and cooking it in one of our host families’ houses. Last week we made “bunuelos” which are kind of like fried dough, although the main ingredient is yucca root and cheese. They are fried and coated in honey. Quite delicious. This week we made “Sopa de Queso” or Cheese Soup. Interesting, but I probably won’t make it again.
2 days a week we travel to a central location where we meet up with our entire training class and have technical sessions, where we learn about Health Promotion here in Nicaragua. Right now the sessions are focused on learning how to work with specific populations we’ll encounter in our service (youth, pregnant women, macho men). These sessions get kind of long, but they are taught by volunteers currently serving, so we’re able to get a good sense of what life will be like after we swear in.
That’s been the schedule for the past 4 weeks. Week 5 is about to change all that, however. We’ll be visiting currently serving volunteers for about 4 days. I’ll be heading south to San Carlos, at the southern tip of Lake Nicaragua. It’s about a 10 hour bus ride from Managua. That’s a school bus, not a charter bus. It will be interesting, for us. Jess is headed in the exact opposite direction, almost to the border with Honduras. Her ride is about 4 hours. She’s heading into the cool mountains, and I’m heading into the rain forest. It will be an interesting 4 days, for sure. Hopefully there will be plenty of pictures to follow!
OK, here are a few pictures from last week’s Fiestas Patronales. We’ll be sure to follow them up with our trip to the beach as soon as Jess has internet access!
By the way, we received two letters today. One from the Bunnells, and one from Jeff and Marie Lyttle (and even a drawing from Megan). Thanks for all of your thoughts. It’s a great feeling to know so many people are keeping up with these posts. Gracias y Adios!
3 days a week we have Spanish class in the morning in our training towns. Each town has 3 or 4 people living in it, so the classes are small and discussion based. During the afternoon we have “applied Spanish,” which gets us out and about Santa Teresa meeting local people and practicing our lessons from the morning. About once a week we’ve been learning a Nicaraguan recipe and cooking it in one of our host families’ houses. Last week we made “bunuelos” which are kind of like fried dough, although the main ingredient is yucca root and cheese. They are fried and coated in honey. Quite delicious. This week we made “Sopa de Queso” or Cheese Soup. Interesting, but I probably won’t make it again.
2 days a week we travel to a central location where we meet up with our entire training class and have technical sessions, where we learn about Health Promotion here in Nicaragua. Right now the sessions are focused on learning how to work with specific populations we’ll encounter in our service (youth, pregnant women, macho men). These sessions get kind of long, but they are taught by volunteers currently serving, so we’re able to get a good sense of what life will be like after we swear in.
That’s been the schedule for the past 4 weeks. Week 5 is about to change all that, however. We’ll be visiting currently serving volunteers for about 4 days. I’ll be heading south to San Carlos, at the southern tip of Lake Nicaragua. It’s about a 10 hour bus ride from Managua. That’s a school bus, not a charter bus. It will be interesting, for us. Jess is headed in the exact opposite direction, almost to the border with Honduras. Her ride is about 4 hours. She’s heading into the cool mountains, and I’m heading into the rain forest. It will be an interesting 4 days, for sure. Hopefully there will be plenty of pictures to follow!
OK, here are a few pictures from last week’s Fiestas Patronales. We’ll be sure to follow them up with our trip to the beach as soon as Jess has internet access!
By the way, we received two letters today. One from the Bunnells, and one from Jeff and Marie Lyttle (and even a drawing from Megan). Thanks for all of your thoughts. It’s a great feeling to know so many people are keeping up with these posts. Gracias y Adios!
Un hombre at the Hipico (the big horse parade)
This picture brings a whole new meaning to good parenting, doesn´t it? By the way, that was the biggest bull I´ve ever seen, and I don´t think he was happy about having painted horns. Would you be?
Cute little girl on her first pony. I like this picture because of the smooch she´s getting from the giant man in a donkey cart.
1 comment:
Matt and Jess...your updates are great! I wish you all of the best during the time away from your training villages. The bravery it took you to do the Peace Corps is admirable and I commend your work.
Enjoy!
-Jenna
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