The grocery stores here are very different. They are small and hot inside. We went to a grocery store yesterday called Pali to buy food and other items for the girls´ house and for the staff at the mission house. On our way back to the house we stopped at a little fruit and vegetable market along the road. We bought watermelon, papaya, and some grape looking things. You have to squeeze them until the shell pops and then suck on them until there is only a seed left. The flavor was good, but the texture was kind of slimy and gummy. We dropped off the groceries at the girl´s house and then Taylor and I went to the mission house with Kegan and Miriam. There we got to call our parents for the first time. :) We ate lunch there-chicken, rice, and some kind of vegetable. Kegan had gummy bears and Miriam called them goomy burrs. Kegan drove all of us to see some houses they were looking at for potentially buying and then we swang by Pan Ticoma, a very good bakery. Taylor and I got doughnuts for us and for the girls. Next we drove over to Miriam´s house to pick up a bed frame to take back to our house. On the way we saw some interesting people. One particular guy is know for sitting in the same exact spot on the side of the road everyday and all day drinking alcohol. It was a sad sight because his whole body was shaking and that was his life. Another homeless guy, whom Taylor has seen before, lays face down on the ground (passed out) with only one shoe.
That night we had dinner at the Casa Genesis house (our house). Instead of making the girls cook we ordered a pizza and watched The Vow. Their favorite pizza is Hawaiin pizza. After the movie we all called it a night.
At 9:30 this morning we were picked up and went stopped by the mission house on our way to the university to pay for the girls´ classes. On the way we passed a different college called Universidad Centroamericana. Apparently it is the most expensive university in Managua and only costs $2,000 (American money) per year. That´s the most expensive! The university where the girls go is called Universidad Evangelica Nicaraguense MLK Jr.. They start back classes on Monday of next week. On our way home we stopped at the mall to pick up school supplies and then came back home for lunch-rice, meat, vegetables, and tortillas. It tasted a lot like pot roast. Now were are resting and then tonight we made plans to paint nails and do hair:)
I forgot how much I loved it here. It´s been over a year since I´ve visited, but this time is different. Last year we stayed at the mission house and ate normal food and only visited the villages. This time, however, we are really getting to experience Nicaragua. We are living in a small house just like everybody else, we are eating the type of food they eat every day, and sleeping under the same conditions (aka hot). We are actually getting to see what Nicaragua is like now. While driving I noticed a lot more things. For one, people are crazy drivers. They honk their horns mostly because they can. They drive however they want and don´t use proper signals. People are always walking. Much like the drivers, they walk wherever they want. There aren´t any crosswalks so they just walk in the middle of the street until there is a small gap to cross to the sidewalk. All the school kids, still decked out in uniforms, hang out and walk around as well. Everything is fairly dirty, but also very colorful. The views definitly make up for the dirtiness. That´s the thing I´ve noticed most about Nicaragua: it´s by no means glamorous, but what it is is beautiful. We are experiencing Nicaragua in a whole new way and still have lots to do and learn.
Adios for now!
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