Follow the Journey

Hello from Matagalpa. We traveled from our student directed travel weekend in Granada on a 3 hour bus ride to Matagalpa. The climate is a lot cooler here than it was in Granada. We have been here for about a week, studying at the spanish school. It is a little bit different because we are not doing one on ones, instead we are with smaller groups based on our level of Spanish. We get to school at 8 and finish at 12. We have three meals with our homestay family. We then usually have activities planned for us in the afternoon. We had a cooking class, a talk on the history of Nicaragua and we went to the market. Matagalpa is a nice sized town with a lot of action happening throughout the streets, however, we are here on Semana Santa which is easter weekend and from Thursday to Sunday the streets are usually empty and most stores are closed. Our group is getting together to throw a festival tomorrow for Easter. Getting ready for that. Hope everything is well back in the United States and Canada. Hasta Luego.