Greetings from Nicaragua!!!
We arrived in the extremely hot city of Leon Sunday afternoon. The flight was rather short and we were all very excited to arrive in a new country. It was only a short busride from the airport and we learned that this part of Nicaragua is surprisingly less mountain filled than Guatemala. almost all of us are in doubles this week so we settled into our last homestays of the trip and enjoyed a nice day of relaxation and rest before our busy week ahead. We began our last week of launguage monday morning. We quickly learned that the people in Nicaragua have completely differet accents than the guatemalan ones we were used to. This week in Semana Santa so it is pretty crazy in the afternoon. We have seen various religious processions during the days all in preparation for easter. The first day we saw these beautiful murals on the streets that are made out of saw dust in various colors. They are beautiful. They take many hours of preparation and are destroyed in one day. We also went to the large cathedral in town to view some live music. The way the music echoed in the cathedral was incredible. After two days in this crazy heat we took an afternoon to go to the beach. Definitley an amazing treat after three days of spanish school. Today we completed our last day of language school and everyone was definitley excited. As we head into this extrememly religious weekend there will be even more processions in the streets and I definitely think that the temperature has rose even more. This afternoon we are going to some pretty unique festivities and then have an amazing easter to look forward to. The next post will be from the beach to we are all looking forward to that. Until then, adios.
TRIVIA
Leon was relocated to its current location in 1614 due to a volcano erruption
Alfombraas ( translates to ĀØcarpetĀØ in spanish) are the names of the sawdust murals. These murals often depict ChristĀ“s life, his time with his disciples, and the lives of saints.
