Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from Nandasmo, Nicaragua! I took a trip back to visit my first host family for Christmas. Turns out the Nicaraguans celebrate Christmas Eve, known as "La Noche Buena," a lot more than the actual Christmas day, which is more like a day of rest. Soooo on the 25th when the gringo in town dresses in red and green and starts running around singing Christmas songs in English, they don´t entirely understand what´s going on haha.

Happy holidays, everyone! Love and miss you all! Jingle bell rock-on!

Z

Sorry...

This is me admitting to the fact that I've fallen off the grid. Yeah, I'm sorry. I owe you guys almost two months worth of updates. I'm working on it, I promise. If it's any consolation, besides some cultural integration and a few really awesome trips here and there, I've been basically just getting settled in to life in Chinandega. It's hot, but not that hot (December and January are the coolest months of the year) and I'm not teaching yet because the teachers and students are on vacation. In fact, I'm pretty sure this whole "summer break" (did I ever mention that we're in summer right now? Yeah, I guess I'll get to that) is just full of false expectations of what life will be like these next two years. Haha, oh well.

These past couple months have been a lot of fun. Between arriving in site, Thanksgiving, La Purísima (Nicaraguan holiday), playing softball, hiking a volcano, trips to the beach, and overall getting to know the "Chinandeganos," I have a lot to report!

So with that.... I'm going to fall off the grid again. Haha. The REAL update is coming soon! I promise!

Z