So....
We are here in Siguatepeque, where we will spend 3 weeks!
We ate some fruit loops this morning, along with fruit cake/cinnamon roll. It was pretty good! We packed up and Silvia came to the bed and breakfast to take us to the bus station. I am glad she was there to help with getting the ticket, putting the bags under... she is wonderful and is the director of the school. We had a beautiful 2 hour bus ride and it was so fun to look out the window and listen to music.
Carla picked us up at the cafeteria where we were dropped off, and she took us to Luis and Abby's home. They are WONDERFUL and Luis knows some English. We talked with him for a while over Honduran coffee (so good... not as strong as coffee in the US) and we asked him a lot of questions after dinner. We ate at about 8pm here (I was so hungry) and it was baleadas... I think! They made the tortillas and put beans, mantequilla (their sour cream kinda), and queso that looks like feta kinda. It was so good. We both had 3. Some friends of theirs came over and Cait and I played games with Jenny and Kelly (Swap, landa (tag)...) It was super fun. They are so cute. We have been speaking English and Spanish and learning lots of new words and learning about the culture here.
The climate is much better here. It is pretty much perfect. San Pedro was kinda humid... and it is really nice here. You can wear a tank top and pants (or a skirt) and be comfortable throughout the day. I am on a laptop right now in their family room and I think we will be able to use this! Yeah!! Okay... I am going to get my pajamas on and let Caitlin use the computer. Love love love.
PS We have church tomorrow (Iglesia Betel)... I am looking forward to it!
FUN day!!
Hello!
I found a way to smile... this keyboard is different but here you go... :). Yessss.
The last time I wrote, I was about to ask Caitlin about paying for a taxi ride to the lake...
Here are some more photos...
This is Pulhanpanzak (I think that is how it is spelled). We walked down lower where it was super misty!!! It was so beautiful... It would have been fun to have friends and family there.... we have mist you all!
I found a way to smile... this keyboard is different but here you go... :). Yessss.
The last time I wrote, I was about to ask Caitlin about paying for a taxi ride to the lake...
Here is a paragraph she wrote:
We also went to Lake Yojoa, the biggest fresh water reserve in Honduras. It was very big. We stopped by this incredibly nice hotel and walked all around. We saw lots of pretty flowers and funny statues. We then went to a restaurant and we were going to share some tilapia? (fish) but they did not understand that so they gave us each our own plate! It was so much food and an interesting experience to pick the deep fried fish off the bones and have the little eyes looking at you. We also tried baked Platanos and some different salad stuff that we did not find very appetizing. We did have an enjoyable time with the limes though.
Here are some photos:
Here are some more photos...This is Pulhanpanzak (I think that is how it is spelled). We walked down lower where it was super misty!!! It was so beautiful... It would have been fun to have friends and family there.... we have mist you all!
We were at Hotel Finca de Las Glorias on the lake and we saw this guy! I asked if we could take his picture. He said no. I did anyway. He was pissed.
Okay bye.
Love,
Caitlin and Gabriella
PS Here is an awkward pic of us and our nicey nice taxi driver. His name is Jose and we had fun talking with him all day.
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Hi friends,
So when I joked that I had gotten 35 bites sitting at the computer desk, I thought I was being random with my HUGE number. Unfortunately, I was not. This morning I counted 31 bites on my legs. I have since found more. Greeeaaaaat. Well, I forget where I left off, but yesterday Cait and I went to two malls that are super close to each other. There were some stores and restaurants we recognized... such as Subway, Pizza Hut, and Tommy Hilfiger. There was a movie theather on the top floor, and it was only L60 to watch a movie! L stands for Lempira, the currency here, and it is about 20 Lempiras to the US dollar!! There were guards standing outside of some of the stores, as well as lots of guards on bikes circling the mall. Coolp. We bought Quiznos for dinner and walked back to our bed and breakfast. We put the food in the fridge for dinner. Showers and internet time followed... and we watched some random things on the TV. There are some channels that are totally in Spanish, some that are in English with Spanish subtitles, some that are American shows or movies that have Spanish dubbed over, and some are just in English. I saw part of Get Smart and ALIAS that had Spanish dubbed over... and we watched House and Friends in English. Then we ate dinner in the cutie courtyard outside.
This morning, we got up and ate breakfast. It was an omelet, beans, toast, and two piles of something white. Hmmmm. We had some coffee that was grown here in Honduras and that was delicious. Now I am on the computer and the man who works at the desk is trying to find us a way to get to Lake Yojoa... He told me it would be $150 to have a tour of the lake and the city... and then he told me $120 for just the lake plus a waterfall and hotel thing. I told him that was too much............. so now he tells me $100 is the cheapest. I am going to go ask Caitlin now. I hope each of you is doing well. Comment on here or email me or facebook or whatever. I would LOVE to hear from you.
In His grace,
Gabriella
So when I joked that I had gotten 35 bites sitting at the computer desk, I thought I was being random with my HUGE number. Unfortunately, I was not. This morning I counted 31 bites on my legs. I have since found more. Greeeaaaaat. Well, I forget where I left off, but yesterday Cait and I went to two malls that are super close to each other. There were some stores and restaurants we recognized... such as Subway, Pizza Hut, and Tommy Hilfiger. There was a movie theather on the top floor, and it was only L60 to watch a movie! L stands for Lempira, the currency here, and it is about 20 Lempiras to the US dollar!! There were guards standing outside of some of the stores, as well as lots of guards on bikes circling the mall. Coolp. We bought Quiznos for dinner and walked back to our bed and breakfast. We put the food in the fridge for dinner. Showers and internet time followed... and we watched some random things on the TV. There are some channels that are totally in Spanish, some that are in English with Spanish subtitles, some that are American shows or movies that have Spanish dubbed over, and some are just in English. I saw part of Get Smart and ALIAS that had Spanish dubbed over... and we watched House and Friends in English. Then we ate dinner in the cutie courtyard outside.
This morning, we got up and ate breakfast. It was an omelet, beans, toast, and two piles of something white. Hmmmm. We had some coffee that was grown here in Honduras and that was delicious. Now I am on the computer and the man who works at the desk is trying to find us a way to get to Lake Yojoa... He told me it would be $150 to have a tour of the lake and the city... and then he told me $120 for just the lake plus a waterfall and hotel thing. I told him that was too much............. so now he tells me $100 is the cheapest. I am going to go ask Caitlin now. I hope each of you is doing well. Comment on here or email me or facebook or whatever. I would LOVE to hear from you.
In His grace,
Gabriella
¡¡Estoy Aqui en Honduras!!
Hola todos!!!
I am here ¨? Let´s just say that it´s a smiley face... this keyboard is weird and that is the face it makes when I try. Oh well. I got to Houston, spent the night at my wonderful Grandparents´home (after a delicious meal) and then off to the airport at 6am! Caitlin and I met up and flew over together. We were both pretty tired and slept some. We arrived and went through customs, got all our luggage, and were picked up my nice Juan Carlos! He totally had our names on a sign!! ¡Yes! How cool that this keyboard has upside down exclamation marks. Oh yeah.
okay. There has been a mosquito biting my legs. There was another one and he copied the first. What a biter. I bave approximately 35 bites. Gotta go. Love love love.
I am here ¨? Let´s just say that it´s a smiley face... this keyboard is weird and that is the face it makes when I try. Oh well. I got to Houston, spent the night at my wonderful Grandparents´home (after a delicious meal) and then off to the airport at 6am! Caitlin and I met up and flew over together. We were both pretty tired and slept some. We arrived and went through customs, got all our luggage, and were picked up my nice Juan Carlos! He totally had our names on a sign!! ¡Yes! How cool that this keyboard has upside down exclamation marks. Oh yeah.
okay. There has been a mosquito biting my legs. There was another one and he copied the first. What a biter. I bave approximately 35 bites. Gotta go. Love love love.
I am leaving soon!
Hi! I am leaving so so soon for Honduras! I am excited to immerse myself in the culture, get to know people, become better at Spanish... Please keep me and the people with whom I will interact in your prayers. Jesus will do mighty things! Hopefully I will have internet and will be able to update/upload pics...! Hooray! -Gabriella
Family Theme Night #2- Game Night
We had our 2nd Family Theme Night, and we had the Uptown boys plus Brian come over!!
We dressed up as candy land pieces...
Family Theme Night #1- Fancy Feast
Here's a post for G and G!!
So, I got a lovely email informing me that I do not update my blog. It hurt, but it only hurt because I know 'tis true.
Grandpa, here is another post!! :) Hooray!!
I am loving being here at school. My frisbee team is so amazing- we have 20 people on our team! We are the Ninja Turtles and we are in power league- which is the harder of the two leagues! We have games about once a week and they are so fun. I LOVE playing and my teammates are really good and I love to cheer them on when I am not playing (because we have a lot of subs!) Here is a picture at my house after a game. I invited everyone over for pizza (get it?) and most of my team was there!!
It has been a while...
So I have not written in a while! I went home for spring break and it was great- making banana walnut bread, trail mix, chocolate chip walnut cookies, poppyseed muffins... it was wonderful! I enjoyed time with family and being in warmer weather!
Being back at school is great- I have loved seeing everyone again and hearing about breaks! It has snowed a few times, which is weird because it is April! I have hosted a bunch and have driven a lot of shuttles to the airport! I actually love both of my jobs- I get paid for hanging out with people!
Okay, that is all for now. I am going to work on a GE 330 assignment! :)
Bye!
Being back at school is great- I have loved seeing everyone again and hearing about breaks! It has snowed a few times, which is weird because it is April! I have hosted a bunch and have driven a lot of shuttles to the airport! I actually love both of my jobs- I get paid for hanging out with people!
Okay, that is all for now. I am going to work on a GE 330 assignment! :)
Bye!
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