Granada

Helloooo!!! First of all, my flight has been changed to Friday, August 20, so that I will not have to miss class, and everything will be less stressful.

Thursday it rained very hard again, and Miguel, the other Intermediate teacher, did not show up, so I had to take his class. We somehow squeezed like 27 adults into our classroom from 4-6. It was very interesting. haha Then, I walked home in shin-high water because I was starving. I was in the middle of changing out of soaking wet clothes when Glenda called me to come back to the school and teach Miguel's other class from 6-8! :( I didn't have anything prepared and it was very frustrating, but we practiced phrasal verbs (this is always my go to when I don't have more material because they have so many questions about them!) Then, Julia and I went to the casino. We were playing roulette, and I told her that if it landed on 0, you would win a million dollars (speaking figuratively). She put one of her chips on 0 and sure enough the ball landed on 0!!!! I thought it was crazy, but she almost fell on the floor. She was freaking out and shaking and we were both laughing. I didn't realize she really thought that she was going to win a million dollars!!! And when she only got 30, she was confused about when she was going to get the rest! haha it was hilarious!

Friday, the family, the girls, and I went to Granada. The ride was about 3 hours long, and it was a tight squeeze in the car, but it was worth it! When we arrived, we went straight to the volcano called Mombacho, and we went zip lining through the canopy! You should check out my pictures. It was amazing!! Then we drove in this large truck up the mountain and walked through the beautiful forest at its peak. By the time this was finished, it was 5:30! Then we went to this beautiful look-out point called el Mirador de Catarina. There was a huge lake and Mombacho in the background. It was amazing. We drank this hot drink that is famous in Nicaragua called atol. It has milk, eggs, and cinnamon. There were beautiful pots and clothing everywhere, and we did some shopping before heading back to Leon. On the way, we stopped in Managua at the only mall in Nicaragua, and we were so hungry, we ate at the first place we saw - Sbarro's!! haha When we went to the bathroom, there was one for little kids called the Pipi Room (it had small sinks, toilets, and everything). You saw that bathroom first, and if you kept walking, you got to the adult women's and men's bathrooms. When Julia and I got back to the table, we told Sarah about the bathroom and how cool it was, and when she went alone, she didn't see the adult bathrooms, so she used the kids' one! When she got back to the table, she looked confused, and we could not stop laughing!!!!!