After my last post, one of my sisters visited with her two kids. It was a pleasure to introduce them to my host family and Nicaragua. I most enjoyed the late night of Tetris and talking with my sister, as well as watching my niece and nephew play with my host nephew, the language difference didn't slow them down one bit! If only we adults could communicate so well without a shared verbal language...
Then there was another busy week of work in León, and the anticipated visit of my husband. We are incredibly fortunate he could visit three times during my year away. I don't want to imagine what it would have been like without the visits. After three weeks together including traveling to the beautiful Corn Islands, working in León, and getting tattoos (my first!), I just saw him off at the airport. I miss him already and am glad we'll be living under the same roof again very soon.
I have 3 weeks left in Nicaragua! It will fly by, I know. The year immersion is coming together as I can identify cultural differences and challenges more clearly than before and at the same time, I find myself comfortable in Nicaragua.
I plan to continue to post stories of my experiences Nicaragua once I return home. Nicaragua’s lessons will continue long after I leave this land of lakes and volcanoes.
Then there was another busy week of work in León, and the anticipated visit of my husband. We are incredibly fortunate he could visit three times during my year away. I don't want to imagine what it would have been like without the visits. After three weeks together including traveling to the beautiful Corn Islands, working in León, and getting tattoos (my first!), I just saw him off at the airport. I miss him already and am glad we'll be living under the same roof again very soon.
I have 3 weeks left in Nicaragua! It will fly by, I know. The year immersion is coming together as I can identify cultural differences and challenges more clearly than before and at the same time, I find myself comfortable in Nicaragua.
I plan to continue to post stories of my experiences Nicaragua once I return home. Nicaragua’s lessons will continue long after I leave this land of lakes and volcanoes.
Brian and I went to the 38th anniversary celebration of Anastasio Somoza fleeing Nicaragua (to be assassinated in Paraguay), the clear signal of the Sandinista revolution's victory over the dictator. That was Jimmy Carter's era when he had decided it wasn't cool to support brutal dictatorships. Reagan then made a heck of mess in Nicaragua, but no one seemed to hold that against us. It was a jovial affair with 100,000s of Nicaraguans and we estimate that we saw 10 other foreigners. ¡Viva la revolución!