Day 2 - Granada

This morning, I woke feeling a bit more comfortable. The young girl, Marla, came in to wake me and head to breakfast together. I was able to hold a bit more of a conversation at the table, but still a struggle to communicate.

I headed to school around 8 for my lessons. At lunch break, I decided to wander around the city a bit. I had read about a massage parlour run by the blind which sounded interesting, but it was far too hot to be wandering around at that hour. I headed home for lunch with the family. Again, I was able to utilize the siesta time and took a nice nap after eating.

Around 3, I went back to school to meet Carla for our tour of the Museo de Granada. This was quite a place documenting the history of the city from both cultural and religious standpoints. There were lots of sculptures inspired by the bible as well as some gorgeous paintings of Granada´s surroundings. We spent about an hour here before heading back to the school.

My plan was to continue on to find the blind masseurs; however, when I arrived back to the school, some of my peers were hanging out, so I decided to stay and chat. Two of the girls are from Holland and are here for 2 months to study Spanish and volunteer in the community. One of these girls, Anna, had stayed with my current host family and shared my sentiments being pleased with their hospitality and dynamic. The other Dutch girl, Mascha, mentioned that upon finishing her time in Granada, she was headed to San Juan del Sur...this would overlap with my time there, so it was nice to meet someone with a similar itinerary. The other American girls had already been in the city for 2 months and shared some fun weekend excursions they had been on - for example, Isla de Ometepe where they climbed a volcano and met loads of travelers from Canada and Australia. This is close by to San Juan del Sur, so I hope to make this trip when I am there.

After chatting for a bit, I headed home to practice my Spanish a bit more at dinner with my host family. I was able to fit in a brief chat with Mom which was nice, until Marla came in to get me for dinner. I was pleased that I could converse a bit with the two youngest. After dinner, the abuela - grandmother - proposed that I watch TV so that my vocabulary would become greater. I took her advice and sat with Marla watching Bridezillas, of all programs.