The ladybug stops talking

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Hey again!

So now on to the second day in Granada. We had the morning free to do as we wished, so I walked around town with Christine, Maral and Scott. We saw beautiful cathedrals, took a ton of beautiful photos, and waked to the Lake which was about a mile away. Granada is strange in the sense that in the middle of the road you just might run into a stray...cow. We even saw the strangest backyard that was serving as a cow grazing area. We walked to the lake, turned around, came back at 1:30 for a trip to the Masaya volcano. The volcano was spectacular! It was shooting up crazy gasses that were creating gigantic clouds. We then hiked up a steep old crater that was now filled with a mini forest. We walked around the crater, which was really fun and really gorgeous. We then went to the Masaya Market which had lots of cool crafts and things.

On Friday we had a speaker first thing in the morning about a non profit she works for called Proyeto Laguna. This non-profit seeks to serve children in the town of Diria through sponsor programs, increased educational opportunities, and donations of school supplies. After the chat we headed out to Diria, which is a beautiful town about 20 minutes outside of Granada. We painted murals on walls and repainted a building in the tiny school yard. It was a lot of work, but in the end it all looked beautiful. When we finished the school children arrived and that´s when the real fun started. Rose, Max and I first taught them four square and then I taught some girls hop scotch. There were two piñata activities that were hilarious because here you have to dance in order to be allowed to hit the piñata, so the kids would be blindfolded under the piñata getting their boogie on. It was super cute. Then Michelle, Christine and I played some intense games of tag, where no one was ever sure who was it at the moment. At night time we went out, but there were a lot of tourists there so even though the live music was good, I didn´t have as much fun as I wanted. I did however get to speak with a Belgium boy in French, which was really neat because he can´t speak Spanish or English, and I think he liked being able to finally converse with someone after being mostly silent during his travels.

This morning we had two speakers. One was Mateo, who works for the non-profit World Vision, and then the other was Lawrence, cafe owner of Euro Cafe. They were both nice chats about Nicaragua and the relevant topics. The rest of the day was spent walking around, climbing up a church steeple, and getting the last of gifts before we head out.

So I am now completely caught up! Yay! You won´t have news from me in a while- for the next three days we will be on Ometepe Island, which is a sister island to Bainbridge. We´ll be living on a farm, far away from internet.

Until then, adios!

Ceci