Posted in Matagalpa1 - 6/05/2017 by Booner Bridget and Nicole :)
Hola from the boonest city in Nicaragua! To start off our day of living like a local, we woke up at 6 A.M with a simple breakfast of just gallo pinto, a bread roll, and water. After breakfast, we took a bus ride to a poor, small local community nearby Matagalpa. We...
Posted in Matagalpa1 - 6/05/2017 by Kayla
Hola from Matagalpa! It’s Day 7 and we just made it to the half-way point of the trip. To celebrate, we had a day full of fun. We woke up at 6 AM and had pastries, fruit and another delicious fruit juice. Today’s breakfast juice was papaya, which was amazing!! After...
Posted in Matagalpa1 - 6/05/2017 by Betzy & Lauren
Day 6 Free Day! Hi everyone, Today was our first free day with nothing predetermined. Some of us got up early and went on a two mile run around the city at seven, with one of the GGL. The rest of us slept in and got lots of rest after yesterday’s hard work. At 845 we...
Posted in Matagalpa1 - 6/05/2017 by Charley O. & Christiana K.
Hola Parentals, Today was Working Like a Local day, and we got to help a local farm with their daily duties. We woke up at 4:30am and made our way to La Canavalia, which was about an hour drive from our hostel. Most of the bus was asleep as we made our way...
Posted in Matagalpa1 - 6/05/2017 by Marisa V. & Gabby B.
Day 4 started bright and early at 5:30 with our usual serving of gallo pinto and eggs. First stop of the day was to either San Luis, the private school in Matagalpa, or Institute Nacional Eliseo Picado, the public school in Matagalpa. At these two high schools,...
Posted in Matagalpa1 - 6/05/2017 by Elena Gonzalez
Day 3, what a day! A field trip day with tons of fun planned for the day. The excitement began at breakfast time as pancakes were served and we could not be any more happier with this bit taste of home 🙂 Quickly after breakfast we began our fieldtrip as we headed to...
Posted in Matagalpa1 - 6/05/2017 by Carley Stavis
Day 2 has been hot, beautiful, and filled with lots of bonding for the M1A Matagalpa crew! We woke up, got our first taste of gallo pinto (mixed rice & beans, a Nicaraguan staple) at breakfast, learned a bit about the indigenous people of Matagalpa from an...
