Hola Familia y Amigos.
Here is Denis Vallejos reporting about our second day here in Nicaragua. Starting with the weather most of the day was rainy however that did not stop us to learn and get to know more about the history of Nicaragua and Matagalpa, so here we go.
We started the day at 7:00 am with a wake up call to get ready for today’s activities, we had a special wake up for Sophia since today is her birthday, we sang her a Nicaraguan happy birthday song with some of the glimpsers and our amazing GG leader Michelle. After that at 7:30 we had breakfast,breakfast was so yummy we had pancakes, fruits and Dragon fruit juice. Then we had an energizer led by our PCs that challenge the glimpsers to get to know other’s people name, we had so much fun with that.
At 10:00 we had our first program seminar it was about culture & safety orientation, glimpsers learnt how to navigate in the Nicaraguan culture by role playing some of the cultural things that Nicaragua has.
At noon we had another yummy lunch, but the special thing about it is that we had a surprise for our birthday girl.
The surprise that we had was a tasty cake that all the glimpsers enjoyed eating, they were so exicited for having cake and Sophia was surprised because she did not expect this surprise at all.
We had so much fun sharing and eating cake together and all the glimpsers are starting to get to know each other better which is so nice to see people from different backgrounds and from different schools building relation among each other and that is what exactly this trip is about.
Around three in the afternoon the beautiful Matagalpa gave us the chance to walk around the city by stopping the rain for a while, we started our city at Hotel El castillo and we split in two groups ,Chelsea one of our program coordinator took a group of 10 and Denis (I) took a group of 11 glimpsers. The glimpsers were so into learning about the Matagalpa’s history.
The city tour was full of challenges that basically represented a way for the glimpsers to step out of their comfort zone, they were amazing doing that, here is a photo of one of our glimpsers talking and buying fruit from a local, the idea of this was to interact with local not as tourist instead more as a global citizen.
Finally we finished our day with an energetic and dynamic nightly meeting where the glimpsers shared their highlights of the day. Last but not least there is something that we want to share with all of you, and it’s that a lot of people overcame their fear of bugs, because we had a pet, and its name was Patricio. We had so much fun with him and somehow, he helped some of the glimpsers to overcome their fear, here is a photo of him.
So this was day 2 here in Nicaragua and this is just the begining of this journey, hope you enjoy reading. Stay tuned for more updates. Good night everyone. Peace and love.
Hi guys! I hope everyone is having a blast in Matagalpa and enjoying their GG experience. This blog entry was amazing–I love the pics of the local art/graffiti! Nyle we all miss you so much! Even though AJ is living like a king in your room while you’re gone. LOl!:)) Nyle make sure to drink a coffee for me at the two great cafes in town. I Can’t wait to hear about your experience so please post at least 1 personal blog entrty w photos. Let me know if you need anything. I’m proud of you!
Love, Mom– T. Johnson
It warms my heart to see a smile on everyone’s face. I can’t wait to see more pics.Keep the blogs coming! I love you Jay-R. Keep up the great work!!!
hello all…the blog is so descriptive that I feel as if I am with you. Love the pictures. Continue enjoying and writing about all your moments…
Hey, Nyle and the Global Glimpse team. I hope that all is going well. Nyle we miss you. I’m looking forward to reading more posts and seeing more pictures from this trip. Enjoy guys! Stay dry!
Love the pics!! Can’t wait to see more. Alma. Daddy, Tigger and I miss you so much. Hope you are having a great time. XOXOXOX……
RAY! I MISS YOU!! I hope you’re having fun with the trip and stuff. I hope you have fun touching bugs because you’re not touching me when you get back LOL. Kyla misses you too of course, but I miss you more! Can’t wait to see you again. Love you babe!
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!! Keep those pics coming. Love you Jazmine. Miss you!!!! Hope you are having a good time.
Jazmine’s dad 😉
Hi Parents and Friends! Keep the comments coming. The students LOVE hearing from you! Everyone is really having an amazing time. This trip is above any expectations any of us have had…and we actually feel like our group has known each other forever. The adults are very impressed. No joke—the food is incredible, the activities are fantastic, and the hostel staff are taking VERY good care of us!
Holaaaaaa espero sigan pasandola bien y el tiempo mejore en Matagalpa, Nicaragua es un pais muy seguro y hermoso Karen’s Mom
Jennifer and Endrit!! I’m so glad to see you made it safely. I’m actually back in the states. I got sick and had to go home after 6 days. I hope that you two are learning, making friends, and enjoying this wonderful opportunity. I’m proud of you two. See you soon!
Awesome!! Pictures are wonderful. Sophia you will have such a beautiful memory of your Birthday. We love you and miss you! Everyone enjoy and keep the pictures coming!!