Dia 2! Today was such an amazing experience. We all got a good sleep and woke up energized and excited! We started our day with a delicious breakfast Gallo Pinto, Huevos, Maduro, Queso Fresco y Tortillas. We hit the streets of Esteli and got accustomed to the community surrounding us. We walked down the main street that is full of shops and vendors and got a sense of place and direction. Once we made it to the Parque Central (The Plaza), we found it very interesting that it was packed with people using the cities free wifi. In front of the Parque, the Cathedral stood beautifully against the cloudy sky as Sunday mass took place. We also visited a really popular mural named “La Mujer” that was inspired to help conserve the environment. There are murals everywhere in Esteli celebrating the history and future of a proud people and country. The students started to feel the humidity and their tired legs but were thrilled by the ice cream surprise (called an “Eskimo”) from our program coordinators, Tania and Erik. THE ESKIMO WAS SOOOO GOOD!! After we made it back for lunch, we had a discussion about the historic events that happened in Esteli to learn some very important background. This continued at the “Centro de Cultura” (culture center) to meet with our guest speakers that fought in the revolution of the city/country and shared their personal stories and knowledge. It was such an inspiring and insightful presentation; the glimpsers were attentive and asked great questions. We then headed back to the hostel to being preparing for our English Tutoring sessions we will be giving to the locals of Esteli during the next two weeks. We brainstormed and got our lesson plans ready and the next thing you knew it was dinner time. Per our new tradition, we held the Nightly Meeting and reflected on the day. The torch was passed to the next “lider del dia” (leader of the day) who told us a couple jokes and then presented our schedule for tomorrow. We are now hanging out and playing card games before we have to get ready for bed. Tomorrow is going to be great cant wait to see everyones comments! We miss all of you.
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Muchas gracias for the newsy update. It sounds like you all really hit the ground running!
Cammie – Dodger and Tinker miss you terribly (as do your sister, your mom, and I) and the baby hummingbird birds are still safe in their nest. Love you!
Kel, saw some of you wearing jackets, looks like it is not as hot as I thought. Food look delicious. You all enjoy and take care!
Everyone one looks great! The food looks delicious! I can picture how beautiful the Estelli streets are with the murals from Brandon and Alfredo’s well illustrated description! Thank you for the pictures so that we feel connected with our kids at home! Have a wonderful day tomorrow!
Ellen (Daisy’s mom)
food looks really good in the picture. authentic food!
Kelsey, you had a great smile.
Alfredo & Brendan: Thanks for the great blog post.
Good luck everyone with your first tutoring sessions!
Jenne, Tyler’s ‘rent
Food looks good. I hope all the kids will enjoy this adventure and learn a lot from it as well.
I can’t wait to hear more. Thank you for the update.
Beautiful murals. Please keep the pictures coming! I would love to know who the daily leader is. To Cammie, the baby humming birds are getting big and beginning to practice flapping their wings. Love Mom
Love reading it and can’t wait for some more fun stories.
Paulette!! I hope you’re having an amazing time on your trip! The food looks shtupid shmack! I hope it tastes that way too! Can’t wait for all your pictures!!
Hey Devin, shoot us something. I love your smile in your group picture. Have fun. Love you.. mom
Glimpsers All,
Looks like you’re all having a great time acclimating to Esteli and its unique beauty and culture. Soak it all in and show all the locals our SF good wishes. Hope B isn’t snoring too much and keeping you awake. By the way, the Mex/USA game was 1/1 and Warriors play Game 5 tonight. We look forward to your blogs so keep them coming, all.
Thanks for the updates!!! They gave me a little consolation from having my daughter so far away!!! Te extraño mucho Paulette!!!!
Thank you for the updates. Love all the photos! Hope this is the trip of a lifetime for everyone.
Love you Adriana. Safe travels.
Hi Jason you look good in all the pictures, and all the students also.
Thankyou to the leader for sharing those pictures.???Your dad, destiny,eduardo yola grandma and grandpa and me and diesel and gaviota miss you so much.????
Keep having fun! Keep the blogs pictures coming, we love it! Enjoy every moment!
Thank you both for making sure everyone made it safe and sound.
Bernardo, sorry I missed your call on Saturday. No pense que me fueras a llamar el mismo dia que llegabas. Espero que te la estes pasando bomba! Te mando un abrazote mi cuatachon!
So excited to see Devin smiling broadly!
Hi Makenna.
From the pictures and blogs, I can see you are learning a lot about the culture and history of Esteli in such a short period of time. Your an amazing young girl niece. We are experiencing this through your eyes, blogs and experience. We love you very much and are very proud of you.
Love Auntie Alice
Abi, I only seen you in one picture today. I miss your call 🙁 again. Sorry Amor. I love the fact that you are liking the trip. Enjoy the paseo. Im looking forward to having you back y comprarte eskimo, sorbete.