Fun Day!!!

The Glimpsers started this day with a 7:14 a.m. wake up call to explore the even more amazing side of Nicaragua. For much needed fun, the day started off with going to Castilo del Cacao, one of the most famous chocolate factory in Nicaragua. Here the Glimpsers learned...

Living Like a Local

  Today was a long and stressful, yet still insightful, day for us glimpsers. We got to experience living like a local. We started off with a wakeup call at 6 am. We also got the chance to shower using buckets! Yay. (JK). We then ate a simple breakfast that...

School during the summer? I think yes!

Today we got to sleep in… till 5am! We ate breakfast in the hostal and surprisingly we didn’t eat gallo pinto. Then the groups split up. Half the group went to private school and half the group went to public. I (Maddie) went to public school, which was...

Free Day!

Today we had the chance to go around different places in Matagalpa since it was our free day. People went in groups of four to places like Yum Yum, which is a bakery, and Kiss Me, which is an ice cream shop. Most of the groups went to these two places the most and...

A Day of Hard Work and Perspective

Wednesday the 21st, Day 5, started at the not-so-bright, but very early time of 4:30am. By 5:00am, we hopped on the bus and started heading towards La Finca Canavalia (self sustainable farm). After breakfast, we listened to Luis Ramones who was one of the head...