Hi, this is Rylie Weaver and Matthew Guerrero reporting on our eventful Culture Day. We were the first LLD’s (Lider del Dia). One of our first responsibilities of the day was to wake everyone up at 7:30 a.m. To have our 8 a.m. breakfast. Like most of our meals, breakfast was catered by Don Carlos and his family. We had a delicious breakfast that consisted of Gallo Pinto, eggs, and some pico de Gallo. Soon after breakfast, we had everyone enter the Common Room in order to have our Mental Warm Up, led by Rylie and Matthew. This mental Warm up was to get our minds thinking about what was going to occur throughout the day. We also reviewed our Question Of The Day: Why is it important to preserve culture? We then made sure everyone was inside the bus, and headed towards our next destination: Diriamba. There, we learned about a cultural Dance and tradition known as Toro Huaco. After watching Marlon’s (dance teacher) group perform, we had our turn to try to dance Toro Huaco. After dancing and learning about the importance of preserving culture, we got into the bus once again and went to Mi Bohio for lunch. We all really enjoyed the Piyata (dragonfruit) drink that was served to us, as well as the food. Our next stop was in San Juan de Oriente, where Don Alfredo was going to teach us about the culture of pottery and ceramics in Nicaragua. We also got to paint pre-made vases to take home as souvenirs. The English Tutoring seminar was held back at our hostel soon after. There we prepared for our first English lessons as teachers. After creating our lesson plans, we headed to La Favorita for dinner, where we had a special surprise Fourth of July party planned for us. Mostly everyone got up and danced (Rylie was killing it). Tired and barely standing, went back to Casa Roja, our hostel, and had our Self Reflection and Nightly Meeting. We learned more about each other during this time, and passed the torch to the next Leaders of the Day, Sophy and Sabrina. We look forward to seeing your comments!
Trying the Toro
Learning how to throw clay
Rylie and Matthew, thank you for the informative summary of culture day and being the first Lideres del dia for your fellow Glimpsers. You all had a busy day celebrating 2 cultures!
Alex, I think I see you in the traditional dance picture 🙂 I look forward to you telling me about your experience learning this dance. Did you also dance at the 4th of July party??? I hope so.
Love you, mi hijo,
Tu madre
Ha ha! Antonio and I thought that was Alex, but not quite sure. ?
Alex, you’ll have to teach us when you get home.
It sounds like you all had a great day learning about the culture of Nicaragua. I hope you are enjoying every moment. Love and miss you Lauren!
Hope everyone is having a great time. Thank you for the great pics.
Abby,
Happy 4th of July. We missed you today. This is the first time we have been apart for the 4th. It looks and sounds like you are having fun. I think I recognized you in one of today’s pictures. I hope you are learning a lot and are trying lots of new things. We are so proud of you. Good night, sweet dreams I love you,
Mom
PS
I think you are all so brave to be leaving your friends and family for two weeks. It is really nice to see that you are learning how important culture is to a community and to the world in general. I think you will all be terrific leaders. This is such a wonderful opportunity for you all.
Hey L Russ!!
Sounds like you guys had a fun culture day!! Hopefully you got to show everyone your dance moves! I miss you and can’t wait to see you soon.
Love,
Alison
Hey Sabrina,
Looks like you guys had another exciting and fun day, we love seeing the pictures!
Missed you yesterday on the 4th of July, it was hard keeping all the boys in check with the fireworks without you!
Love you and miss you,
Mom & Dad
Sounds like a great day. Sophia I want to see all your new dance moves when you return!
Miss you!
Mom
LRuss!
This looks like so much fun I’m so jealous of you! I hope your having the best time ever in Grenada! I can’t wait for you to teach me the new dance moves you’ve learned! Miss you and see you at CADA!
Sophia! Did you make something cool out of the clay? Looks like a lot of fun! Like mom said, I want to see those dance moves when you get back. 😉
-Sissy
Lauren!!! I miss you so much and hope you are dancing your butt off in Nicaragua. I hope you are having a beautiful time and learning a lot. Can’t wait to talk to you about all of your adventures ❤️
Matthew,
Keep enjoying your time in Granada
I love and miss you, mas photos please
Tu Mama
Ms.Hart,
Happy late 4th of July!! Sounds like you guys had an awesome culture day! I’m so excited to hear more about your trip as the days go on. Is everything as you pictured it to be? How’s the food??
Continue to have fun and be safe. Love you lots!!
Xoxoxo
~ jess
Yay Rylie! That’s my brother – dancing machine 🙂
Rylie – It’s no surprise that you have the dance moves. I am happy to connect via the blog. I can’t wait to hear about all of your experiences in Nicaragua. We all love and miss you. Your cousins all wanted to hear about your trip. I will share the blog with them! <3 Mom
Hi Rylie, =]
It looks like you are having lots of fun and meeting lots of new friends. Thanks for updating everyone about your travels. It food sounds AMAZING especially the dragon fruit drink. Enjoy it while you can! Dragon fruit is sold here in the US but not half as fresh and sweet as I’m sure it is over there.
Love, Roni