HEY EVERYONE! I HOPE YOU’RE ALL DOING WELL. TODAY WAS OUR VERY FIRST FREE DAY!!!! WE WOKE UP AT 8:00 AND GOT READY FOR OUR DAY. THEN WE ALL HAD A YUMMY QUESEDILLA FOR BREAKFAST AT 9:00. ONCE WE FINISHED BREAKFAST WE BROKE UP INTO TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS AND STARTED ANOTHER  ADVENTURE INTO MATAGALPA. WE HAD AMY AND KESLEY EACH GO INTO A GROUP SPLIT BY THE LEADERS OF THE DAY, JULEE AND JUANITA.

IN MY GROUP (JUANITA) WE FIRST STARTED BY HEADING TO THE CAFE CALLED BARISTA. ONCE WE GOT THERE WE ALL ORDERED DRINKS AND GOT TO KNOW ABOUT EACH OTHER A LITTLE MORE. AFTER A WHILE WE FINISHED OUR DRINKS AND WENT TO GO PAY. ONCE ALL THAT WAS DONE WE LEFT THE BARISTA AND WE HEADED TO THE INTERNET CAFE. WHEN WE ARRIVED TO THE INTERNET CAFE WE WERE ALL EAGER TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON BACK IN THE UNITED STATES. AFTER A WHILE WE LEFT THE INTERNET CAFE AND WE HEADED TO THE STORES WHERE WE WENT TO EXPLORE THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF STORES. AFTER THAT WE HEADED BACK TO THE HOSTEL TO EAT LUNCH, ONCE WE GOT BACK TO THE HOSTEL WE ATE LUNCH. ONCE WE FINISHED LUNCH WE THEN WENT BACK TO THE STORES AND LATER MET UP WITH JULEE’S GROUP.

FOR MY (JULEE’S) GROUP WE WENT SHOPPING FIRST.  WE WENT TO THE STREET WITH ALL THE SHOPS. ZAINAB AND JENNIFER BOUGHT JERSEYS WITH “NICARAGUA” WRITTEN ON IT WHILE THE OTHERS JUST BOUGHT NORMAL SHIRTS WITH “NICARAGUA” ON IT. AFTER SHOPPING FOR A WHILE WE WENT FOR PASTRIES AT BELÈN BUT THE STORE WAS UNFORTUNATELY CLOSED. WE THEN WENT TO THE COFFEE SHOP CALLED BARISTA AND DRANK AMAZING COFFEE! THEY MESSED UP OUR ODERS BUT WE DIDN’T CARE BECAUSE THE COFFEE WAS SO GOOD!! LASTLY WE WENT TO THIS COMPUTER SHOP THAT ALLOWED US TO CALL HOME.

AFTER LUNCH BOTH GROUPS MET UP AT THE HOSTEL FOR LUNCH. AFTER THAT WE SEPERATED INTO OUR GROUPS AND MET UP AGAIN FOR OUR DANCE CLASS. WE WERE WAITING FOR THE CLASS FOR 30 MINUTES FOR OUR INSTRUCTOR BUT HE DIDN’T SHOW UP. APPARENTLY HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE SO THE CLASS WAS CANCLED. WE WERE ALL BUMBED OUT, SO WE DECIDED TO JUST HANG AT THE HOSTEL FOR A WHILE. AFTER A WHILE SOME OF US WENT TO THE MARKET FOR A SNACK RUN. WE THEN HAD DINNER AND SOON AFTER STARTED OUR NIGHTLY MEETING. THEN WE HAD FREE TIME TILL LIGHTS OUT AT 10:30.