We just had breakfast and came over to Suni. The house we are staying in is not exactly what we expected... but it is only 200 feet from Suni so the lack of travel is nice. Breakfast was scrambled eggs with onion and tomato on a tortilla with the world's most sugary coffee (not bad stuff actually). We're not yet sure what we will be doing today, they said maybe going on an installation.
Sleeping.... I HATE MR. ROOSTER. It goes off at about 3 in the morning. Also light is a little different here; we're two hours behind ohio time, but it gets light here around 5 and dark by eight.
The Suni building itself is very nice, and they have internet here. Everything is humid, but the heat isn't that bad. Spanish is going well, I can understand people who enunciate fine, others are more difficult.
One interesting thing in the airport, all of the workers wore masks and everyone had to walk past a thermal cam to check for swine flu. There hasn't been a case here yet and I think they want to keep it that way.
More to come later along with pictures.
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What IS the house like?
ReplyDeleteHey Jim, I'm glad you made it safely! Whose home are you staying in? Say hi to Douglas for me!
ReplyDeleteJim,
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you're off to a good start. Do you drink coffee? Did you feel any of the earthquake that originated in Honduras.
Take care,
Dad
Yeah, the Spanish will come [back] quickly enough. You'll probably notice specifically that los nicaraguenses love to leave S's out of words--especially the end.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, roosters are the devil. If yours mostly sticks to 3am, it's better than the ones we had. They just chose random times throughout both day and night (and yes, the sunlight hours are also very strange).
Hope you're having fun. I didn't see much of Managua but it seems like a decently good place to spend 10 weeks.