Starting a blog post is always the hardest part. You have to decide what you want to write about, how you're going to write it and will people even want to read it?!?!?! Well, I guess that last one doesn't really matter, but I had to complete my list of three. ;-)
Anyways...a few weeks ago I went to see the Latin America Traveling Circus! This circus is way different than those seen in the states. When I think of a circus, I think of big tents, big stunts and even bigger animals. Here, though the stunts are still pretty intimidating and scary and the tents are decently large, the animals and the clowns on the other hand are way different. There is a traveling horse, which is a normal sight to see at a circus though he was very small and underfed, traveling ostriches, llamas, a snake and a monkey. The "Grande Finale" of the animal show involved two llamas running out with a monkey clinging for dear life to the back of one of them. To be honest I was expecting an elephant, but the llamas were a funny surprise. Unfortunately, most clowns here are taught to tell crude jokes so, though the circus was a fun experience, I did not really enjoy the clowns.
Picture from our seats inside the circus tent.
I had to paid $2.00 to take this picture, but it was worth it!
On September 14, I went with two of my friends to celebrate the Día de Independencia of Nicaragua. On this day, the alumni and other students of all the schools/colleges from the area join together to form a parade. Literally every band from every school along with dancers and baton twirlers from every school participate in the parade that walks around the city of Leon. It started at 8:30AM and lasted until 1:30PM. Yes, it was a 5 hour parade of the continuous cycle of the same sights: band, baton twirlers, dancers. Fortunately for me, I only stayed for an hour. Some other friends of mine had gone to the parade with their families and had to stay for the entire thing! :-/
Here are two short video clips of two of the schools. Every school has a different dress style, and if there were extra students that did not have specific activities to do in the parade, they just marched to the music for 5 hours...I'm sure they burned a ton of calories that day between marching and sweating in the heat. You'll notice them passing around bags of water in order to stay hydrated.
One of the beautiful cathedrals that decorates the streets of Leon.
A huge rainstorm washed this not-so-pleasant creature from the road onto our patio. It's a good thing my host mom is awesome and killed it with a machete before it went into the house!
My student practicum project has me visiting a lot of different fincas (farms) in Nicaragua. So far this has been the prettiest cow I have seen yet. I love the look of these animals, especially their ears! God is so good at what he does <3
Even when you use umbrellas, it's still impossible to stay dry when it rains...
I always want to read whatever you write about, so always know you have an audience of at least one! And since dad texts me EVERY time you write a new post, it's safe to up that audience to 2! :) If I pay you $2 can you promise me I will never have to see the snake picture again??? ;)
ReplyDeleteMe gusta los bailos. ¿Puedas añadir unas fotos de la familia? ¡Te extraño, chiquita!
ReplyDeleteHaha! I can't promise you will never come in contact with another picture of a snake, but I'll take the $2! ;)
ReplyDeleteA mi tambien me gusto los bailos. Bueno, no pongo fotos de la familia aqui en mi blog porque quiero respetar su privacidad.