"hay mas tiempo que vida" - nicaraguan dicho

Weeeeee're heeeeeere!

We always wanted to be the people at the airport who have a sign held up for them with their names on it, so it was wonderful when we got here, walked out the door and met Felipe with a piece of cardboard saying "Matt & Navi."

Even more of a surprise, Matt made it through customs. Although he does get plenty of eyes on his tattoos, including a waiter last night who grabbed his own arm while making wincing sounds.

Felipe, was hella nice and a super fast driver. We didn't know such small cars could travel at the speed of light. But he did slow down significantly when he called my mom on his own cell and said "Hola Julia, Soy Mateo." Hahaha.

Our casa is called Santa Lucia and it is humble to say the least... but has some wicked pluses. Our room is a bed with the tiniest bathroom where you can poop and shower at the same time. HOWEVER, we have a kitchen that opens up into a beautiful atrium (courtyards are in the middle of just about every house and restaurant here!). Ours even has fresh basil, aloe vera, and lantana growing in it. Also our livingroom is super spacious and has cable tv (not that we need or want it) and a slow internet connection.

our bedroom wall

our bathroom (our bed is just in front of the wall at the bottom)

Kitchen

Atrium

Living room wall

Our companeras de casa are Karen 24 from the Netherlands and Ciaren 30+ from Ireland. They are both very nice and have a house rule of only talking in Spanish which is perfect for us! This means Matt has to practice rolling his Rs extra hard because there are not lots of farts (pedos), but yes lots of dogs (perros)! Although Matt might argue there are a lot of both.

We get to the grind tomorrow morning with orientation, tours of the schools, tutoring classes etc and Tuesday we will have our first day of work (volunteering)!

But until then, we've enjoyed roaming the streets, visiting the local grocery store without enough money, drinking tonas (local beer), taking pictures, seeing free concerts (last night we saw a Taiwanese Jazz band that was full of young prodigies) and being lost.

Street view

La catedral

Tona!

Asi es la vida!

xoxo- Los viajeros