Tourist Day

We were tourists for the day on Wednesday.  We started by going to a lake in Santa Lucia, about an hour from where we are.  It was a cute little town.  We’ve noticed in a few places they have these “Little Free Library”—you can take and leave books there!  Kind of cool!  

After leaving the lake, we went to the Valle de Angeles.  This is definitely a tourist town—lots of shops.  I remember this town from my trip here two years ago.  At one of the shops, Kristen was looking at some wooden bowls.  The shop owner spoke English very well and offered to show us where the things were carved by hand on the 2^nd floor of the shop.  That was cool to see their intricate work.  What talent! 

We went to a fun restaurant for lunch.  It felt like a tropical island.  There were several outdoor rooms to choose from.  It was a beautiful setting--gorgeous sunshine and nice cool breezes.  Quite a treat!

(rather than The North Face)  haha!

This mural is made out of recycled bottles and plastics

a barber shop

Once we finished lunch, we travelled up the mountain to the Academia Los Pinares, a school where Kathy (another one of our global workers) is the principal.  She gave us a tour of the school.   We met one of the science teachers there and he showed us a project his class had done.  They created a radio out of wood, wire and plastic cap.  He picked up a station on it while we were there! 

We traveled back down the mountain, through a MESS of traffic!  Jim has only been here for around 4 months, and he drives like a true Honduran.  It’s great!  Pushing his way through traffic, correct use of the horn…he does it all.

We went to the church service on Wednesday night at Kennedy.  Two hours later (to those of us who don’t understand enough of the language it felt like MUCH longer than two hours)…we took the girls home for the night.  It was definitely a long day, but a fun one!