Amoebas and hostels

So the title of this blog sounds misleading.  I didn't get an amoeba from the hostel I'm staying in.  I already had the amoeba before staying the hostel.  I don't know where I got sick from, but luckily it only lasted one day.  But I'm still going to take the pills they gave me anyways since apparently there are baby amoebas that stick around unless you treat them. 

So the week of the Spanish taller (workshop) is over.  It was actually good to have more lessons, because this time the focus was all grammar, which I really needed.  My host family was super nice told me that their house is my house if I ever come back to visit.  The last night I was there they took me out for pizza and we just sat in the restaurant chit chatting for a while.  The flat screen TV in the restaurant was playing music videos, including a medley of Lady Gaga videos, the new "We are the world" mix and the original one right after it, and part of a Backstreet Boys concert.  Interesting.  I had to explain to them what "poker face" means in Spanish.  But it was good times.  They're a young couple and they are super friendly.  We ended up talking about Carebears and Lionel Ritchie, but also about teen pregnancy. 

After that a group of us headed to the city of Matagalpa to spend the weekend in a really cool hostel.  I'm not supposed to go back to the city of Jinotega due to a potential closing of current presidential party festivities, so I'm here for the weekend just hanging out and getting lots of internet time.  They also have a big flat screen TV with cable so there's some good movies to watch.  Last night we went out for dinner in the pouring rain.  It had been dry all day and all of a sudden started pouring and within a half an hour the streets were completely flooded.  We didn't realize how much water had accumulated when we starting running out the hotel, so by the time we got to the restaurant we were soaking wet.  The streets and sidewalks were completely swamped with water, cars were practically floating away (not joking), and the streets were literal rivers that we had to wade across.  It was crazy.  I wish I had my camera with me to record the moment, but of course glad I didn't have it since I was soaking wet.  So now my only pair of closed toed shoes are wet for my journey back to site.  Good times. 


Hope everyone has a Happy Halloween!!!

~Sarah~