Weekend events

Last Friday after we went home for dinner (fried yuca with pizza sauce, cheese, and pico de gallo salsa which they call “chismol”), Luke and I met up with other volunteers at a restaurant/bar in town and had a few beers. At one point I counted 40 of the 51 volunteers. It was fun to all hang out and talk about the first week’s events.

Saturday morning Luke and I slept in until 9 and got up to find no one home and our breakfast waiting for us. We ate and then sat out on the patio in the sun and drank our coffee – it was a beautiful morning. We went into town just to get some exercise, walk around and call home then went back for lunch. In the afternoon, we got into the back of our host dad’s truck and they took us up the mountain to “montañita” where we got a great view of the entire city of Teguc. I also got sunburned pretty good on my arms and feet. We spent the afternoon washing our clothes, seriously, it took the entire afternoon. Our host mom has some lady come to wash her clothes and she told us the lady would wash ours too if we want to pay her so I think that’s what we’re doing from now on!

Saturday evening, all the host moms put together a get-together at the training center. Each mom brought their family and some food to share so we all sat around and ate then they had a dance for us inside the school. After that, a lot of volunteers went to the same bar/restaurant so we went for awhile and then came home to sleep in again.

We had a big breakfast on Sunday morning and then went to check email and came back to the house. I sat with my host mom for about 2 hours just chatting and Luke napped in the hammock. When our host dad and brother came home, we got in the back of the truck again and they drove us to a restaurant in the mountains where they serve pupsas. The best way to describe them is like a mix between a corn tortilla and a thin piece of corn bread…I guess its kind of like a pita. Anyway, they put cheese or meat or both in between two pieces of the pita and then fry them. They serve them with pickled cabbage and a mixture of onions, jalopeños, and carrots that you put on top of the pupusa and eat. They were REALLY delicious. After the restaurant, we drove to a touristy town called Valle de los Ángeles where there are a ton of artesanía (craft) shops. We walked around there for awhile and then came back to SL. A fun day. I don’t think any other volunteers have a host family that is willing to drive their volunteers all around to show them different places (we got really lucky).