Narrative

Sunday, January 9.
Today we met at the school at 9:30 and got in the truck for the beach. I suppose I expected it to be really crowded, but it was only moderately occupied. We spent the day soaking up the hot, hot sun, enjoying the perfect water, reading and sleeping. Some of the girls surfed, and we watched experts on the waves right in front of us. A lot of the group got various fish dishes at a hotel restaurant on the shore and Carrisa and I found fried plantains--a shared favorite--at a cabaña kitchen where presumed locals hung about in hammocks and ate around small tables in the sand.

Monday, January 10.
After lunch, we got tours of Leon´s cathedral--the biggest in Latin America. It´s a huge, grand building with all sorts of stonework, paintings, and portrayals of Jesus, but the best part was out on the roof. We sat on the first level for a bit while the other group finished up and then we climbed up to the top level where we sat for a while. From there, we could see all around Leon to the chain of stunning volcanoes surrounding this hot valley. There´s no better way to see a city than from above it, and the wind gave perfect relief from the heat as we absorbed this bird´s eye view.