Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Wedding party and stuff in Esteli
So after I got back from Costa rica, I hung out with the english teahcers, Martin, Jane (Juanita), and Margareta. They told me about cool things in Esteli, like the cuban restaurant and the yoga center, and the museum, and we went to La Casita, a great restaurant/garden outside of town that has fanstatic homeade bread and yogurt and fruit, etc.
So that Saturday (613) there was abig wedding reception in Cebollal for a previous teacher and his Nica wife, and so we went and it was great fun. On the bus to Miraflor from Esteli, I sat on top for the first time, and it was so much nicer than hot and stuffy all below, but juanita and I were the only women, and when we first got up there, they all just stared. Ariel, a guide offered to take s to volcancitos to look for quetzales on Sunday before the party, but then the Miraflor baseball team won and was in the playoffs, and hes on the team so couldn´t go.
I get along great with Juanita, and the party was great fun, but almost no women there, just tons of young guys, so we were very popular, but they all got pretty drunk, but no one was obnoxious. Later at the house, Juanita, a visitor Tanya, guides Ariel, Henry, and Chico Javier sat arounda fire and hung out until one of the boys started flirting with me too muchand I got tired and went to bed. I todld him I had a boyfirend, but he was like, your not maried, and you dont have and kids.But then he said he respected my commitment. Crazy double standards. Seems like everyone here has kids without getting married o andan con otras mujeres, or whatever
It was fun, and then I felt guilty for having fun.
I have met lots of Peace Corps volunteers here and they tell me great stories, and this place and all the goings on just get more and more interesting. Too mucht oo write.
Love
melissa
So that Saturday (613) there was abig wedding reception in Cebollal for a previous teacher and his Nica wife, and so we went and it was great fun. On the bus to Miraflor from Esteli, I sat on top for the first time, and it was so much nicer than hot and stuffy all below, but juanita and I were the only women, and when we first got up there, they all just stared. Ariel, a guide offered to take s to volcancitos to look for quetzales on Sunday before the party, but then the Miraflor baseball team won and was in the playoffs, and hes on the team so couldn´t go.
I get along great with Juanita, and the party was great fun, but almost no women there, just tons of young guys, so we were very popular, but they all got pretty drunk, but no one was obnoxious. Later at the house, Juanita, a visitor Tanya, guides Ariel, Henry, and Chico Javier sat arounda fire and hung out until one of the boys started flirting with me too muchand I got tired and went to bed. I todld him I had a boyfirend, but he was like, your not maried, and you dont have and kids.But then he said he respected my commitment. Crazy double standards. Seems like everyone here has kids without getting married o andan con otras mujeres, or whatever
It was fun, and then I felt guilty for having fun.
I have met lots of Peace Corps volunteers here and they tell me great stories, and this place and all the goings on just get more and more interesting. Too mucht oo write.
Love
melissa
