Blogs from Central, Honduras, Central America Caribbean - page 13

If you ever find yourself wandering the countless intersections, laced throughout the streets of Comayagua, and you happen to stumble upon a corner pastry shop simply named "Coffee and Cakes," do yourself a favor and step inside. You will be pleasantly surprised. For just beyond eye shot of the countless cookies, cakes, tarts, parfaits, puddings, souffles, pies, and other pastries you will find yesterdays stale doughnuts. Chances are crusty croissants don't wet your appetite, assuming your ears aren't twice the length of your head, that is. What I mean is, rabbits love donuts. Especially those of the chocolate frosted variety. When you stop to think about it, it makes sense. The Cadbury bunny eats chocolate eggs, right? So why wouldn't these cuddly conies accompany their Caesar salads with a few surgery fried fritters? It is hard ... read more

"Meester, you vote for Barak Osama or Maaa... uh... Maaa como se dice? Ah jes, McCain." Was my greeting from a few students today. The election buzz didn't quite catch on as much as I had expected. The US government directly effects Honduras almost monthly. You wouldn't know it if you watched CNN, but George Bush meets with Manuel Zelaya quite often. One of my students, Ramon, did ask me about our nation's heroes. I told him that we have quite a few heroes; Abe Lincoln, George Washington, Teddy Roosevelt, John Kennedy, Harriet Tubman, Booker T, Washington, Hulk Hogan, and so on. "Jes, jes I know," He contested, without even flinching at the mention of the Hulkster, "But do joo have like ahh special name for dem?" "Well, we just call them heroes." "Joo don have ... read more

This week we are continuing last weeks exams. We spent the majority of last week on RED ALERT so that meant we only had two days of exams. Monday, Tuesday and Friday were spent watching movies and playing video games. The good news is that we all got paid on Wednesday. So I filled my fridge with all sorts of tasty treats. Cranberry juice, club soda, flour tortillas, beans, pepper jack cheese, green peppers, fresh milk, and chocolate. I think I covered all the bases. On Thursday a few of my 10th and 11th graders had a football game. El Alba technically doesn't have a team, however the 11th grade boys do belong to a league and their team name is El Alba... so we almost have a team. The way it was described to me ... read more

Today we have a special entry from Karina. As requested she has composed her version of the "How we met" story. We spent the weekend together formulating some plans for the wedding and I told her that she needed to write down her version. At first she was a bit apprehensive, but then I told her about her widespread fame. "Karina, do you know that your famous in multiple cities? Its true. People in Buffalo know who you are, people in New Orleans and North Carolina know too. Not only that, but people that I haven't even met know about our story and they want to hear your version. Give the people what they want, Karina." After she figured out how to use Microsoft word in English she buzzed right along. Usually our evenings together are ... read more

Well it is official. For those who have not heard the news, Karina and I are getting married. Apologies if I haven't been clear with the details, but I've been busy with school lately. We have exams next week so I have been writing tests and reviews in a crazed fury. About a year or so in the past, in a land far far away, I met Karina. I was a leader in our High school youth group from East Aurora, NY. We had made arrangements for a mission trip to Honduras. Our destination was a place called Paraiso. I had absolutely no knowledge of Honduras. All I knew was what I was told. I found out that they spoke Spanish and they lived in the mountains. While the group prepared for the trip I was ... read more