La Playa Las Penitas

Hola once again,

Well I know I just bored you all with a very long posting, so I will try to keep this short. We left city Leon for a beautiful beach not too far from the city called Las Penitas (there is a tilde over the n, I just can't find it on this keyboard). Of course as soon as we arrived at the beach I realized I forgot to email the school in San Juan del Sur to arrange more classes so I caught the bus back into the Leon this morning to find a computer. While on the computer I figured I may as well email you all again.

We had a great Valentines Day watching the German Orchestra. Apparently the group won some kind of competition and is touring Central America playing concerts along the way. What we caught was an unscheduled appearance at a backpackers hostel here in Leon, where 17 of the 27 in the group played for us. The place was packed with travelers from around the world and also many Nicas. It was really a fun time.

The next day we moved on to Las Penitas, and wow, what a beautiful deserted beach. Apparently it is a second home community for the wealthy Nicas. The place is pretty much deserted in the middle of the week, so it is like having miles of coastline all to ourselves. There are a few other travelers, but not many. Come the weekend we are told many others will come to the beach, but for now we will enjoy it to ourselves.

We have very nice accomodations right on the beach at a place called Hotelito Oasis, a great place to relax and review our Spanish lessons before we return to school next week. This morning a couple from England that we met at Selva Negra arrived at the hotel where we are staying, so we had an enjoyable breakfast with them comparing our travels of the last week. It is funny how we run into the same travelers along the way, that happened often last year as well.

Well I will keep this short as I am anxious to catch the bus back to the beach. Hope all is well with each and everyone of you. I talked with Mom and Molly on Valentines Day, they were both pleasantly surprized. We will see you all in a month.

Love Kathy

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