a year in country coming up in a couple of months

Well, the 4th of July has been here and gone. I am in the city of Matagalpa to celebrate with volunteers from my group. We had excellent Italian food for dinner... and then I was exhausted and went back to read as opposed to out to dance. Which was fine with me.

And now my stomach has turned all of that rich food and cold coffee drinks into liquid. There are more colorful ways to describe this, but I´ll spare you.

However, I do not regret the food choices that I have made. Mexican food for lunch. A mint mocha frappe for dessert. Pasta carbonara for dinner. A crepe filled with goodness for breakfast, complimented by a mocha frappe.

I miss cold coffee. Cold coffee with chocolate and whipped cream. Matagalpa has such coffees. So does Esteli, but for whatever reason I only partake here in this city. I really enjoy Matagalpa. I think it is a cooler town than Esteli, it´s just that Esteli is closer and more feasible for me coming from Somoto.

Matagalpa needs to happen more often. As does the beach. I have only been to the beach once, for New Years. I think the beach is way overdue, and there are lots of volunteers in Leon near the beach who go at least once a month. I think an extended weekend might be necessary.

So it´s July 5th. In two months, we are going to celebrate being in Nicaragua for a year. We arrived in country on the 4th of September.

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