I am in Granada for three weeks at language school before we move into our house in Managua. While here in Granada I am staying with a wonderful host family! My madre nicaraguense is an older woman named Nubia. She is super sweet and is always teaching me about the food, the mercados (markets), the culture, etc. Right now in our house its only her and her husband Francisco. They also have a woman (Saida) who comes 6 mornings a week to help with cleaning (they clean their houses here daily!) and washing clothes. We also have many pets! A lora (parrot), who sits right outside my window, about 4 turtles (its hard to tell because they hide unless its raining.. and it hasn´t rained!), a puppy, and about a hundred or more fish all over
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