Pedro: Bienvenidos a Nicaragua padres mios! You all know what that means, family blogging
is back. After watching The Dark Knight Rises (AWESOME!), I
picked up Tim and Donna at the airport. What
did you guys think of Managua?
Madre: Umm. It was
dark, hot and humid when we arrived and I can’t say we were real impressed by
the neighborhoods we rode by in the taxi from the airport. But being upgraded to a room on the Executive
floor at the Hilton was certainly nice!
And the Hilton’s idea of Happy Hour that includes free food and festive
beverages from 6 – 10 pm in the Executive Lounge made us very happy.
Pedro: Yeah I pretty much avoid Managua at all costs but the
Hilton was much nicer than the $12 hostel that I’m used to. Yesterday we wandered over to the mall and
bought me some fancy shoes so I can continue looking like a professor and not a
hippy. How was the drive up?
Madre: You mean the
drive to Esteli? I was still in a bit of
shock from having your first planned outing with us be a trip to the shopping
mall, but once I got over that I really enjoyed the pretty scenery on our
drive. Except for when it was pouring
down rain. Dad and I appreciated being
able to try some authentic Nica food for a snack along the way.
Pedro: You’re welcome. Once we arrived in Esteli, Dad and I went to
a travel guide to plan the next day’s adventures. For dinner, we went to the nicest restaurant in
Esteli. Delicioso, no?
Madre: Muy delicioso!
And it was so cute when you asked our waiter if they had a wine menu,
and he responded “no”, but then he gathered the entire wait staff of the
restaurant and they all kept bringing us bottles of wine to look at until we
found one we thought we’d like. And we
were right. It was a great bottle of red
wine, perfect with the wonderful food. When
we got back to the hotel did you enjoy eating the yummy chocolate chip cookies
from Amy Monterrubio that we hauled down here with us? Or were you too crabby because I beat you and
your father in the dice game that we played?
Pedro: Grr, so it’s your side of the family that the
sassiness comes from, eh? Your day will
come…
More adventures to come!
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