Saturday, Oct 10

I slept in til 8am today haha. Kirsty came over for breakfast since she’s our neighbor now and we had pancakes with coconut and granola mixed in the batter; they were so good. Afterwards we got ready and walked to town. Sarah and Laura Beth started before us because they tend to walk slower. Jacki, Kirsty and I left about 20-30 minutes after them and we set a fast pace. We wanted to get to town before the post office closed at 11:30 and it would be close, but we could do it if we walked quickly, which is exactly what we did. Seriously we were walking fast down the mountain and I was surprised how quickly we passed each landmark along the way getting closer to town. We got to the edge of town in about 40 minutes and there at the end of the road we see LB and Sarah! We had caught up with them and had left a half hour after them; just shows the difference in our walking pace. We continued to book it to town to see if the post office was open to get our packages. Kirsty and I arrived there first and of course, it was closed. We weren’t sure how close we had been to it being open still, but we were pissed. We won’t be able to get back to the post office til at the earliest Monday, but it may be a national holiday, which would mean it would be closed then, too. So we quickly headed to the bank and made it there just in time as it was closing.
Afterwards, I had seen an ice cream place in town and had been craving it for forever, so Kirsty and I went there and got some amazing ice cream. I mean, ice cream is seriously my favorite food and being deprived of it for so long it tasted even better, lol. We met the other girls at Guancascos and got lunch and internet there for a while. Then LB and Sarah decided to head back up to the house while Jacki, Kirsty and I went shopping for the food at the market and supermarket. We took our time because we had all day, plus it’s a three day weekend so we could come back to town if we needed anything later. It was nice to look around the market and not rush through it. I bought some cute, simple, comfy black strappy sandals for under $10, so that was a great find.
Today is the big Honduras vs. USA game so we wanted to watch the game. And we figured since we were in town, we should watch it in town with the locals. So after shopping we went to Guancascos for coffee and more internet, but then decided it’d be better just to head up the mountain and watch the game with our neighbors. So that’s what we did. The game was good; I’m no expert on futbol, but there was some good action on the field. The USA ended up winning 3-2. I actually wanted Honduras to win a little bit more, just because I’m here and have no allegiance to the USA futbol team. But oh well. It was still fun to watch and wear my jersey.