Thursday, Oct 15

I spent my day off in Gracias for most of the day. I was truly happy for Honduras that they were going to the World Cup and watching the news and reactions to it on TV gave me a sense of pride that I’m able to be in this country right now. Kirsty, Jacki and I walked to town again, but we didn’t go as fast as we did last time. We still got to town in a decent amount of time. We checked the post office again, just in case it was open (it wasn’t), then went to Guancascos for a while. After that we decided to find another new place to eat so we ate at Garaje de Sabor (Flavor Garage). It was this cute place that was in what used to be a garage I think. We were craving burgers and fries so that’s what we got! The burgers we’ve had in Gracias aren’t like American burgers at all, but it was close enough to satisfy us. After lunch, we did some market and supermarket shopping and then headed back up the mountain. Kirsty and I stayed at the school for a while to decorate our classrooms for the Thanksgiving theme and walked home before it got dark. Jacki’s friends Alex and Alyssa from the States were coming later today, so she went back to Gracias to wait for them to arrive. Meanwhile, the rest of us stayed up at the house, grading, talking, and making dinner. She and her friends came later that night and it was nice to meet some of the people Jacki has talked so much about. They’ll actually be staying for about a month and living in the other room of the house Kirsty is in. Tomorrow’s Friday again already!