Today for lunch we got to make baleadas (Honduran burritos) and pastelitos de piña (pineapple pastries) with a local Honduran family. I became quite the expert at tortilla making!
I'm continuously being targeted to buy crafts from the village women and children. Clearly I have SUCKER written across my forehead. However, I don't mind so much. Already I see improvements in my Spanish. I'm still too shy to speak, but I can understand when I'm spoken to fairly well.
There was a bunch of rain today, but it didn't deter the volunteers from going out and getting muddy and playing soccer with the kids. The language barrier is making it difficult to socialize with the kids, though I did bond with an adolescent girl today who liked my nail polish and let me give her a manicure.
Dinner was delicious, and all these new foods are so much fun to try! We had a ton of down time today which was nice and awful at the same time. Today went by really slowly because we weren't working, so the days should pick up! It was nice to have time to explore a bit, and chit chat with the locals. Luckily, tomorrow should be busier and filled with more activities!
Until tomorrow, buenas nochas!
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