7th of july

friday night was the night when marianne, scott, dan and i were suppose to get a cooking class from teresa, who is the lady of the house where marianne lives. she is this really talkative, extravert woman in her late 40`s and marianne is actually complaining that spending some 16h a day having conversations with her about all the possible topics is quite tiring. she is also quite religious and since "do you have a boyfriend?" is a common question here this results in her saying every now and then in this really assuring manner to marianne "don't worry, you just have to ask god to give you a boyfriend". sounds rather crazy in our opinion. and so back to the cooking class. we made some tortillas and a typical salad with tomatos, onions, vinigar etc and chicken. the food turned out delicious and teresa definately could set up her own restaurant, she was managing the stuff very well! the dinner was also a sort of a farewell dinner for dan, since he was leaving the next day for tegucigalpa in order to volunteer at this orphanage for 13 months. wow!that is impressive. he promissed to start a blog of his own about this experience.

saturday was the day of the excursion to the islands that are about 1h boat ride away from the coast. i took a motion sickness pill but since i had never taken one before i didn't know what effect to expect. i felt sick already on the bus on our way to the boat. when i saw that tiny boat mean for 10 people hit by those waves i felt even more sick. the beginning of the boat trip was marked by the appearance of the dolphins. i didn't see though any because i was trying to fix my eyes on something stable in that sea. my stomack was definately disagreeing with the fact that waves are fun. however some 20min later the pill kicked in and i stopped feeling all dizzy. it was time for scott to feel all dizzy now. i have to admit that the sight was breathtaking. the small islands that look like they are taken straight from a broschure about the paradise island resorts. we were told that "survivors" were filmed there at some point. perfect harmony. light blue sea, clear water, white coral sand and palm trees, and a random hut here or there. that is where it was time to have lunch. sitting in a shade, eating fried fish just pulled out from the water, one almost felt like a robinson cruso or at least a survivor from the reality show mentioned above. on our way back the storm was getting alarmingly close. it was insanely windy and the boat just kept jumping on those waves and we got the water all over us every time the boat would "land" again. wearing contact lenses and getting all that salty water in the eyes exacerbated the effect of being in the middle of almost a sea storm. we got to the shore just on time, the heavens just broke and all that water fell down in a few minutes on everyone and everything. the tropical shower it was once again. all tired but luckily not that wet we were taken back to our houses and spent a chilled out evening in the movies.

on sunday morning we all squized in teresa's car and accompanied her to her church. it was an evangelic church and it definately was an experience to participate in an evangelic mass. there was a lot of singing and clapping hands. quite entertaining in fact. nothing in common with catholic masses. when we felt like the spiritual part of the day was complete it was time to move....where else but to the beach and have a drink. that was the programme for that day until once again the rain almost caused a flood in the city and we had to rush to get a cab home. with dan gone now, marianne got a new flatmate carly from england and another girl whose name i don't know yet.

friday was by the way the evaluation day for the teachers, classes and families. just like me scott happens to be staying in a fancy house but with a family who is not really interacting with him. on sunday he told us that all of a sudden that morning people from his house appeared and were all freandly asking how the trip was and where he actually was from and such. he also got a proper lunch :D i guess the feedback actually makes it to the final destination.