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Hi everybody,

it has been almost a week ago since I left the states and my life is completely diferent now..

I'm staying in a super cute hostel in Granada with hammocks everywhere and with tons of travelers from all over the world. But the first person I met hear was a dutch guy.. I was kind of disapointed but he turned out to be a really nice guy and even though I was really tired i spend a long time at the bar talkig with him.
I had booked a privat room but that room was aperently full that night and I had to spend my first night in a dorm. The next day I moved to my privat room in the other location of my hostel. There was just on other girl staying (Terry) and we have a whole place with kitchen, living room and television for ourselfs.

On sunday, Terry and I decided to do a hike so we we took the chickenbus to the Volcano Mombacho. The bus trip itself is guit an experience itself. They depart from some place in the middle of the market and is packed with people full backs with vegtables and food from the market. While waiting, a lot of venter come in trying to sel stuff. Most of the times the let their children do that. The roads are really bumping and the doors are open during the whole trip. But I love it!!
We took a jeep up to the top and from there we made a beautifull round trip aroung a crater. It felt like we were walking in a rainforest. Beautifull dark plants and trop[ical flowers.

Granada is a gorgeous colorfull city full of friendly people and really anoying guys. There is always something to celebrate and there is firework and loud music all the time. Everybody here takes everything really easy because of the heat. There is here a park in the middle of the city and that is the central place for all the Nica's. Its a good place to practise your Spanisch , there is always a Nica who start talking to you. When i have some free time I go over there and talk with the locals. I made already some friends who showed me the lague de Nicaragua and where I can get a free hare cut. :)
But you also see a lot poor people here who are living with whole families in really small houses and whose kids are begging for money to buy glue.

My spanisch is improving everyday and I understand a lot, but it i still really hard to talk. I'm doing a really intensive course of four houres gramar and vocabularity in the morning and 2 houres of activity in the afternoon. The activities are so much fun! Yesterday for exemple we had dancing lessons. That was really intensive and so diferent than the vieuw lessons I had in the Netherlands. Our teacher was a old, little fat, man but he could shake his but! I was really impressed!
Almost all the Nica's are such a good dancers. Everybody dance here, no matter what age they are., its almost their way of living.

there is so much more I can tell you guys but I'm saving that for the next time. Now I'm gonna buy brandnew cellphone for 10! dollars. The prices are amazing here...

Hasta la proxima vez y muchos besos!

Nienke