Hello,
We are trekking through the few weeks that we have in Nicaragua, I am currently in the city of Granada. Its is very pretty, it has a very rustic look with lots of color. It is also hot as hell here, i haven't stopped sweating since i landed. But before i get to far ahead again, last week we spent the week in Leon. It was a really nice city and we stayed at the Lazy Turtle, it was a really cute little hostel. We did have an incident at night and one of the girls got mugged so that was pretty scary but everyone was fine and we all recovered. The night after a few of the girls and I went out dancing again and had a blast. And now we are in Granada. Today, because it is Sunday i have the day to just roam around. I am staying in another home stay with two other girls so that is really fun. We also got a TV in our room which is awesome!! But we are not just here to watch TV, I start my last week of language school tomorrow so that's a bit of a bummer but it will fly by. So i hope everyone is still doing great im sorry about the cold that i have heard about, keep in touch.
Sophie

Hi everyone,
Im finally in Nicaragua after 6 long weeks, we have left the comforts of Guatemala. But let me just recap the last few weeks. Last week we were in Antigua, which is an amazing city i absolutley loved it! I could totally live there for a while, there are shops everywhere and amazing restaurants. The first day we were in Antigua we just spent the day walking around and went to another market where they sold more amazing things. While walking around we also found a subway!! Where i was able to pound down a foot long sub and chips (which i have never managed before) , so hopefully i wont come back looking like a cow haha. The next morning we woke up nice and early and we hike up the side of a volcano! It was so cool i even saw a lava flow. The hike was pretty exhausting but this was inplace of our three day hike that was cancled due to tropical storms. So i really enjoyed the alternative. After the volcano, we got to sleep in and we went to Guatemala City for the day. The city is ok, its pretty dirty. But we did find the most amazing McDonalds I have ever seen in my life it was beautiful. Then we had another early morning and we flew to Nicaragua. I havent done much here yet but i am currently in the city of Leon. So i will write to everyone again soon. And thanks for keeping intouch!
Sophie

Hi,
This last week has gone by so fast i cant believe we are almost leaving Guatemala. To re-cap the last week, my teacher and i have been walking around town, she took me to the market, the church that is in the centro, and to the famous Bake Shop. So i need to elaborate on the Bake Shop, its a small bakery that is only open on Tuesday´s and Friday´s and there are the most amazing cookies ever! So this last tuesday and friday we have made sure to get to the bake shop right as it opens because they run out of food by the afternoon. Besides the bakes shop i have been salsaing all around town and it has been a blast and tonight we are going to a discoteca to dance. While here i have also been able to eat good food, pizza, mcdonalds, and Saritas (my favorite ice cream place ever). Now tomorrow we are off to another part of Guatemala, im not quite sure where because we were supposed to go on the "death hike" but due to the impending tropical storms we had to cancel the hike (yeah!). I will let you know where we are off to next once i get there haha, and hopefully i will hear from everyone soon!
xo soph

hi everyone,
So right now i am in the city of Xela its the second largest city in Guatemala. I have started school again and my teacher (Brenda) takes me around town and takes me to the market. As of now we haven't really done very much, but tonight i am going to Salsa lessons, so that should be interesting. I am staying in another host family, and got really lucky again because Megan another girl from the program is staying with me in the same house. So that is all i have done so far this week but i hope all is well with everyone and i will write again soon when i have done some more fun stuff.
XO Soph

Hello all,
So I made it down the mountain. The last week we have been in the Alta Vera Paz mountains chillen in the Chi Cac Nab village. So while we were there i got really sick with some sort of a flu like cold, which was a huge bummer because I had to spend all week in bed so that was really unfortunate. But the rest of the group helped build an alter in a church and they did an amazing job. So now we aer back in Coban and it feels really nice we get to take hot showers and have good food. Tomorrow we are heading to Chi Chi the largest market in Guatemala so that is really exciting!! Then we are off to Xela the second largest city in the guatemala so ill be able to write again soon. I hope everyone is doing well I love reading your comments.
talkto yousoon.
xoxo soph

Hi everyone,
So right now i am in the city of Coban, well its not really a city its more of a large village. We have finally left the lake side city of San Andre´s it is a little bitter sweet. Next week is going to be another adventure we are staying in a small village in the mountains that has no electricity!!! Isnt that crazy so it will def. be an experience. While we are there we are also goign to be doing construction work on a church in the village, so we will all be really tired and really dirty. But before i get ahead of myself tomorrow we are going to Samuc Champe, its sort of like a national park with lakes and hot springs. I hope everyone is still doing great, im sure i will have alot to blog about when i get back to electricity. Talk to everyone soon.
xo soph

hello all,
So i just got back from spending the weekend in the city of Tikal, the mayan ruins. It was really cool to see how all of the ruins are still some what in tact. While we were there some of the girls and I decided to spend our money on a nice hotel where i got to take a hot shower!! It was so amazing i just stood under it letting the warm water run over my face for like 5 mins. haha. That night i also decided to treat myself to a nice dinner, steak and french fries. After an exhausting meal we all went to bed and woke up at four the next morning to see the sunrise at Tikal it was really nice, you could here the whole rainforest waking up. After wallking around for a few more hours we all packed back into the bus and drove back to San Andres. It is also amazing to see how used to the heat i have gotten because the other night it was so cold i had to get out my sleeping bag and turn off my fan and the coldest it got was 75 haha so that was pretty crazy its gonna be a shock when i get back to Boston. I hope everyone is doing well, ill write again soon.
xo soph