Thursday was fun, because we got to go to the US Embassy. We had a few people from different departments talk to us. To be honest I did not know much about what an embassy was responsible for, before visiting. There is a new ambassador on his way to Honduras now. We also got to talk a short waking tour through the consulate department. Everyone actually understood everything because the whole morning was in English. One thing that I found particularly interesting is that the security to get into the embassy was tedious, while the security to get into the Honduran congressional building was practically non-existent. The rest of the day was spent studying for my first exam on Friday.
So it finally happened on Friday; there was no water in all the bathrooms. I woke up to a knock on my door. My sister told me there was a bucket of hot water in the bathroom for me, because there was no water for a shower. We had a bit of a review session before taking our exam. We were done before 11:30, which left Friday afternoon free. We went to a girl’s house that lives near the school. We ordered pizza from Pizza Hut, which was delicious. We spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out. I got home around 4:30. The rest of the evening was spent relaxing.
Saturday was a ton of fun. I was able to sleep in, and Saturday we did have water, so I was able to shower. When I told my sister that I was going out Saturday afternoon she wanted to do my hair. I told her that with the humidity it hard for me to leave my hair down, and it never stays straight, but she did not seem to care. Katie and I walked to the school at 1:30 and met up with some other girls. We wanted to go to a large mall in the city. We knew the general location of the mall, but really did not know how to get there. We hopped on a bus which took us closer. It took a few times of asking people where the mall was before we actually found it. It was very large and very pretty inside. I was very impressed. We shopped for a while. I had read in a tourism book that there was an Applebees near the mall. We asked around to find out where it was, and it was actually a mile from the mall. We saw a Ruby Tuesday, so we decided to see how busy they were. That night there was a soccer game between Honduras and Canada, so any restaurant or bar that had a tv was packed. We sent one girl in to see how long the wait was. She came back out and said that there just was no room for a party so large, 7 people. She said they really tried to find room for us. We decided to keep walking to find the applebees. Once there we realized that they were very busy too. However, they wanted us to eat there so bad, that they set a table in their lobby/ waiting room. The restaurant was just like in the States, so imagine a group sitting on the benches with two random tables placed there. We are not sure if the fact that we were all gringas helped us. Luckily, a booth opened up, so we moved there. We felt a little bad because we were defiantly seated before other people who had been waiting. The menus were interesting because the names of the dishes were in English but the descriptions were in Spanish. I ordered my usual favorite, Crispy Orange Chicken Bowl. We were there for a good 2.5 hours watching the game on the tvs. It was crazy! Hondurans are very into their soccer. We were the only gringas in the restaurant, so we got a lot of attention. There was a group of people who wanted us to start the wave. It was very fun, because Honduras won. Getting home was really easy, because my sisters have a friend who is a taxi driver. They arranged to have him pick Katie and myself up at 8:00 right in front of Applebees. I felt a little bit bad leaving the other girls, but they could just take another taxi. It was nice to get out of the house and do something.
Sunday was very relaxing. I got up and showered with a bucket of hot water. I went to church with my parents. The rest of the afternoon I took a nap and watched tv. I chatted with my sister for a while. Hylde, the oldest is easy to talk to, because she knows how to talk to I understand her, and when I still cannot figure out what she is saying, she speaks in English.
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