Parade

Sunday I went to church with my parents. As I have mentioned before, the church is literally in the middle of now where. I think that it is funny that every time we go, mis padres argue about which dirt road to take to get there. It is never the same. Mi papá spoke, which was neat. Afterwards there was a church “social.” We were given food in a styrofoam box, and mi and mi padres sat in the corner and ate together. There was not much socializing going on. After church I took a nap and worked on homework. Because I knew that I would be getting up early the next day I went to bed early.

Monday was a very interesting day. Because it is Honduras’s Independence day we had off. Me and three other girls decided to go to the parade. I am glad I went, but I do not think I would go again. We left the university at 7:30 to be at the stadium by 8:00. There are numerous parades throughout the city that all end at the stadium, which means the stadium is the best place to go. As the morning went on, the stadium filled out, pretty much to maximum capacity. The majority of the parade was bands from high schools and colleges all over the country. One interesting thing was a political party walked into the stadium, and people began to boo. At the time we did not know anything about the political party. Here you buy water in bags, much like the milk sacks from kindergarten. These bags work much like water balloons; we found this out when people were throwing them at the political party. We stayed for three hours at the parade, but then decided to leave because it was so hot. We had to walk for almost an hour and a half to get away from the parade and crowd. I do not think that I have ever seen so many people. We ate at McDonalds for lunch, which is always delicious. We took a taxi back to the mall. Katie and I then took a taxi to our houses. Later that night I got a call from my friend Hope saying that our friend Krista had been robbed while she was walking home alone from the mall. They took her camera and her money. We are now all a little on edge.

Tuesday I only had one class. It was weird going to the university, because the students of the university had off, so there was no one there. Also there was no electricity, which meant no air conditioning. This classroom was very warm. I spent the rest of the day working on homework, because I had a lot to read for Wednesday.

Wednesdays are my long days. I have six and a half hours of class. By the time I return home I am very tired. Luckily, I do not have much work for Thursday, so I can go to bed early.