My Mom, Dad, Brother and Uncle have come to Nicaragua to visit me for 12 days. Our adventure started when they arrived at the airport in Managua.
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| Welcome to Nicaragua! |
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| They made it! |
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| Me with Uncle Tom, Dad, and Mom |
We then took a van I had rented (with a driver) back to Matagalpa and had dinner at my homestay sister's restaurant (Buffet Oasis I recommend it to anyone who is travelling through Matagalpa).
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| Jonathan with his customary chocolate milk, but here in Nicaragua most things come in a bag, even chocolate milk! |
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| Dinner at Oasis (impromptu picture hence me swallowing) |
The following day, I took the family to all of my favorite spots in Matagalpa, the coffee shop I normally write this blog from, my house, the gym, and dinner at the Italian restaurant!
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| Mom and I in front of the coffee shop! |
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| My two families at the Italian Restaurant... best pizza in Nicaragua! |
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Me and my two moms!
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The next day, my dad rented a car and he drove us up to Selva Negra which is a coffee farm that was started by Germans in the 1800s. They had originally been travelling to California to look for gold, but when they met other Germans returning from California telling them it was much rougher than anyone had thought and it was not a place for a family, Germans began to settle in the Matagalpa/Jinotega regions. Named Selva Negra after the "Black Forest" in Germany, it is quite cooler than the rest of Matagalpa and is ideal for growing shade grown, organic, arabica beans. They sell their coffee to Whole Foods and other small vendors in the US. We were able to have lunch there, spend some time hiking around the property, and took a tour to see how the coffee is processed and how the farm (finca) runs. It is getting to be the end of the coffee cutting season as well so we were able to see the beans growing on the plants as well as the workers heading home. It was a great day overall!
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| Mom and I at the well in Selva Negra |
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| The chapel at Selva Negra |
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| One of Selva Negras ponds |
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| Uncle Tom in the rocking chair |
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| Coffee Beans ripening on the plant |
More to come from the rest of our trip to Granada and San Juan del Sur!!!
Have so much fun and give the fam my best!
ReplyDeleteWow, great pics. Love the scenery. Looks like you are all having a good time and enjoying the visit.
ReplyDeleteGood morning how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately it’s impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this I would ask you one small favour:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Nicaragua? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Nicaragua in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and a original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Calle Valencia, 39 Bajo C
28903 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com, where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely