We had planned to spend our anniversary doing and seeing some fun things on Ometepe Island - an island in Lake Nicaragua made up of two volcanoes that we've heard some amazing things about. But I got sick on Wednesday night - sore throat, stuffy/runny nose, headache, etc.- and didn't feel well again til Saturday :( So, no Ometepe. But it was a wonderful day nonetheless, and Joe did a fabulous job treating me like a princess even though I definitely didn't feel like one and I know I didn't look like one with a tissue to my nose all day! :)
We woke up around 4:00 am because my nose had stopped working and Joe was just up - that happens a lot in this country. We sleep in chunks and we don't seem to get a very big chunk at night. We blame the highway outside our gate.
Since we were both up and couldn't seem to go back to sleep we got up and watched some Jeeves and Wooster and then headed into town because Joe wanted to buy me some flowers and I didn't want to get left behind.
We got there as the food delivery truck was making its rounds. Traffic jam in Granada! :)
The guy on the back hands out the baskets to the different vendors depending on what they've ordered for the day.
The flower lady and the beautiful flowers Joe got for me. Such bright, happy flowers.
On our walk back home I saw this little boy taking a bath and couldn't resist getting a few pictures. So cute!
Joe made me a delicious all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast! Yummy!
For dinner that night we tried out a restaurant run by locals and mostly visited by locals, which is our favorite kind. A couple of expat women had told us about it, but the dish they raved about was only sold at lunchtime we found out. We were definitely the only ones there, and the flies were pretty bad. That should have been our first clue...
I ordered a hamburger because it was the only thing I recognized on the menu, and Joe ordered what he thought was an enchilada, but was a salad (ensalada) instead. (He's been eating his papaya seeds faithfully since then to get rid of any unwanted parasites :)) And instead of the side of fries that he ordered, they brought him a side of hard, rolled-up, cold, fried corn tortillas with cabbage on top - which ended up costing as much as the rest of the meal combined :) So, I guess we'll go for lunch next time, but it was still a fun dinner.
We walked the mile home in the pouring rain and stopped by our favorite bakery to get a piece of cake to eat, since we didn't have our frozen top layer of our wedding cake. What do ya know - they were all out of cake. That's the first time that's happened since we got here, but they had chocolate muffins! Which is just cake without the frosting. So we got one and ate it to celebrate while we sat in our rocking chairs on our porch and enjoyed the rain. Perfect ending to a perfect day.
Happy Late Anniversary!
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