Undaunted Travelers: Domingo - Día de Dios en Granada

This morning we awoke to loud explosions - not a typical American Sunday morning (you'll understand after watching the video)....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brf9DxU0v44

We made our own breakfast again. This time we fried the queso (it's known as dry cheese) until it was a 'bubble gum' like consistency. At that point, the cheese is spread onto a handmade tortilla. OMG! We also had an egg and of course, gallo de pinto.

The Granada Cathedral

We set out into Granada (sans Principe) at about 8:00. We took our cameras and headed for church (and there are PLENTY to choose from). We got many good shots and video. We also got a drink (water) in the Parque and people watched for a while. There was a barber cutting poor kids' hair for free. We have seen some big hearts here.

The sacrament

The crest of the San Francisco convent

Parading the blessed sacrament

Mary and Jesus

We took a bunch of people photos:

Family going to church

A vendor shooing flies

'Marci's kids' in the Parque

Nica girls

Marci 'teaching' photography


Old friends after church

Watching his boss' nice car as he goes to church

Que Linda!

We also took many pictures of kids begging outside the church (very common). I am going to dedicate a whole blog to the kids of Nicaragua, but these deserve a mention. They are cute and clever - they know how to get money. Most people just say no or ignore them. I like to get playful and take photos. Of course, they always tell you it will cost a dollar - but if you spend some time with them it gets pretty funny. I told the kids that I was a 'profesional' and said that they needed to pay me before I'd take a photo (I demanded 5 $C (about .25)). They laughed and laughed, but believe it or not, one girl DID finally pay me $C 2 for a picture of the baby. (Of course, I returned the money and gave them an additional $C 5 - they were SO happy and waved longingly as we left.)