Saturdays

The first saturday here we drove an hour outside of the city to a small town on the beach. Nothing like a beach without the smell of sun tan lotion in the air and without two thousand umbrellas covering the sand, it was nice and quiet. We walked around and ate some great fresh ceviche and catch of the day and washed it down with cold Donas.

Last Saturday we went to a town an hour outside of the city called Granada. It reminded me a lot of, Antigua, the town I lived in Guatemala, colonial style architecture with lots of vibrant colored buildings and a central square. There was a festival going on so all the fritanga ladies were in full force in the park. Fritanga is fried food. There were tons of ladies frying up chicken, plantains, potatoes, empanadas, chicken gizzards, really anything you can throw into a pot of oil and fry up, they do! We opted for fruit smoothies

This weekend Matt had to be away for work so I decided to play around with our new food processor. I went to the market and bought a bunch of fixins for gazbacho. I chopped, and diced, and shredded, and processed, all in one machine, it was great. The only problem was . . .our fridge decided to break . . .so instead of cold gazpacho it will probably be warm, spicy tomato soup when Matt gets back. I also picked up a bunch of peanuts to make some peanut butter. That didn’t turn out quite as I hoped for either . . the peanuts tasted like bleach, maybe the lady at the market stored them near cleaning products??? Ill just give it another whirl soon.

A tour of the Neighborhood

Here are some pictures of our neighborhood Altamira, our home, and some pictures of a day-trip to the beach a couple weeks ago

Adventures of the Fischer-Dalys

A whirl wind followed by down time

Wow, we have a fantastic time in Vermont at our wedding celebration. Thanks so much to those of you that were able to make it out all the way to the Northeast Kingdom. It was everything we could have dreamed of and more.

After driving to Maryland the next day, we spent two days packing up our lives, shipping some of it in boxes and stuffing the rest in our big back packs. So now we are here in Managua. I spent some time hanging pictures and making our house a bit of a home.

Adjusting is a bit more challenging than I had expected, but I know it will get easier with time. Hence the blog. . . . I have lots of time on my hands right now so visit and visit often. Im sure there will be lots of updates :)

Im finding little projects to keep me busy. Im planning on building a vegetable garden in our back yard/patio. To get my Spanish going again I started some Spanish classes an hour twice a week and we are also thinking about getting a dog. Now is a great time to have a puppy since I can be around to be with it and train it.

So come back to our blog for pics, stories, rants and raves that make up the Adventures of the Fischer-Dalys!

If you're interested, here are some pictures of our Vermont celebration that friends have posted. We think they are fun

Wedding day hike/ice-cream social:
http://www.shwup.com/album/the_hike?_ut=B6H0v8T5jOi&utm_campaign=rel3&utm_source=button&utm_medium=email

Ceremony:
http://www.shwup.com/album/the_ceremony?_ut=B6H0v8T5jOi&utm_campaign=rel3&utm_source=button&utm_medium=email

Reception:
http://www.shwup.com/album/the_reception?_ut=B6H0v8T5jOi&utm_campaign=rel3&utm_source=button&utm_medium=email