Nicaragua 2013: Sunday Activities

Hola everyone
I am a day behind, so I will catch you up now. Yesterday, we spent the day being tourists in the lovely town of Granada, Nicaragua. We took a bus there, and then split up into groups of 6 - one male per group.
We had the opportunity, then, to do many different things. My group went first to a place called smiles cafe. This organization not only serves coffee, but they weave hammocks and hats. The best part of this cafe is that is solely employs deaf and mute people.
Next, we went to the church and took a tour of the bell tower. From the bell tower, we had an amazing view of the city.
After that, we went to the Nicaraguan market. I have one word for you - CROWDED! There were so many people that you couldn't see the merchandise on the opposite side of the alley. We muscled our way through this and I, for one, was glad to get back into the more spacious area.
Lunch time. Being typical tourists for the day, we sought out O'Sheas Irish pub. There, we enjoyed delightful fruit smoothies, refreshing cerveza (beer), and delicous nachos/sandwiches/fajitas.
Feeling better after a filling meal, we then headed to the square to do some shopping. They had many things to purchase such as pottery, musical instraments, bags, hats, clothing, I think you get the picture.
We then met up with the whole group again to go on a boat tour of Lake Nicaragua. Our tour guide, Wilbur, was a pequenos at the orphanage we are staying at. He is now in college, studying. On the boat tour, we had the privelege to view some of the most expensive real estate in Nicaragua. You could buy your own private island, with casa, for $400,000. Let me tell you, these houses were GORGEOUS! We also saw many different types of birds and we had a chance to feed the fish and the monkeys! We coud get the boat right up to monkey island, and the monkeys would take the food right out of your hands.
Then, after deciding that we were thouroughly tired out, the group took a vote and decided to move supper up an hour.
We then went to a small artisan store that sold beautiful jewely, cloth, and furniture. We also made a breif stop at a bookstore, and then we were on our way to the Chocolate Cafeteria. This was our 4:00 coffee and chocolate time :). We had 70% dark chocolate and wonderful looking cafe's, frappucino's, etc.
SUPPER TIME! We had pizza. MMM MM MMM. I don't care what you say, you have not had pizza until you have had Nicaragua's Tele Pizza. This was amazing! There were multiple toppings (mine was tomatoes, olives, artichokes, cheese and basil). Our gluten challenged members enjoyed large, fresh salads.
Our day in Granada has drawn to a close. We loaded back on the bus and headed to the orphanage.
We then met our translators and shared the leftover pizza and a slice of chocolate cake for Justine's birthday.
Packing for the next day took place, and we all headed off to bed to get a good nights sleep for our busy day ahead. 1st day of clinical!