We have already begun figuring out the details of shipping our things back to the states (and of course the things we won't be shipping back...can you believe I'm actually going to leave some stuff here for all of you who helped pack us up before coming here?!?!) We do still need to buy a few souvenirs as well which is why we started this past weekend. Ken has been dying to get some artwork to hang in our house to remind us of our time in Honduras so we finally went to a little art gallery in town. I'd been eyeing the place for awhile now and we just never made the effort to go on a Saturday morning when it's open. It was really cute and quaint with lots of great art work. We were really shocked.
Ken ended up finding a painting that he loves by an artist who is from Tela and fairly well known throughout Honduras and Central America. It's a beach scene, one that we feel we have seen so many times while living here, and a great reminder of all of the fun we've had in the Caribbean. I wasn't planning on buying anything but right as we were getting ready to leave my eye caught this BEAUTIFUL, COLORFUL, ABSTRACT painting that I just had to have. It has nothing to do with Honduras except for the fact that the artist is from Tegucigalpa and I'll of course remember where I bought it from.
Since it was St. Patrick's Day and all, we had to plan some kind of festivities for the evening so we bought some pork chops (unfortunately there is no corn beef here and I would not let Ken cook us corn beef hash from a can for dinner...) and accompanied it with potatoes and broccoli for our holiday meal. It was of course drank with green beer made by us! Then we and a few of our friends went out to a bar to enjoy the evening and the nice weather. The night was not complete before stopping at the Central Park baleada stand where Ken and I enjoyed some delicious baleadas!! I think we are going to miss those so much once we leave.
Sunday we ended up going to the beach for a few hours on Cary/Luke's moped just the two of us. All of our friends were laying low for the day and we felt like getting out of town for a little bit. Plus we didn't want to break the tradition since we've been at the beach for the past 5 weeks straight (what a life we lead!) It was extremely crowded and hot (duh its the Caribbean I guess) so we ate some lunch and bounced. The rest of the day we relaxed and enjoyed the cool breeze on our porch.
There's nothing in life to complain about when you live here.
I want pics of the art! :)
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