Honduran Soccer, Rain, and Angels & Demons

The fact that I don't know very much from soccer didn't stop me from enjoying a little country rivalry as we watched the US beat the Honduran team in a World Cup Qualifying match last night. The initial reaction of the Hondurans was amazing to hear...hollering and whooping don't even begin to describe their excitement when they scored a goal very early on in the game. However, that did not deter our USA team from coming back to score two additional "GOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLLssssss!!" It was fun to watch!

I saw of the largest amount of rain drop from the sky at once. I think all of the rainstorms I've ever seen in Colorado put together in my whole life were less than the amount of rain that fell in last night's storm. It was incredible...we even saw a bus get stuck because of the rain! It was insane!!

Today, we had another relaxing day...the official Girls Weekend cannot start too early in the mornings! ;-) We decided to make plans to enjoy some lunch, make hotel reservations for tomorrow, go shopping, and see a movie. I was amazed at how inexpensive it was to catch a flick. You can get into a movie for about $3. Popcorn, two sodas, and some candy was about $6 total. So, we pretty much got a whole evening of entertainment for less than $10--and it was nice! I am not sure I can go to a movie theatre in the US and feel okay about it. *sigh* Culture shock settling in... All in all, I enjoyed the movie and especially the company of the girls.

On another note, I forgot to mention our landing in Honduras was beautiful. We saw a rainbow as we landed. It was soooo beautiful.

I'm excited to see what the next leg of our trip holds in store for us! Costa Rica...here we come!

Songs on our soundtrack so far:
Shaggy's Beautiful Girls
Black Eyed Peas' Where is the Love
Bon Jovi's Livin' on a Prayer
Titanic Love Theme My Heart Will Go On (Instrumental Version)
Journey's Don't Stop Believin'

Santa Lucia, the Sweet, Sweet, Lovely Land

When we left Houston, the anticipation of traveling abroad grew! We were all ready to see Honduras and travel the short distance. We started to see and hear more and more Hondurans gathering near the gate, so we knew we were in the right place.

The plane ride was great and landing in the middle of the city was soooo different than landing in the prairie lands of Denver. It looked like we were going to land on top of buildings and or a highway, but we didn't! We made it safe and sound.

After having our body temperature measured (we think because of swine flu worries) we got through customs quickly. Anna found us right away, and we found out that a "famous" soccer coach was on our plane! Who knew! He even had media crew waiting to interview him as he exited customs.

Anna took us to the mall and we had a great little pedicure. We all needed that little relaxation after our traveling. The torrential downpour of rain kept us from leaving the mall right away. So we saw the majority of the mall and waited for it to lessen up.

Soon we learned that traffic is a pretty big problem...but we enjoyed the international feel. Anna on the other hand, says it wears off when you travel through it every day.

Then off to dinner at a local restaurant called The Patio. We ate delicious Honduran food (beans, good cheese, plantains, corn tortillas, and of course...shish chicken and beef).

Then we traveled up to Santa Lucia...which is by far been my favorite place to see (even though it was dark), but I'm anticipating a beautiful sunrise and view of Tegus!

~Joy