The walking of the..bull?

The other day I got the honor of seeing the infamous nicaraguan running of the bulls!   I was so excited, it being something I missed while I was in Spain and had always wanted to see.  I heard they were coming by my house at around 1 in the afternoon.  There were supposed to be four of them, and everyone warned me it would be dangerous.  People started to gather in the streets around quarter to one.  I had my seat ready and was sitting in a doorway with a metal gate I could shut incase a it ran at me.  Well we waited until about 4pm...  the nica's tricked me again!!  Everything here runs late, even my favorite telenovela (soap opera)  sin senos no hay paraiso (without breasts there is no paradise).  Nicaraguans are infamous for the "hora nica"- it is perfectly acceptable to show up to a meeting 30 min to an hour late..  Sooo I should have known.  Anywho, I found out that 3 of the four "bulls" were too tired to make it past my house, and the reason for the delay was they were laying in the middle of the road taking a siesta...  One finally did pass my house...walking...and it was more like a starved cow than a bull.  Oh well!!  Not exactly the image I had in my head..  but nothing about nicaragua was what I had imagined really.  

Well I realize now that I have left out the work I have been doing for training.  I am working in the high school here in masatepe giving talks to juniors and seniors in high school.  When we first went to visit a class to observe, I think everyone in my training group was a little intimidated.  The students talk all class to each other, and their cellphone, to other students passing in the hallway.  When we passed the classrooms some students would give us cat calls.... whistling and hissing..  Anyway, at this point I have given  two talks to a class and it has gone surprisingly well.  If you use the right tone of voice it seems to keep them on task...  I think it is fun.  I am also working with a youth group made up of 10 students from the high school.  We are teaching them to develop a product start to finish and sell it, like a mini business.  The product they came up with is chocolate, which is a great idea because one complaint I do have is the serious lack of good chocolate here in nica.  Everyone wants it, but there isn't any to be found.. or if you do find it, it is imitation.  The students are great and I have been having a great time working with them.  

One more note...  Because we are half way through training we get to go visit and actual volunteer (I am not yet sworn in as a real PCV, just a trainee).  I found out I will be going to Esteli for my visit and am very excited.  I wanted to see that city anyway, and it is relatively large with a lot of big business.  Well it is 9pm, an hour past my bed time!  Wish me luck in Esteli!