Monthly Archives: August 2014

Quite a Year

Posted on August 30, 2014 by einsler

I applied to the Peace Corps back in the late summer of 2012. Getting from then to Nicaragua in March 2014 is a case-study in bureaucratic incompetence that I won’t get into right now. But things got interesting one year ago … Continue reading →

Posted in Peace Corps, Pre-Service, Travel, Vlog, Work | Tagged airlines, airplanes, application, Australia, Bachelor Party, Blackberry Farm, Boston, Chicago, D.C., DC, Detroit, Ecuador, England, Facebook, flights, flying, friends, Illinois, Ireland, Knoxville, Manhattan, Mexico, Nashville, New York, New York City, Nicaragua, NY, NYC, Peace Corps, selfie, Small Business Development Volunteer, Sweden, U.S. Peace Corps, United States Peace Corps, US Peace Corps, Washington, Washington D.C., Washington DC, wedding, Wisconsin | 2 Comments

How I Learned Spanish

Posted on August 25, 2014 by einsler

This song:

Posted in Music | Tagged music, Norway, salsa, Spanish, tequila | Leave a comment

Blackout on a Volcano

Posted on August 24, 2014 by einsler

One month ago I inaugurated Incidents of Travel Past, stories from travels I have had before coming to Nicaragua. This post recounts my second story of Incidents of Travel Past, this time from Quito, Ecuador. I studied abroad in Quito, Ecuador … Continue reading →

Posted in Incidents of Travel Past, Travel | Tagged blackout, cable car, Ecuador, gondola, hail, power outage, Quito, storm, study abroad, volcano | 6 Comments

Peace Corps FAQ

Posted on August 20, 2014 by einsler

I know that people have a lot of questions about Peace Corps and Peace Corps life, so hopefully I cover the majority of your questions here. How long will I be here? All Volunteers have three months of training and … Continue reading →

Posted in Peace Corps | Tagged Barack Obama, bathroom, boiling mud, Cuerpo de Paz, Department of State, fumeroles, John Kerry, lava, León, Masaya, mud pits, Nicaragua, Obama, Peace Corps, President, President Obama, ring of fire, San Jacinto, San Juan de Oriente, Secretary of State, Spanish, U.S. Peace Corps, United States Peace Corps, US Peace Corps, volcano, volcanoes, water | Leave a comment

My Host Family

Posted on August 17, 2014 by einsler

My friends and family ask me about my host family a lot, so I figured I would just make a post about them. There are five permanent members of the household: Doña Evelyn, in her sixties I would say, lawyer, works … Continue reading →

Posted in León, Peace Corps | Tagged dog, familia anfitriona, family, father, friend, friends, grandaughter, grandmother, host family, León, maid, mother, Nicaragua, parent, parents | 1 Comment

La Gritería Chiquita

Posted on August 15, 2014 by einsler

Quién causa tanta alegría? La Asunción de María! Que viva La Virgen! Viva! Yesterday was the Gritería Chiquita in León (as opposed to the big Gritería, on December 7th). Basically, it is Halloween, but in León. The story goes that 67 years ago … Continue reading →

Posted in León | Tagged altar, Archbishop, candy, Catholic, Catholocism, Cerro Negro, explode, explosion, fireworks, government handouts, Griteria, Halloween, La Asunción de María, León, Mary, Nicaragua, the Virgin Mary, trick-or-treat, trick-or-treating, Virgin Mary, volcanic explosion, volcano | 2 Comments

Flor de Caña

Posted on August 15, 2014 by einsler

Something that happens from time to time to Volunteers in Nicaragua is getting “Nica kidnapped” or “Nicanapped.” It is when a Nicaraguan invites you to do something, and it the total ordeal takes exponentially longer than you expected. I got … Continue reading →

Posted in Peace Corps, Travel | Tagged cafe, Chichigalpa, Chinandega, coffee, factory, Flor de Caña Factory, Flor de Cana, kidnap, kinapped, León, museum, Nicaragua, Peace Corps, rum | 2 Comments

American Idol: Nicaragua

Posted on August 15, 2014 by einsler

There’s been a flurry of activity here for me this week in Nicaragua, starting with the English Singing Competition. An alternate name for this post is “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.” My greatest regret of the week is … Continue reading →

Posted in León, Music | Tagged American Idol, Coca Cola, Coke, dawg, Department of Education, English, English Singing Competition, León, Nicaragua, Peace Corps, Peace Corps Nicaragua, pitch, pitchy, practice, pronunciation, school, singing, singing competition, singing in English, song, The Beatles, Tupac, Whitney, Whitney Houston | Leave a comment

Transportation in Nicaragua

Posted on August 10, 2014 by einsler

I’ll never complain about Port Authority ever once I get back from Nicaragua. Infrastructure here is poor, to say the least. The main form of transportation in Nicaragua is by bus. And there is no website you can easily … Continue reading →

Posted in León, Travel, Vlog | Tagged Achuapa, airport, boat, boats, bus, bus route, bus routes, bus system, bus terminal, canal, Chinandega, El Sauce, Esteli, flying, gas, gas pipeline, highway, highways, infrastructure, León, Managua, Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Ometepe, Panama Canal, pipeline, port, Rio San Juan, roads, roads & highways, roads and highways, San Carlos, Travel | 3 Comments

Achuapa

Posted on August 10, 2014 by einsler

This weekend brought me to the farthest reaches of my department to the town of Achuapa, where two Volunteers live, Mary, a Health Volunteer who came to country in my group, and Ruben, an Environment Volunteer from the group prior … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Achuapa, climate change, environment, environment festival, environmental festival, festival, global warming, Griteria, Halloween, hippie, hippie fest, hippie festival, hippies, León, music, music festival, singing | 5 Comments

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