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San Juan de Oriente

Posted on August 24, 2015 by einsler

Not the best of videos, so I’ll embellish a bit. After the GMAT on Friday, I headed back to my training town for the weekend. It was rainy and cool, which for a Leones like me right now is like … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Vlog | Tagged art photography, artisans, ceramics, Chikungunya, family, GMAT, Masaya, Nicaragua, photography, pottery, pre-Columbian, pre-Columbian art, pueblo, San Juan, San Juan de Oriente, town, training town, video blog, video log, village, vlog | Leave a comment

Ometepe Island

Posted on January 6, 2015 by einsler

After an interminable 11 hours on a ferry from Río San Juan that I could have swam faster than, my parents and I arrived at 1:30 AM on Ometepe Island. Ometepe is made of two imposing volcanoes jutting out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Christmas, cigars, coffee, ferry, Granada, Lake Nicaragua, Masaya, Ometepe, Ometepe Island, petroglyphs, plantains, Rio San Juan, San Juan de Oriente, tobacco, volcano, volcanoes | 4 Comments

Blenvy

Posted on September 17, 2014 by einsler

When we moved into our training towns way back in March, I was in a nice house in San Juan de Oriente, Masaya. The other Trainees in my town were Ryan, Jessica, and Rosendo. Jessica’s host mother, Eveling, was a … Continue reading →

Posted in León | Tagged banana, bananas, beans, blender, blender envy, blenvy, chia, chia seeds, León, Masaya, milkshake, milkshakes, Nicaragua, Osterizer, San Juan de Oriente | 2 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

More Reasons to Cancel Class This Week

Posted on June 19, 2014 by einsler

Following a week chock full of cancellations, this week has been another plague of class cancellations. The reasons (so far): Teacher hurt his foot and is out of school all week Teacher got jumped by a gang on Friday night … Continue reading →

Posted in León, Peace Corps, Teaching, Travel | Tagged assistant principal, baroque, beach, Copa del Mundo, Copa Mundial, culture, El Repliegue, El Sauce, elementary, elementary school, Esteli, Germany, high school, hot sauce, León, Managua, mar, Masaya, multi-age, National Teachers' Day, Nicaragua, ocean, Pacific, Pacific Ocean, playa, primary, primary school, principal, remedial, Repliegue, retreat, sand, school, secondary, secondary school, teacher, Teachers' Day, USA, USA vs. Germany, withdrawal, World Cup | 6 Comments

Making Smoothies with Nicaraguan Teenagers

Posted on April 9, 2014 by einsler

As part of our youth business group’s attempt to commercialize healthy smoothies in a very short eight week window: I believe that their final recipe includes bananas, papaya, orange juice, and water mellon.

Posted in Peace Corps, Training | Tagged batidos, Faro de Luz, jovenes, Masaya, milk shakes, Nicaragua, private school, San Juan de Oriente, secondary school, smoothies, Spanish, teenagers, youth | Leave a comment

A Day in the Life of a Small Business Development (“Pequeños Negocios”) Trainee in Nicaragua

Posted on March 24, 2014 by einsler

7:00 AM – Wake up to the alarm on my phone* Shower (cold) and shave (often without a mirror, and it is very hard to clean the razor blade because there isn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Peace Corps, Training, Vlog | Tagged Masaya, Peace Corps, training, volcano | Leave a comment

Nicaragua

Posted on March 13, 2014 by einsler

I have been in Nicaragua since last Wednesday. However, I only really felt like I got here on Saturday when I arrived at my host family in San Juan de Oriente, Masaya. Before that we were at a hotel in … Continue reading →

Posted in Peace Corps, Travel | Tagged Masaya, Nicaragua, Peace Corps, San Juan de Oriente, Small Business Development, Spanish, training, US Peace Corps | 2 Comments

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