Apologies for the delay of a week or so... and the lack of photos...
We´ve been off the beaten path for a week, and blogger has been stubborn with posting photos... just means more reason for a slide night when we get home!
This week we were at the Proyecto Ecologico Escuela de Espanol. We had a week staying at a guest house, where we both had one-on-one tutoring for 4.5 hrs per day. Karen´s professor was Blas and Phil´s was Madeline (Photos to follow). One other student in attendance was Bruno, a nice swiss guy with boofy blond hair who was studying there for 3 weeks.
SPANISH SECTION
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Karen y yo fuimos a aprender español por una semana. La escuela se llama ¨Proyecto Ecológico¨, que ofrece bucear en la Laguna de Apoyo. Karen recibió más conversacion mientras yo aprendí mas sobre de gramatica. Yo buceé dos veces, cada uno fué asombroso. Mi primera buceo de agua fresca fué muy único. La laguna tiene solo una especie de planta y un par de especies de peces que son nativos porque la laguna esta aislada.
-- Escrito por Phil
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Karen learnt much about Nicaraguan history, festivals and national symbols; along with grammar, verbs, verbs and more tenses of verbs.
Phil learnt verbs. Phil got frustrated learning verbs and not being able to say what he wanted, particularly when your teacher is trying to conduct a conversation on political history! (I would´ve been more content reading ¨Run Spot Run¨)
But that said Phil can now read and write a little better and Karen can engage locals in political debates on street corners (yeah, like Karen´s the sort to incite political uprisings!)
The Laguna was Phil´s FIRST FRESHWATER DIVE!! It´s a crater lake that has been isolated for all history, and so has only eight species of fish (one of which is introduced) and only one species of plant (Charcha). How did the other 7 species get there?
The lake is about 5km wide and 200m deep, and is a lovely clear blue, visibility extends to about 10m max, and the bottom is mainly mud and rock, with occasional volcanic outcroppings which is where the fish hide-out. The water temp is 28°C - no thermoclines.
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Hi Phil and Karren
Do you still remember that swiss guy with the boofy blond hair?! Well yes, it's me...it has been a long time since I watched my dicitonary the last time where I just found a note from you with the adress of your blog...
I see you have been traveling around for quite a long time...Nicaragua was just a short stay of your hole Odysee around the americas...
I often remember the lovely time I had there in the Escuela de Espanol at the proyecto ecologico...It was very nice meeting you two. Phil the diver, and Karen the Japanese learning women at a spanish school! :-)
I hope you still travel around the world like you did in the last few years. If you manage to come to Switzerland one day, let me know if you need a place to stay over for a few days!
Wish you all the best for your future!!
Byebye
Bruno from Switzerland
It's very nice what you wrote here, my cousin told me he was looking for language schools in Buenos Aires, he wants to learn spanish there. Can I tell him to contact you? you seem to know a lot about this issue. I don't know you, but after reading this post, I trust you.
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