What a Day...

This morning started out with me, Currie, Sandi, Samuel and Autumn going to La Princesita for baleadas.  I ordered the baleada sencilla, which is basically a large homemade flour tortilla filled with refried beans, mantequilla (sour cream-like product), and grated queso (parmesan style cheese). You can also get them with scrambled eggs, chicken or sausage added.

After breakfast, we did a  little shopping at the hardware store.  When we parked at the hardware store, Sandi and I walked about two blocks away to try to book some dentist appointments.  On Monday I'll be getting my teeth cleaned, for 400 Lempiras ($21.17).  I'll let you know how it turns out.  We also stopped by the post office so that Autumn could mail some post cards.  I found out that post card stamps are 15 Lps (79¢) each.  Plus, at the post office, you affix the stamps with a little container of glue and a popsicle stick.  

We came back home and a few minutes later Sandi, Autumn and I went out to see if another friend was home.  She wasn't, so we came back, then Sandi & I started to walk down to the mercado.  We stopped in a few shops, looking around and checking some prices.  We weren't really looking for anything in particular, just window shopping.  We made it down to the parque central and stopped in a store for a couple bottles of water.  As we went to sit down on one of the benches, Sandi recognized a friend, so we talked to her for a few minutes.  

Back at Enlaces, we left again, this time headed to the 'zoo'.  Samuel's friend, Adán is spending a few days, so we loaded the truck up and zipped down the highway.  Well, to call it the zoo is such a misnomer.  Actually, it's a slice of Honduran culture.  It's a place to get corn food products: atol, elote, tamalitos, etc., etc.  They also have a small menagerie of caged animals out back.  The ASPCA would have a field day in that place: cages are way too small, there are too many animals in several of the cages, etc.  But, it's still fun.

After our time at the zoo, we drove the short distance to Fincas del Carmen, mainly to buy nacatamales.  Fincas del Carmen has 'borrowed' the Famous Dave's logo.  All of it: pig, ribs, font.  I think it's pretty funny.  I bought 12 tamales and even a half-pound of chicharonnes.  The tamales are in the fridge until they are cold enough to freeze, but the chicharonnes did not last long at all.