Matagalpa Getaway!

Beautiful adorned Cathedral

Garden at our Hostal!

We finally had our getaway anniversary weekend!  We went to Matagalpa in the the northern highlands.  It was about a 3 hour bus ride from Managua, but only 1.5 hours back!  The climate was cooler, the air was fresher and the lush, green mountains surrounding us made us feel like we were back in Colorado, well almost!  The city buzzed with energy-people actually walked faster than anywhere else I've seen in Nicaragua!  We walked around, enjoyed the sites, people-watched and ate really yummy food!  Not to mention, all the wonderful coffee shops they had in town!  It was a great trip, minus Liz getting a sinus infection from the start and feeling lousy!  We will be back again when we are both healthy-to explore, go hiking and of course for more local coffee!  

Nate enjoying the local coffee!

Liz enjoying an iced mocha!

Night lights and hills of Matagalpa!

Happy Anniversary!

We celebrated our anniversary on July 28th!  It's hard to believe that we've been married for nine years already!  Time sure flies!  We had community meetings all day, about an hour north us, so we didn't have a full day of relaxing and celebrating.  We're planning a weekend away up north in the mountains, which will happen some time this month!

In the Central Park in Teustepe!