Dogs and Dinners

It has been a few extra days since the last blog post, but let me assure that it is not for lack of crazy, wild, and unexpected things happening here in Honduras. Diana and I have just been kept busy between work, more (grad) work, and a busy social calendar. A few interesting things happened over the weekend that you probably will all like to know about. Here are two to start with more to come:

First, Diana and I got a dog! Well, not exactly. Diana and I were walking to meet up with our good friends the Vinland’s to go out to dinner at a fancy Thai restaurant. As we were in route we saw the sweetest looking brown street dog. We called to the dog and he took up following us. He followed us all the way to the Vinland’s casa. By this time we had already given him a name – Pancho. After about 30 minutes inside the Vinland’s pad we assumed that Pancho would have moved on. But as we head out to our next stop, long and behold, there was Pancho who promptly fell in line behind us as we walked. Finally, we parted ways with Pancho as we hopped in a taxi and assumed that was the last we would see of him…as it turns out that would not be the case. The next day as we exited our apartment to head out for some Saturday activities guess who was waiting outside for us? That’s right…Pancho was there to greet us and followed us all the way till we hopped in another taxi! We really want to keep him, he is soft on the eye and truly sweet in nature.

Second, we went out for a birthday celebration Saturday night. We arrived at this hip new pizza place at 7pm for dinner. Guess what time we left…11pm. Yes, that is right a 4 hour birthday dinner at a restaurant. That is how they do here in Honduras.

Next post, you will get to hear about Martin (the town's drunk) from Miami! Be excited!