Weekend in Antigua

Before heading off to our next site, Solola, we were given the weekend off. It was such a fun weekend with the entire group!

Friday:
We started the day in our teams with our new leader Bo. We got a run down of the schedule for the next two weeks which is going to be really exciting. I am excited to start some new projects and continue the work the other group who was in Solola has started. We are working to help a weaving cooperative build a cafe, helping another weaving cooperative make their website and help with publicity, and then continuing with our campaigns and research on Stoves.

We ate lunch and got a great salad before checking into our hotel. We then went to the gym for the first time! It was such a nice gym! We ran and did some exercises that made me SO SORE. For dinner we went to Porque No where we had a delicious meal of chicken bruschetta.

My lunch!

Pre-death

Delicious Bruschetta Chicken

Saturday:
After a late night we woke up for an early Hike-Zip-Bike. We hiked for about two hours to where we went zip lining. It was a really fun zip line but because I am small I never made it all the way to the end and had to backwards climb to the end.

The two hour hike

Some great views

Zip Lining!

The group!

After zip lining we biked all the way down a rode that was equal to the height we had hiked up. This was MISERABLE...I can barely ride a bike and the whole ride was downhill and I was terrified for my life as I held the breaks for the entire way down. There were many turns where I got so scared I would stop and walk my bike so I wouldnt DIE. Also, a few people took tumbles mid ride and I was terrified I was going to do that too. But I was proud that I made it all the way! Definitely not a bike rider...

The bikes....

We then had another delicious lunch at a crepe place that makes amazing salads and then napped before dinner.

My second salad...such a great weekend worth of food 

We went to an incredible Italian Restaurant Casador Italiano for dinner and I actually got fish for the first time since I have been here. It was unreal.

The group at dinner!

Love being surrounded by blondes

Colleen and I at dinner

My grouper

Met some new friends!

Sunday:
Today we woke up went to Bagel  Barn for breakfast and went to the gym again to work out. Had a great workout: ran 5 miles and did abs and was feeling great afterwards. We then packed all of our stuff and went back to the crepe place for another amazing salad. Then Whitney Gabby and I treated ourselves to manicures and pedicures before we returned to our homestay.

Getting my nails done