Our Wicked Walkabout

Well, as stated in the previous post, I was not really in the mood to sketch yesterday. I was hungover, to be honest. I started with trying to do a bit of Pen work on my sketch from the previous day, but was just not in the right head space. Rick and I decided to…

Well, I decided I needed a reset, a break, what ever you wish to call it yesterday. It was my birthday, so I can do what I want! So no post, and no sketching. The day before was a quiet day. (Feb 1) It started with the Choir having a practice in our hotel, and…

Well today was a definite adventure! We started as usual with Breakfast, and we all loaded onto our buses, looking forward to the day to come. And off we headed, across the countryside, to our first destination of many. Our first stop of the day was a park overlooking Lake Managua, with stunning views of…

This morning we headed out to the Art galleria El Centro de Arte Fundación Ortiz-Gurdián What an experience! We then returned to our hotel for afternoon a siesta and some book reading. Oh, a painting. Late afternoon, we headed out to explore and have drinks, dinner and oh… ice-cream? The walk can be treacherous, you…

Today we relocated from San Juan Del Sur to León. We thankfully had two busses so there was much more space and we did not feel like we were cramped for the ride. The trip offered a number of vista views, not all turned out in pictures , isn’t that always the case. We arrived…

The day began as usual with a lovely Nicaraguan Breakfast at the hotel. The singers headed out for their practice, and the Non-singers hung out at the hotel. We had all done a lot of exploring the day before, and we were just happy to relax, read, chat, or in my case, paint and blog.…

Another day in Paradise. The morning started with Breakfast and and Choristers headed off to practice at the church. I stayed at the hotel and painted with a fellow artist. Around noon, I headed over to the church to catch up with the singers… and managed to catch this We then headed over to the…

Day three was the first day of rehearsal for the choir members so the rest of us had a free morning. I stayed behind at the hotel and finished the painting I had started the day before. But decided after a bit, that I was over it! So off I went to find a place…

Our first day in Nicaragua was a much more leisurely day. Kinda… I did not mention that our room had a few issues when we checked in. But as it was almost Midnight, and we were a wee bit tired. The primary one being that our bathroom tap was in two pieces. So no water.…

Well, we started our day bright and early arising long before the sun, 2:45 AM! Grabbing our coffee to go, we got in the car and drove into the city. Excited about our upcoming trip well more tired than excited. I guess at that point! Our lovely Juli dropped us off and we headed inside…