Our Nicaraguan friends accompanied us to visit the Cathedral of Leon which is the largest in Central America and the third largest in Latin America. We got a tour of the small basement areas with tombs.
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| Tomb of the great Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío, the lion representing León is crying |
The roof was absolutely surreal and amazing. It was reminiscent of the beach with the blue sky and white sand. León is called the city of poets, the city of heat, the city of universities, and the city of churches; from the roof we could see 10 of the 17 Catholic churches. We could see 11 of the 18 volcanoes of León, of which 7 are active.
We went to Las Peñitas, a nearby beach town, on Sunday. The locals were all surfing, so I rented a board for $3 and got tossed about for a while. Very fun and only ended up with one enormous bruise from landing on the fin. I ate Gallo Pinto, a common dish often for breakfast. We took the bus and the 'camioneta' there and back. The camioneta is a truck that has benches on either side of the flatbed (but usually standing room only) and is covered by a canopy. You have to hold on for your life as it goes flying through the narrow cobblestone streets. There is a guy hanging off the back of the truck who shouts Olé as soon as you have one foot on to get the driver to start moving and whistles really loudly for the driver to stop.
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