America Recap

You may have guessed from the lack of blog activity in June that we were away on vacation!  We took a little break from Honduras and spent 11 days in North Carolina and Virginia with family and friends.  As always the time went by too fast but we had a blast catching up with everyone and doing all the fun summertime things – cookouts, baseball games, weddings, swimming, etc.

Here are some of our observations:

Smart phones and tablet PCs have officially taken over rendering face to face human interaction a thing of the past.

We once considered NC summers unbearable but now realize how ridiculous that was.  The cool evenings and summer breezes were amazing.

Air conditioning is wildly overused – I was freezing everywhere we went and ended up wearing a jacket most days.

Driving a car is like riding a bike – it comes back very easily.  Although David has adopted a few bad habits from Honduran drivers.

We noticed Spanish everywhere!  Apparently there are now 2 million Spanish speakers in North Carolina and advertisers are finally taking notice.  Spanish billboards, Spanish translations on packaged products, etc.

While shopping one day, David noticed a “Yo hablo Español” button on an employee’s vest.  David greeted the employee in Spanish who then explained that they didn’t actually speak much but had taken 2 years of High School Spanish.  We are excited to see how our Spanish fluency will carry over to our work and lives in the US.

And finally, our darling daughter dog, Honey, was as excited as ever to see us!  We hope she is not too depressed now that we’re gone again.

Here are some pictures from the trip…

Blacksburg wedding fun

The happy couple (Congrats, Dallison!)

Love the mountains!

College buds

The Hokie bird made an appearance!

Driving/riding in your own car, what a luxury!

At the Riverwalk in Durham

Durham Bulls

At the old ball game!

Where's David?

We didn’t want the trip to end but alas, it did.  We made it back safely to Honduras and found our house exactly as we left it (plus a few extra spider webs).  Thanks to our families and friends who took the time to meet up with us, feed us, buy us drinks, and put up with our Spanglish.  We miss you all already!