Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Monday stroll - part 3

After visiting the bell tower, we continued down the street to the Granada Cemetery. A long hot walk, but filled with photo ops. Across the street from the cemetery a refreshment stand caught our eye. It was too hot to consider ordering a bowl of sopa that was boiling and steaming nearby, so we had a nice, reviving, cool and refreshing Coke over ice in cold metal cups, then off to the cemetery for lots of cool shots.

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Stirring the sopa.

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JohnG orders a coke. Sopa steams in the background.

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Angel and cross.

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No matter what angle I choose, this monument is spectacular.

Monday stroll - part 2

During our walk, we stopped at an old church, built in the 1700s. It's the only church in town that lets you go to the top of the bell tower for a view of Granada.

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The Bell Tower.

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Stairs to the bell tower.

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JohnG enjoys the view of Granada from the bell tower.

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The Cathedral from the bell tower across town.

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Oldest part of the old church, stained exterior.


Monday stroll through Granada - part 1

Remember in The Blues Brothers when Jake and Elwood drove around town with giant megaphone speakers on top of the car? You see that (or hear it) many times a day here. It seems to be one of the most popular forms of advertising. I'm listening to an advertising message right now as the car drives through Sta Lucia barrio ("Sta" is an abbreviation for "Santa").

Monday (yesterday), as Marcia took care of business here and there, JohnG and I spent the morning walking through Granada, grabbing photos and video.

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Basic downtown morning traffic photo.

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Basic happy Nicaraguan photo.

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Basic friendly barber shop.

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JohnG (in the mirror) and I shoot the barber shop from both directions.

Kathy's Waffle House

JohnG, Marcia, and I walked to Kathy's Waffle House for their famed pecan waffles. I met Sandy and Kathy, the owners. Kathy is Nicaraguan, Sandy is American, from New Orleans, and a Mac user. Counting the pecan waffles, that's five reasons to love this place. Oh wait -- atmosphere -- that makes six reasons.

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JohnG enters the Waffle House.

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View from the Waffle House portal, looking towards the volcano.

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Marcia, JohnG, and Sandy, who with wife Kathy owns Kathy's Waffle House.