Seeing the sights

So I get in yesterday and managed to hook up with one of the people I whose contact information I was given. We took a real nice walk around the center of the city to see the Zocolo (plaza) and the surrounding areas. Two real hightlights stood out for me. First was the excavations of the pyramids just beside the cathedral, and second was the Bellas Artes (fine arts) palace. I am going to try to get into the latter on wednesday for a show – I am told by reliable sources that the theater portion of the building is stunning. I wrote a little more about those sites on my laptop, but I will not be able to put it on a network until tomorow at the earliest.

When I do, there will be pictures to upload, too. I spent the better part of the day at a major historical site and I got some pretty good pictures. I also got the mother of all sunburns, but it was worth it!

Tomorrow starts work at the USAID Mission here. They are actually located in the Embassy, so I have to go through all that clearance garbage first thing and hope we get done in time for my first meeting.

One thing I did notice is that the sun comes up late here. In Nicaragua it was quite bright by 6:00am, here not until about 8:00. I may have to resort to using my alarm clock instead of just waking up to the sun.