Thursday is the new Friday!

Today we all celebrate the fact that our first two weeks of hard work, hot sun, and dedication are being rewarded with:

a. an early Friday (we won't be working in the field tomorrow)
b. a field trip to look forward to (tomorrow we leave for a long weekend trip to Copan)







Everyone has been putting in the hours out in the field and our excavations are coming along great. Even though its been hot and humid and the power (and water!) have both gone out periodically this week, everyone is in high spirits for our upcoming adventures.

We'll be incommunicado until next Monday, but we'll be sure to post on our trip through the highlands when we get back.

In the meantime, we thought we might share with all of you some of the great Honduran food that we've been treated to during our stay here.



First, we have to give all props to our cook, Dona Pasquale. She is only 4 feet tall and can barely reach the stovetop, but man can that woman cook! Here is a sampling of some of her tasty offerings:

Tacos de Pollo


Enchiladas (very different from our enchiladas in the States...here they make a mixture of ground beef, spices, and potato, put it on top of a fried homemade corn tortilla and top it with shredded cabbage and tomatoes...don't forget the hot sauce!)


Dona P also makes awesome fried chicken....here it is in the "fryer":


And, lest you begin to think that we are simply stuffing ourselves with rich, fried foods (which, of course, we are...), we also want to thank Jason for seeking out guava fruits in the local marketplace...yum!


When we're not inhaling Dona Pasquale's home cooking, we sometimes indulge in a favorite treat: homemade cream-filled donuts (and coffee, of course) from the Granja de Alia, an eatery on the road to Siguatepeque.



So, rest assured...we may be burning a ton of calories every morning in the field, but we are more than replacing them with all this good food!!