I could not believe today was our last day. We woke up at 8:45, packed our bags, and headed down from breakfast. Today's breakfast was interesting because we split a strawberry cheesecake we had bought at the Swiss bakery the day before and today the kitchen ran out of cheese, so instead we got cream... or crema. So our breakfast included cheesecake, beans, eggs, toast, and cream... yum. Our friend Darwin arrived to pick us up and drive us to the airport, and to our surprise he had brought his whole family to meet us! On the car ride over I practiced my spanish with his son and daughter, while my mom talked to Darwin.
At the airport, there were lines that were miles long, so we decided to look in the gift shops. In one Honduran gift shop we entered, everything was in dollars and extremely expensive. My mom ended up buying aztec pottery and an ornament and I was going to buy a bracelet, but it was $4; 4 dollars is too much for a string bracelet. After we made it through the check in line, we got a "Dunkin Donut" and it was kind of terrible, haha. We put our bags down and sat at a table in this little shop near our terminal so we could get wifi. We sat there for a while, and when our flight number was called, we headed over to our gate.
On the plane ride to Houston, I read much of my book: Persuasion and ate a yummy chicken veggie wrap. My mom, being the social person that she is, made friends with a man next to her and as a result of their friendship, the man gave us cookies and candied walnuts; thank you Mom!Before I knew it, we landed in Houston then continued our trip home. I will admit, the culture shock was severe and I often experienced withdrawal about the incredible experience and journey through Central America.
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