What are you doing for New Year this year? Going to a New Year’s Eve party? Having a special dinner with family and friends? Watching Dick Clark? Singing “Auld Lang Syne” at midnight and toasting the New Year in with champagne? Or do you have a special family tradition of your own?

In Nicaragua, New Year [...]

Last week, I shared with you the Christmas traditions of Nicaragua and, if you remember, I mentioned the Dia de los Reyes which is also known as Kings’ Day or Epiphany.

In Spain, Latin American countries and many other Catholic countries, the two most important days of the Christmas period are Christmas Eve and Kings’ Day [...]

Last week, I wrote about La Purísima, which is the start of the Christmas period in Nicaragua. Nicaragua has its own Latin American and Catholic traditions which have now been mixed with traditions from all over the world. It is a wonderful mix and a magical time.
The lead up to Christmas in Nicaragua consists of [...]

Yesterday was Immaculate Conception Day on the Catholic Calendar, a day which is celebrated in Catholic Countries throughout the world.

Nicaragua has many celebrations and festivities to celebrate the immaculate conception of the Virgin Mary and it calls this fiesta “La Purísima”. La Purísima consists of many different events and traditions, including:-

Processions and parades

The Washing of [...]

It was my morning cup of coffee which determined today’s subject for my blog – La Selva Negra. As I write this, I’m enjoying the most wonderful cup of coffee which just happens to come from the Selva Negra coffee plantation in the cloud forests, 3000m above Matagalpa in Nicaragua. It is a wonderful coffee [...]