Intro

This is a Spanish blog containing interesting facts about many Spanish Countries.

Hope you enjoy my blog and you learn A Lot!!!!

Joseph M. Acaba

Joseph M. Acaba is a respected NASA astronaut. He was born on May 17, 1967, in Inglewood, California. Though he was raised in Anaheim, California. He has only been on one mission so far. The STS-119 Discovery (March 15-28, 2009).

Franklin Chang-Diaz

Franklin Chang-Diaz is a famous latino astronaut. He was born on April 5, 1950 in San Jose, Costa Rica. He likes hiking, soccer, scuba-diving, glider planes, and music. He has a PhD in applied plasma physics from MIT and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from UConn.
He has gone on seven different trips into space and loged on 1,601 hours in space including 19 hours and31 minuits on spacewalks. The six missions he went on were the STS 61-C (1986), STS-34 (1989), STS-46 (1992), STS-60 (1994), STS-75 (1996), STS-91 (1998) and STS-111 (2002).

Franklin Chang-Diaz - Astronaut

Hotels in Tegucigalpa

There is a large selection of hotels and many have gotten great reviews. The Humuya Inn has gotten some of the best reviews overall. If you want to see all the hotels visit a search engine and type in Hotels in Tegucigalpa

Restaurants in Tegucigalpa

Tegucigalpa has many great places to eat. It has authentic Honduran, Spanish, and other Central American restaurants, but if you aren't feeling very adventurous they also have some American style restaurants in the area. You may find many wonderful selections of Cafés and diners at
http://www.hondurastips.honduras.com/english/restaurantsintegucigalpa.htm

Tegucigalpa's zoo

The Tegucigalpa Metropolitan Zoo in Honduras is a must see for Tegucigalpa. The Tegucigalpa Metropolitan Zoo is the only true zoo in the entire country. It is located near the massive Cristo del Picacho concrete Statue that overlooks the city. It is a statue of Jesus Crist. It is famous for its wide selection of exotic birds. there are a total of 310 beautiful animals there now.

Holy Week and Easter

Semina Santa, or holy week, and Easter are major holidays in Spanish countries. In Spain it is the most important religious holiday of the year. Street processions are planned every night from palm Sunday to Easter. In some processions in Spain people dress in clothes, similar to that of the Klu Klux Klan, that resemble the Nazareños, or people from Nazareth. The streets are filled with religiously devout people meditating and grieving in memory of Christ. Many artisans sculpt religious sculptures depicting biblical images in amazing detail. They parade them around town in a silence only broken by trumpets and bugles. It is the most important Holiday/week in Spain.

¡Felices Pascuas! (Happy Easter)