Seasons

It’s winter right now. No, I don’t mean in the southern hemisphere, I mean in Nicaragua. The definitions of seasons are very different here. In the US, summer is when the sun rises more directly overhead and it gets really warm, and winter is when the sun doesn’t rise as high in the sky and it doesn’t get as warm. But in Nicaragua the sun rises very high in the sky year-round, so it’s always approximately equally warm, regardless of the current month. Winter is defined by the rainy reason, and summer is defined by the dry season. Also, there’s no fall or spring. There are transitional periods between summer and winter, but I have yet to hear anyone say the Spanish words for fall or spring.