Sorry I have not been posting in awhile, I've been extra busy with this advanced Spanish class. It has been kicking my butt.
Many of you asked about the food I eat here. Most of you know that I will eat almost anything so it hasn't been difficult to adapt to the change in diet. Most of the dishes I eat here are served with rice and/or beans, which I totally could eat every single day (good thing I do). Not to mention the fruit is to die for! Especially the fresh pineapple. I'll post some pictures at the end of my blog of some of the dishes I've eaten. But I have LOVED everything I eat here.
Most of my days consist of class from 8am-12pm and then I spend the rest of my day relaxing and working on the copious amount of homework the Spanish professor gives us. Kinda dumb that they actually expect me to stay in and study in a place like this....
This past weekend was el dia de independencia (Day of Independence) on September 15, so we didn't have school on Monday. If anyone knows about how Costa Rica got their independence, it wasn't through a war victory, their colonizers literally just left (super casual) So independence day here is not as passionate as in the USA, but I did get to hear parades outside my house at 5am... (apparently it's a tradition to bang your drums at the crack of dawn on independence day....)
On Sunday, my host mom told me she found a Lutheran church for us to go to. She was so excited and couldn't wait to see what it was like. Apparently Lutherans are quite the mystery to the Catholics of Costa Rica. We took a taxi and spent about an hour trying to find this place. If you didn't know...If a cabby doesn't know where your destination is, it probably doesn't exist. Nobody could tell us where this Lutheran church was. Apparently there are only two in the whole country, which I find weird since their President is Lutheran. The first Lutheran president of Costa Rica! Wooot. Anyway, we just ended up going to the mall and shopping, ha ha!
I haven't really done much on the weekends yet. A lot of international students here have been traveling around every weekend (where do they get the money?). However this weekend I am going to Jaco Beach! It's on the Pacific Coast about 1.5 hours away from San Jose and I'm staying at a hostel there with 3 of my friends. This'll be my first excursion away from San Jose so I am particularly excited!
Well, that's all I got for now. Make sure to leave a comment on my facebook post about what you would like to hear about!
Les quiero mucho y buenas noches (I love you all and good night!)
Pulled chicken, potatoes, veggies
Egg over hard, black beans, hash brown
It was rainy so my host mom, roommate, and I snuggled up.
View from Veritas, again...
From the left: Camila (a host mom), me, Taylor, and Temisha
Everyday Homero looks at me like this
Independence day!
Tonight's dinner!
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