Tuesday morning, like every Tuesday morning, I was at my community service school. We were all supposed in a circle playing a game, but some of the kids were runnning around and not playing (they are 3-5 years old). I saw a little boy fall down and start having a seizure. I went to tell the teacher and was trying to get her attention but I think she thought I was a student and she was talking to another student so she didn't turn to talk to me. When I finally got her attention she ran to him and told me to go get alcohol from the director in the other room. I did, and when I came back she had her hands in his mouth so he wouldnt swallow his tongue or whatever and put ... read more

What a long, but exciting weekend! Friday morning we hopped on the public bus at 6:30 AM to head to San Jose. San Jose is the capital of Costa Rica. I loved it. Most of the streets we were on were closed off to cars and only for foot traffic. The city is HUGE, with so many different stores, parks, etc. We walked around the city, first stopping at the central park which was huge. Next to this park is the national theater, which was constructed in 1897. It is beautiful. It reminded me of the lobby at Pueblo Bonito Sunset. Everything was decored in that way, with marble columns, floor, etc. We had free time for lunch so me and a few others went to find a sit down restaurant. We ate at this super ... read more

This morning I woke up early to catch the bus at 8. I am finally accustomed to waking up early, but am still always tired… Me and a few other girls went to the Zoo in a city about 45 minutes away. We had to tell the bus driver where we wanted to stop, and he literally dropped us off on the side of the highway. We are lucky there was a police man there to tell us where to go, in order to catch the next bus. To get to the zoo we had to walk about 800m to a different bus stop and wait. Here, another but picked us up. Once again we told the driver where we wanted to go, to make sure he would stop there. The first driver stopped and told ... read more

Nothing too exciting has happened so far this week. I am begining to get into the groove of things. Although, I STILL am always tired. My family bought ketchup :) I found an awesome ice cream place that I have been to the last two days... This morning, for my spanish class, we went to a preschool to help them make 'torches' for the parade this weekend. September 15th is Costa Rica's independence day (from Spain). Every year on this day, San Ramon has a parade to commerate Costa Rica's independence. In this parade, the children carry homemade 'torches' because on September 15, 1821 they were carrying torches. The kids were so cute. I hope that the kids at my service learning school are that cute and fun and it will be a great experience! After ... read more

Today was an interesting day.. On Fridays I usually only have my Spanish class, but today we had a special lecture about insects. All day after this 'special' lecture, I felt like I had insects crawling all over me. After what I learned about bugs in Costa Rica, I am even less excited about my field trip tomorrow :P. Putting snakes and insects aside, I'm actually REALLY excited. After classes we went to 'la feria' which was like a farmers market, but larger. There were so many fruits and veggies that I had never seen before. The vendors were continuoulsy saying, "Oh nunca ha probado esta? La prueba!" Which means, "Oh, you haven't tried it, try it!" Everything was so cheap. Here, healthy food (fruits and veggies) are much cheaper than processed foods- unlike the US. ... read more