Home Away From Home

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Here are some pictures of the family I will be staying with until August as well as the temporary family I stayed with for a few days. And believe it or not, I've made a couple of friends, so I've included some of them in here too! You'll also see some shots of my town, Palmares, and my host-family's house.

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Photos

Gazeebo
Located in the middle of the park

Park lawn
The Palmares park is quite nice

Park squirrels
Yeah, these rascals are down here too!

General Palmares
A typical intersection in my town

Church
Don't know much about it, but it's beautiful and located right in front of the park

Look at it this way...
A different angle of the church

Hanging with Claudia (left) of Germany and Katie (right) of Switzerland
Katie is part of AFS too but arrived earlier and is part of the school program. Claudia and I are part of the community service program.

Palmares sidewalk
A typical street in the town I'm staying

The Eye
I was trying to be serious, but couldn't keep back the smile... that's probably a good thing

Every morning
This is your typical Costa Rican breakfast: rice and beans ("pinto") and eggs

Bench Buddies
With some friends one Saturday evening

Kitty
It ith jutht tho cuh-ute!

House front
This is the front of my host-family's house

Tiling
Beautiful tiles -- typical in many Costa Rican homes

My room
Ricardo was kind enough to give up his room for 5 months

Heido and his family
These are the guys I stayed with for the 1st few days before my permanent family.

Harold
Host-brother who is married and lives down the street

Ricardo and Alejandro
Two more host-brothers (Ricardo: 17, and Alejandro: around 24)

Denis
A friend of my host-brothers who is loco but fun to hang out with!

Mario
My 4th host-brother who is currently studying engineering at the university (not sure which one though).

Night Dance
I laugh everytime I see this pic!

Comments

[gIn@ a.k.a. PoNyBoY]

Nice
whaaa....its awsome how you made some new friends!!! Have as much fun as ya can juss remember that okie doke much luv, gIn@