Blogs from San José, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 72

Last night I went to my first fútbol (soccer) game EVER, like ever in the US or here. What a great place to see my first one, huh? I knew they were serious about soccer here but, wow...it was an experience. I went to dance class first, though, which was fabulous. My teacher is so cute and she taught us the cha cha and cumbia. The cumbia is this weird kind of jumpy dance. The first time I saw it, i thought I could never learn, but it's not too hard and it's very fun. The teacher was very impressed with my skills of course, which is always fun :) I went straight from dance class to the game in a taxi by myself for the first time also. I was a little nervous at first ... read more

Reservations were made in December for the Feb 6th hike up Mt. Chirripo. Hiking alongside Bill would be our friends Edgar, Solange and Terry. It was decided Callista & I would drive down with the gang and wait at the hotel for them to return from the two day hike. With Terry and Bill speaking limited Spanish and Edgar and Solange limited English, Callista and I were needed to interpret. Bear, well he goes where ever Callista and I go, besides we’d seen a couple of the hotel possibilities before and felt more comfortable having Bear in case we needed protecting. Everyone arrived at our house early Monday morning to load up. We piled into our car Tico style, five adults, a child and a dog. Anything not breathing was tied on top of the car ... read more

I started my first class of this new block and I'm so excited- it looks like we're going to review all the grammar, which is exactly what I need and love. My teacher is really nice and I like everyone in my class...my roomie's in my class, too. For lunch, my mamcita made my atun (tuna) and it was SO GOOD. Everyone ate my mango while I went to the bathroom, though, but I got over it. While we were eating lunch, my friend Sammy screamed...she found this pulpito in her rice, which is basically a small octopus looking thing. To make it even better, when we told our friend from Italy this, he didn't seem disturbed by this...aparently in Costa Rica and Italy, it is not necesary to put a disclaimer on a lunch before ... read more

As I was saying... man it has just not been my time lately. Argh! I was just typing my blog and it got lost. One of those days. I guess I´ll just start off by ranting, because that is what I´m most in the mood for. I talked to my mom last night and asked her if she got the package I sent, and she said, no I got some insurance information...I was like, WHAT? Yes, that´s what she got. I sent my pics and notebooks, and some music books from guatemala. Now it hasn´t come, and I don´t know if it will. I´m most devestated about losing my notebooks. I had over 50 songs in there, about 4 or five albums. I´m really bumbed. Honestly, there is nothing worse that could have happened to me. ... read more

Callista went to parque de diversiones with friends the other day and left Bill and I with a day to kill in San Jose. We decided to head to avenida central and just wander. Bill does all the driving when we're in San Jose so he really doesn't get to see much. You have to keep your eyes on the road or the cars next to you when driving down town. He enjoys walking the streets and seeing what he misses. There are some beautiful buildings in the areas surrounding the National Theatre and museums. We enjoyed a cup of cafe con leche at an internet cafe in the morning above the walking street and watched the crowds. People are fascinating to watch, later we ate lunch at a restaurant above the street so we could ... read more