hola todos. dont expect this regular of an update but i am accidentally sitting at my mamis church waiting for my host sister to do something with kids...i´m not sure what ha ha. so i thought my mom asked me if i wanted to help her with kids at church tonight so i said of course but then my mom left and said stephanie will be here at 630 and we shall be home by 830 ha ha i have no idea what i´m doing but there are kids involved so im sure i will make a fool of myself and have a great time. in other strange news i just kissed my sisters boyfriend. ha ha that might freak some of u out but thats how we greet here and he just came to the church and said hola and then kept coming over to the computer where i am at and then he leaned over and i was like o crap i´m suppossed to kiss his cheek. it is really more of an air kiss with the brush of the cheeks but it takes some getting used to. today was the last day of orientation we talked about really getting into new cultures and not judgeing them for at least 4 months...ha ha. side note can i tell u how much it drives me nuts not putting my usual two hundred smily faces in notes but they key boards are different here and all i can find is the period.... oh well. classes start monday with language classes every day of the week in the afternoon and with culture classes twice a week in the morning. on average i will take 4 busses in a day and they dont use street signs here they use landmarks so i have much to learn about the city and plan to get lost several times. there is talk of starting a lasp soccer team so hopefully that gets off the ground cuz that would be amazing. ! woo hoo i found the exclamation point!!!!!!!!!!!! sigh...so much better!!!!!!! excellent. food is still delicious and i´m eating all sorts of things i would say no to in the states like coconut cupcakes with rice and sandwiches with jelly...look at me branching out! i am excited for whatever i am doing in the church tonight...that should help me branch out and meet some new ppl. homework is going to be a challenge as it will all be written in espanol but thats okay. i talk to myself in spanish a lot which is entertaining. i dont know for sure what language group i am in for classes but based on my spectacular interview i think i´ll be in the basic level : ) WOOO HOO! I figured it out :) :) : ) yippee...ahh the simple pleasures. lets see my host home is teal and my room is tiny but filled with pictures and posters and precious moments so basically it is my home in the states shrunk and put in costa rica! we eat dinner on the couch and i must always have shoes or slippers on in the house. my blind costa rican dog runs into the walls sometimes which is sad...but also very funny. i havent used my lap top yet because i have to find a three prong to two prong adapter but they said they have those in stores...i just have to figure out which ones. : ) it is fun to see other tourists in the cities because our group tries to blend and they stick out far worse than us : ) cameras and shorts are a good indicator that you are not local...oh and being gringo. all though many costa ricans are very fair skinned...it is interesting the contrast between costa ricans and the guatamalans i met a few years ago. lets see...weather is unseasonably cold...probably about 65 but its windy...so thats been rough : ) hot chocolate is big here which i love and coco krispies are my breakfast of choice. well i suppose i should be mildly productive and do a bit of homework. God bless! miss you all.
pura vida.
kt
It sounds unbearable there; 65 and windy! we miss you a lot too. Perhaps you can post some pics (between eating coconut cupcakes, torturing that poor puppy and kissing your sisters boyfriend). You need a 3 prong to 2 prong adapter (adaptador de tres patas)de acuerdo con google. How were the ninos at church? Do your new siblings goto skool or work? How is Amanda? Becca is beside herself without you here; she hasn't been home 2 hours since you left. Good luck at school Monday. Mucho amor, Papi
ReplyDeletehey dad, thats a lie. ive been home much more than 2 hours.. im shootin for around 5. so dont let him fool you KT! (: oh how i enjoy reading your blogs. forget homework. blog everyday! & i see your already making progress on that boyfriend i want you to bring home.. altough a word from the wise... try to steer clear of it being your sisters boyfriend... but hey. whatever works! baha, jk. miss ya sis! Love, BG
ReplyDeleteKt, 2 weeks ago Time published this race; have you heard of it? What mountains did they ride?
ReplyDeleteLa Ruta de los Conquistadores
A four-day mountain-bike race across the wilds of Costa Rica. Nearly 250 miles long, and with over 45,000 feet of climbing, the course often leaves riders stuck in thick jungle mud. Passing through a national park and over the slope of a volcano, La Ruta is billed as the most difficult mountain bike competition in the world.
sooo fun to read!! haha the blind dog was hilarious!!! sounds like so much fun and you are going to be quite the bilingual speaker after this experience.
ReplyDeleteoh man, cocoa puffs and jelly sandwiches...you must puking your guts out with that kind of native food...ha ha ha...sounds like you're having a blast (and even making some "ooo-la-la" moves on the local boys... jk :) be safe and take uber amounts of pics so we can all be very jealous of you and your language skills/tan/cultural experience/etc. when you get back :) (this is kayla kling, btw)
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