12 days!
Might blog one more time but this is pretty much it. Monday morning i fly to panama. April 21 through the 26th i live with an indigenous kuna family on an island. April 27th we become tourists for a day...planning to see the panama canal. April 28th 6:45 pm safe and sound back in miami : ) April 30th 3:05pm land in chicago!!!!!!!!
It has been a wonderful semester. I've already had to say some tough good byes to two host families and i'll have another tomorrow. Said paz afuera (peace out) to down town San Jose yesterday...it was bitter sweet...but an oreo mcflurry made it better :) I am very excited to be home but i already know i'm going to miss costa rica and I have promised two host families i'll be back for a visit so at least the goodbyes are not permanent. And I'm mostly excited for all the Hellos i get to say in 12 days! Cant wait. Indigenous week is going to be tough...not everybody on the island speaks spanish so tomorrows homework is to learn some key phrases in kuna :)
Love you all.
See u soon!!!
Pura Vida
KT
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Practically Home!!
15 days! woo hoo!
Just got back from my 3.5 weeks in a more rural costa rican town. I absolutely loved it! I had an amazing family. Mom and dad and a 9 year old brother and 4 year old sister. My grandma lived next door my aunt next door to her. two housed down was my other aunt and some cousins. across the road was my uncle and his new born baby girl. that was my dads side of the fam. 20min. down the road was my other set of grandparents, an aunt and uncle, some 20 odd cousins and some close family friends. And the crazy thing is i got to know almost all of them. They were all warm and very welcoming and our entire group was crying today when we left them at the church to return to san jose. In grecia (the town i was in) three days a week i helped out in a school. the first week i was a lunch lady...not an easy job! but then while chatting with the principle at lunch he discovered that i was an education major and i got switched to helping the first grade teacher. It was fun and good practice for spanish speaking. Semana Santa (holy week) took place while i was there which was fascinating. The catholic church is pretty different here in CR and every day from wed. to sunday there were processions where they carried statues of mary, jesus, saints, you name it around the streets. Very interesting. We took some small day trips and made empanadas one day. Lots of time with the family. One of the most fun nights was the night we had a pajama party and 3 guys from the church came to the house and serenaded us. : ) aparently its a tradition here that when ever a guy likes a girl, or there is a birthday, or anneversary, or pj party, or just because guys come and serenade. It was pretty much awesome and the 15 of us who were at the pj party were perfectly content to have the guys sing to us all night. :) It was an amazing three weeks and i am already planning my visit back. :) Got back to san jose and was concerned that i was at the wrong house because it got a new paint job while i was gone...it is a delightful shade of blue. : ) I'm content. Cant believe the semester is almost done. Cant wait to see everyone!
Pura Vida
KT
Just got back from my 3.5 weeks in a more rural costa rican town. I absolutely loved it! I had an amazing family. Mom and dad and a 9 year old brother and 4 year old sister. My grandma lived next door my aunt next door to her. two housed down was my other aunt and some cousins. across the road was my uncle and his new born baby girl. that was my dads side of the fam. 20min. down the road was my other set of grandparents, an aunt and uncle, some 20 odd cousins and some close family friends. And the crazy thing is i got to know almost all of them. They were all warm and very welcoming and our entire group was crying today when we left them at the church to return to san jose. In grecia (the town i was in) three days a week i helped out in a school. the first week i was a lunch lady...not an easy job! but then while chatting with the principle at lunch he discovered that i was an education major and i got switched to helping the first grade teacher. It was fun and good practice for spanish speaking. Semana Santa (holy week) took place while i was there which was fascinating. The catholic church is pretty different here in CR and every day from wed. to sunday there were processions where they carried statues of mary, jesus, saints, you name it around the streets. Very interesting. We took some small day trips and made empanadas one day. Lots of time with the family. One of the most fun nights was the night we had a pajama party and 3 guys from the church came to the house and serenaded us. : ) aparently its a tradition here that when ever a guy likes a girl, or there is a birthday, or anneversary, or pj party, or just because guys come and serenade. It was pretty much awesome and the 15 of us who were at the pj party were perfectly content to have the guys sing to us all night. :) It was an amazing three weeks and i am already planning my visit back. :) Got back to san jose and was concerned that i was at the wrong house because it got a new paint job while i was gone...it is a delightful shade of blue. : ) I'm content. Cant believe the semester is almost done. Cant wait to see everyone!
Pura Vida
KT
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