Recap of the last week:
This week at school was pretty intense. I had a composition on juvenile delinquency due on Monday, an oral presentation on the health system of Costa Rica on Thursday, an in class composition on the pro’s and con’s of the internet and video games for young adults and children also on Thursday and Friday concluded the week with a final exam, both written and oral. So for those of you skeptics who think all I do is sit on the beach, soaking up the sun, with a tropical drink with an umbrella, I’m here to tell you that’s not all I do, at least during the week anyways. In life outside of school this week, things were pretty mellow. Laura and I went to the movie Bride Wars, or La Guerra Novias on Wednesday, as it’s half off in the theaters. This weekend Laura, Ashley from Boston, Stephanie from Switzerland and I went to Tamarindo to visit Kristin a former student from our school who is now studying in Tamarindo. We took a bus 7 hours to the Pacific Ocean. On the ride I realized I definitely experience some motion sickness, not bad but enough that my stomach felt creepy! We met up with Kristine at the bus station and proceeded to check into our hotel/hostel Chocolate. Here we stayed in a dorm type room with another woman named Tiffany, a 37 year old woman, who currently has no job, and enjoys drinking and making out with Tico liquor store employees. I don’t think I’ll ever meet anyone as interesting and yet sad as Tiffany. After checking into our hotel we headed to Kristin’s friends house where they were just finishing up a bbq. Here we were introduced to many people from Germany and Switzerland. It was interesting listening to the Swiss-German they spoke. Of course I didn’t understand any of it, but it was interesting nonetheless. We left the house and went to the local hotspot Monkey Bar, which was super lame. There were tons of people, super loud music, and it was just crammed. Not my idea of a good time at all! We left shortly after arriving and headed back to our hotel where we proceeded to go to bed. Saturday morning we woke up and headed to the beach to meet up with Kristin. The sun was super hot and the water was freezing due to the wind, but the beach was absolutely gorgeous. While sitting on the beach for a while Laura realized there were a bunch of boats in the ocean and was informed by Kristin that they were tour/party boats and that she had, just the week before, gone on a boat for a 5 hour tour which included drinks, lunch, snorkeling, and a great view of the sunset. This was exactly what Laura had wanted to do for her birthday so we all decided that, for Laura, we would cough up the money and go on the boat. It turned out to be the best decision ever. The boat was beautiful and the people on the boat were super fun. They ranged in age from 19-later 60’s. It was great! After our amazing boat tour we, showered and went to dinner at a pizzeria. You wouldn’t think Pizza would be popular in Costa Rica but there seems to be a pizzeria everywhere you look. After dinner we met up with Kristin and went to the local hotspot for the night, Babylon which was much better than the Monkey Bar the night before. Here the group I was with proceeded to get drunk, while I chose not to participate. I was questioned many times as to why I wasn’t drinking, as to which I responded that I didn’t need liquor to have fun. Babylon was super fun and the music that they played was awesome for dancing. I had a blast! Sunday we woke up, a couple of the girls with hangovers, and we headed to find our bus. We ate breakfast and ordered smoothies, which were fabulous and took another 7 hour bus trip home. All in all the weekend was fabulous. I had a blast!
This week at school was pretty intense. I had a composition on juvenile delinquency due on Monday, an oral presentation on the health system of Costa Rica on Thursday, an in class composition on the pro’s and con’s of the internet and video games for young adults and children also on Thursday and Friday concluded the week with a final exam, both written and oral. So for those of you skeptics who think all I do is sit on the beach, soaking up the sun, with a tropical drink with an umbrella, I’m here to tell you that’s not all I do, at least during the week anyways. In life outside of school this week, things were pretty mellow. Laura and I went to the movie Bride Wars, or La Guerra Novias on Wednesday, as it’s half off in the theaters. This weekend Laura, Ashley from Boston, Stephanie from Switzerland and I went to Tamarindo to visit Kristin a former student from our school who is now studying in Tamarindo. We took a bus 7 hours to the Pacific Ocean. On the ride I realized I definitely experience some motion sickness, not bad but enough that my stomach felt creepy! We met up with Kristine at the bus station and proceeded to check into our hotel/hostel Chocolate. Here we stayed in a dorm type room with another woman named Tiffany, a 37 year old woman, who currently has no job, and enjoys drinking and making out with Tico liquor store employees. I don’t think I’ll ever meet anyone as interesting and yet sad as Tiffany. After checking into our hotel we headed to Kristin’s friends house where they were just finishing up a bbq. Here we were introduced to many people from Germany and Switzerland. It was interesting listening to the Swiss-German they spoke. Of course I didn’t understand any of it, but it was interesting nonetheless. We left the house and went to the local hotspot Monkey Bar, which was super lame. There were tons of people, super loud music, and it was just crammed. Not my idea of a good time at all! We left shortly after arriving and headed back to our hotel where we proceeded to go to bed. Saturday morning we woke up and headed to the beach to meet up with Kristin. The sun was super hot and the water was freezing due to the wind, but the beach was absolutely gorgeous. While sitting on the beach for a while Laura realized there were a bunch of boats in the ocean and was informed by Kristin that they were tour/party boats and that she had, just the week before, gone on a boat for a 5 hour tour which included drinks, lunch, snorkeling, and a great view of the sunset. This was exactly what Laura had wanted to do for her birthday so we all decided that, for Laura, we would cough up the money and go on the boat. It turned out to be the best decision ever. The boat was beautiful and the people on the boat were super fun. They ranged in age from 19-later 60’s. It was great! After our amazing boat tour we, showered and went to dinner at a pizzeria. You wouldn’t think Pizza would be popular in Costa Rica but there seems to be a pizzeria everywhere you look. After dinner we met up with Kristin and went to the local hotspot for the night, Babylon which was much better than the Monkey Bar the night before. Here the group I was with proceeded to get drunk, while I chose not to participate. I was questioned many times as to why I wasn’t drinking, as to which I responded that I didn’t need liquor to have fun. Babylon was super fun and the music that they played was awesome for dancing. I had a blast! Sunday we woke up, a couple of the girls with hangovers, and we headed to find our bus. We ate breakfast and ordered smoothies, which were fabulous and took another 7 hour bus trip home. All in all the weekend was fabulous. I had a blast!
heyy girl. Both you and the water look absolutely gorgeous. I'm glad to see that you're having fun,meeting new people, and getting your school-work done :) Your mommy looks hilarious in that picture ,and it sounds like you really enjoy the family ,and they enjoy you also. I love the hola pedro title haha :) good times sis. It's pretty dang awesome that they have good mcflurrys and chocolate there. as a girl, i understand the importance of good chocolate. I miss you so much and will be praying for you everyday. love you lots
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