2 weeks ago...

Sorry all, I have been slacking on my blog! To start out, I love Costa Rica and am practically planning my trip back here! It’s absolutely amazing and it doesn’t hurt that everyone thinks I’m Tica! Last week, Laura and I got the most amazing teacher named Adrianna. She’s a great teacher and sooo much fun! Everyday I find myself laughing out loud at least twice. It’s great! So last week in school we had a week full of mostly talking in Spanish, which was great. I had one paper to write that I chose to write on sports in the United States and the importance of sports in our culture. It was great! I haven’t yet gotten a grade on it but I was quite pleased and so was my dad that I would choose to write about such a topic! We had Tica night last week which included dancers who danced typical Costa Rican dances which was so fun to watch, and participate in. One of their last dances included them each picking a student from the audience to dance with, which was a blast! With the weather being so hot, I have found myself with little to no energy and go to the beach often to sleep! This past weekend Saturday we went to the national park in the morning with our host mom and brother. That was sooo fun! We saw howler monkeys, many lizards, and iguanas and got to swim at a beautiful beach in the park. Saturday afternoon we met up with our friends from San Jose who traveled to Manuel Antonio for the weekend, they ended up going to the national park right after we were finished so we ended up meeting up with them later in the night. Meanwhile Laura and I went out to lunch with our host family at a restaurant overlooking the beach. It was AWESOME!!!! The one thing I really wanted to do during my vacation was sit near the beach and drink a fruity drink with an umbrella. Saturday afternoon I did just that!!! It was great! Saturday night we met up with our San Jose friends for a while, and then proceeded on to Arco Iris, Quepos’ only night club. We had heard so much about it that we decided we might as well go, so we did. This club has typical Costa Rican music, including music for the salsa, meringue. Cumbia as well as other American music. It was super entertaining to sit in the balcony and watch everyone dancing. We had our share of offers to dance from upper 50 year old men who thought we were good looking, but politely continually declined as we really just enjoyed people watching! I will say that the Costa Rican men are super relentless, they asked me to dance over and over again, literally at least 10 times, they just don’t give up! Sunday I went on a canopy tour with my friends from San Jose which was amazing! I absolutely loved being up so high and just giving up control and flying through the trees. It was truly and unforgettable experience. One sad thing that happened this weekend was our friend Sarah from Minnesota was surfing on huge wave and the surfboard came out from under her and hit her right on the side of her face and ear area and currently she is deaf in her right ear. She went to the hospital and it was determined that she return to the US to possibly have surgery. We were so sad to have to say goodbye to her early but happy that we can see her in Minnesota!!! Tuesday was Sarah’s last night so we went out to Bambujam, a club with live music and dancing. What a blast! Our drink of choice for the night was Coca Cola’s and Sarah and I danced the night away with some Tico boys. Usually Laura and I don’t go out on school nights but we made an exception for Sarah. Today I registered for summer classes which was really odd for me, to realize that I have to go back to MN! How weird!!! Today we have an oral presentation to prepare for and plan on making chocolate chip cookies tonight for our teacher and our host family. Only a little over 2 weeks till I’m back in the states!!!!