Archive for February, 2010
This past thursday my grandmother here celebrated her 92nd birthday. No Tico birthday is complete without a celebration of the ages. When I told my host-sister that I wanted to go to the party she was shocked, confused, and intrigued by my interest. ”But it will be all old people!” she said. I rebutted by [ READ MORE ]
Unless the woman is sleeping, I have never not seen my host-mom in the kitchen or buying groceries. Since the first day I met her she’s been doing stuff with food. Hell, she picked me up from the bus carrying a loaf of bread she bought at the supermarket o the way. She is a [ READ MORE ]
Right now, the following is happening: 1. Both my stomach and my friend who lives above me’s stomach hurt. Using our college-educated minds we deduced that we perhaps ate the same bad food yesterday while at my hostmom’s daughter’s house. Blah. 2. After telling my host mom that my stomach hurt she proceeded to share [ READ MORE ]
Well…I just accidentally deleted all the photos I have from todays events. Wonderful. But I’m taking pictures from Vanessa, my host mom’s granddaughter. Today was the presidential election for Costa Rica. People LOVE TO VOTE here! Each party has a color and design to their flag..it would be sort of like the democrats and republicans [ READ MORE ]
So this past weekend nine of us headed to the pacific coast to a town called Manuel Antonio. Here, they have a beautiful and extensive national park with hiking trails, forest, and animals. But what this place is especially regarded for are their beaches- which are only accessible by hiking through the national park. It [ READ MORE ]
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