Pharmacy

The girls that I work with brought me a typical Costa Rican food today. It's called tamal and most people eat this food for Christmas. My momma tica said that her mother made 200 of these last year for the holidays lol! 

Final week!

IWe had a great time last week!  Karrin and I went to Casa de Salud to present on heart attack and stroke.  Before our presentation, we talked and danced with the group.  We ate breakfast with them and they were all so sweet!  For the weekend, we went zip lining, waterfall repelling, and horseback riding through the mountains.  We ended up staying for 2 days on Playa Hermosa.  

Only 4 more days left

We only have 4 more days left! Where has the time gone?! Last night my host sisters taught me how to make Mexican style burritos. They were very good. Amy and I went to playa Hermosa for the weekend. While we were there we ziplined, repelled some waterfalls, went horseback riding and of course spent some time at the beach! It was a relaxing weekend and much needed time in the warm weather! It's cooler and rains a lot here in the mountains. 

3 weeks have passed already!

The medical students from Colorado left this weekend, so it's just Karrin and I along with 2 other students that are here to study Spanish.  We did a cooking class this week and also spent an entire day exploring San Jose.  I've discovered how great guanabana juice is and I will miss this fruit when I come back to the states.  I went to a local beach, Puntarenas, this weekend with my mom, son, and hermana Tica, Tamara.  It wasn't as good as Jaco, but I wanted to see a different beach.

Week 4

This week we are working in the pharmacies and doing a charla on stroke and heart attacks. Over the weekend I took a cafe and volcano tour! Pretty sweet!

Retro personal

Today we had to challenge ourselves to do something we normally wouldn't to. I choose to take a bus to San Isidro and get my iPhone fixed! Along the way I ordered breakfast in Spanish and I got exactly what I wanted. Then I met a woman on the bus who started talking to me. I got to know her and about her family! I was so proud of myself. I wouldn't have been able to do this three weeks ago! Later in the day we had a 4.1 earthquake :) how fun lol 

Martes

Today we had a cooking class at School. We made tortillas and a potato, beef, pepper, and spice mixture to go with it. It was sooo yummy! Also, our third charla was today in San Rafael it did not go as well for me in terms of spanish compared to the first two, but all in all it was good!