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! 

Jaco beach and week three

It is hard to believe that we are going into week three! I'm loving Costa Rica! The Spanish classes are coming along nicely. The total immersion into a language is really helpful but also very challenging. Probably in the top 5 list of mentally challenging activities thus far in my life! Most of us thrive for that though and I think both Amy and I would agree that we would stay longer if we could! The people here our so nice and welcoming. I've said it before but my host family is wonderful. My teacher at ELEC is so sweet as well! 

Amy, Amy's mom, Amy's son and I went to Jaco beach on Saturday. We shopped on Sunday in Real Cariari and then again on Monday in Heredia :) haha! One of the many reasons we are great friends our shopping habits are muy muy similar! 

Free time = family fun!

In San Jose, there is a children's museum and Ayden loved it.  We spent this last Saturday at Jaco Beach, which is on the Pacific side of the country.  The water was perfect and there were several restaurants and small stores to shop for souvenirs.

Segunda semana

La segunda semana es muy ocupada. Nosotros vamos la Carpio ( poorer part of San José). Nosotros hablamos con muchas familias. Amy y yo prestentamos nos charlas. Las charlas fueron muy bien. Nosotros damos muchas familias un termómetro, cepillos de dientes y primeros auxilios.