Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Fly high



After arriving from Jaco me and Anabel were the only people home , all the other girls were on excursions. So sunday we went out with the family to a local park called " el parque de la paz". there are tons of hills and when you reach the top you can see for miles in every direction , very nice view.  The sky was the perfect kind of blue and the kites danced in the wind.The breeze and the sun were a prefect combo for this sunday afternoon.  we hung out got ice cream, flew kites and caught some sun rays .. one too many * Anabel got sun burn ;[ . 
I flew my first kite .. it then shortly tangled with someone elses and landed in a tree.. but no one else needs to know that part. 

My tico dad also was a hero on sunday! 
this little boy (4 yrs old)  was rolling down a hill way too fast and hit the concrete when he got to the bottom.  He helped him and his parents by making sure he was okay until an ambulance came ! 

This week the ticos began school at Veritas, they actually blend right in. They remind me a lot of like .. MASS ART students... i mean it is an art & design school so that exactly is what they are.., art students lol.  My tica mom is a Communications prof. @ university of Costa Rica and she was explaining to us over dinner how hard it is to study here. Either you go to a private school and pay a shit ton of $$ or go to a public one and BUST YOUR ASS! But the amount of money we pay in the states for school is like 5 x what you would pay here... its really crazy. probably about $7000 for a bachelors degree. Thats alot by costa rican standards.. but culturally if anyone could get their hands on a 7000 dollar bachelors degree we'd all be happy. 

Today I had my dance theory class were we learned about a costa rican dance/ version of Swing dancing. they call it " swing / or suin criollo". We watched a documentary on how it was prohibited in the 40's and how its grown over time in a dance adapted by the costa ricans. Then we got to learn the steps ! fun time ... as usual. 

This weekend we will be going to Arenal Volcano! meeep ! exciting. We will be staying at this massive hotel , with hot springs and pools and butterfly gardens :] they also will be taking us to see a waterfall called "la fortuna" which is supposed to be awesome. They have optional excursions so i will be horse back riding up close to the volcano. I'm really looking forward to it all. 

Its also such a relief that this weekend, and the few upcoming ones this month are all planned for us , because after the Jaco incident . Ive had my fiar share of personal trip planning haha.

Ps. I saw my first humming bird the other day walking to the park with Megan ! so cute .. & I got a new pillow! #AMEN 

Blowing bubbles at the top of the hill



No comments:

Post a Comment