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Travel Blogs from Heredia
Huelga (strike) y Regreso de paraiso!
... potatoes, yuca, and a little bit of meat, it was like a soup. And again we made more tortillas, we felt like the experts cause we were showing everyone how to do it. But it was still fun. Yo pienso nosotras tenemos muchas cosas al aprendizaje en la semana. Hoy yo aprendi los ocho grupos de verbos iregulares en presente. Mañana nosotros aprendemos los usos diferentes por ser, estar, haber, hacer y tener. Lo parece ...
Making our way back to the city!
... meal! This time we made a soup that had meat, potatoes, chayote, yuca, some spices, and of course homemade tortillas. It was good, but not nearly as good as the meal we made last week! On wednesday, we acted like total Americans and made our way to Wal Mart after class! We decided to walk for some exercise, and exercise it was! It was an uphill walk most of the way and it took almost an hour to get there! Chelsea and I needed some shampoo, and we also heard that ...
First day of class!
Costa Rica is becoming more amazing as the hours go by! I was incredibly nervous yesterday, mainly because I just arrived in a foreign country and before I knew it, I was separated from my friends and whisked into a strangers home! Little did I know that they were very excited to meet me and do whatever they can to help me towards my goal of learning Spanish. Although they live in a nice, middle class Costa Rican house, it does not have the ...
Los Mariposas
So, we finally made it to Costa Rica! Loading the plane at 4 pm was pretty nice because my grandparents on my dads side came in and I went to have breakfast with them! It was nice seeing them, but I had to leave early because, of course knowing me, I still needed to go shopping 6 hours before my plane boarded. So after I got all the nasty shopping out of the way, I had one of the best days with my mom in years! I was filled with pure excitement for our trip, but still ...
Bienvenido a Costa Rica
... We used the bus, saw some markets, and toured the church and fort. The market was a busy place that with a lot of produce and prepared food, and a few other vendors like tshirts and cell phones. Later at home, mamatica prepared a feast and we talked with her. Afterwards, we did homework and went to bed very early. All in all it seemed pretty easy to get around and do things. Eating 99% vegan will not be a problem, money is not difficult to use, and everybody is patient with broken ...