Wait, how much time to I have left??

The title says it all. Time has FLOWN by, and now I have three weeks left. I have really mixed feelings too. I am so unbelievably excited to see everyone at home, but i really don`t want to leave all of my friends here. I have had such an amazing time, it could not have been better.

I came here with big goals of learning a lot of spanish. What have I learned you ask... I can swear, talk perverted, and talk about boys... perfectly! Excelente mae! When I go home and some one makes me mad, I can tell them off like there is no tomorrow. But, I am happy with that. I have taught a lot of english here, and I guess thats what I was supposed to do, teach english to people who can`t.

I am so ready to see everyone on Vinalhaven, but I am so not ready to leave all my friends here. I am for sure going to cry on my last day of school. Luckly though, my last week here is all tests, so that means I don`t have to take them because I won`t be here to get the grades!!

I love Costa Rica!! It`s the second best country ever!!!!

Pictures, Pictures, Pictures!!!

me working hard at school...
in a mango tree!! =]


the sunset from my back
deck


the most serious picture we
took that day! =]


a classic moment from my
friends and me!! haha


My neighbor, Martha and Tinoko
and my host sister, Yajaira


The view from my back deck


my host parents

Costa Rica = amazing!

The second week I was here I went to a volcano, called barvara or something like that and it was incredible! It was really cold, and rainy, but so gorgeous. Thats all I have now, but soon I will upload more.

Livin´ the life

I love it here. Everything is incredible. The people and culture, the views, the warmth, the best thing ever!!
My family is incredible too! Theres a mami and a papi, and 3 sisters and 2 brothers. One of the brothers lives on his own, but the rest live in the house. Everyone is so welcoming and nice and undertanding of my lack of spanish and try to help me.
Everything is amazing.

My Host Family

I recently received my host family information. They are the Rodríguez family and live in San Antonio de Belen. This family is a welcome family, which means that I will only be staying with them for my first month there. This family lives in a 7 bedroom 3.5 bathroom house with 11 people in it. There is the mother and father, their two sons and two daughters. The kids are in their 30's and they have kids too. There are four grandkids living in the house too. The 11th person is the husband of one of the daughters. I am very excited to meet this family, as well as my other.

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