Adiós Michelle... :(

Hi again everybody!

So, sorry I didn´t write last night. Nothing exciting, other than class, happened during the day when the computer here was available so I didn´t have anything to report. Now I do!! Ok, so:

Yesterday, after school was over, a group of us went to the new first ever Créperia in Sto. Domingo. The store belongs to Alyssa´s host sister and she promised her she would bring starving students to the store. Needless to say I had some Neutella and fresas which was absolutely delightful. We then all went our separate, merry, ways.

Later in the evening, 6 of us went out back to the mall in the town called the Paseo de los Flores as this is Michelle´s last week (after working for the school for 6 months as an assistant/intern) and she wanted to go to her favorite bar: Kbaña. It was an absolute blast! It´s really fun making friends from all over the world. The six who went were me, Michelle (Germany), Alyss (CO), Kim (Chicago), Insa (North Germany), and Matias (West Germany). Clearly we´re a diverse but not so diverse group of foreigners. The funny thing is, although all of us speak English, and usually transition into English after a while into a conversation, we all start speaking Spanish to each other. It´s really cool to see that happen because although I know Alyssa is from the States for example, and she knows I´m practically from there too, at least as far as my English is concerned, we start all conversations in Spanish. I think it´s just the default of being in CR for the reason of learning Spanish, it´s the one common language we can all find together. It´s pretty cool :)

Last night was the first night (except the night I arrived) that I was awake past 22:30!!! It´s amazing how school in Spanish (or any other foreign language for that matter) is exhausting. The fact that we all got to our respective houses last night at around medianoche is downwright impressive.

Then, another normal day of school. I officially know 3 past tenses now in addition to the present tense. Do I mix up the uses of these three past tenses?? Of course! But it´s ok, it´s the first week so hopefully I´ll have a lot of time to practice tomorrow and next week to fully grasp the differences.

After school a group of us went on a Costa Rican coffee plantation tour. It was a lot of fun. We walked through the fields, watched our guides become actors and perform or us, and tasted a wide variety of coffees. It was great fun :)

For tonight I´m taking it easy and maybe go to the apartment where Michelle and Matias are living to watch a movie or something but that´s still up in the air...

SATURDAY!!! Kim and I are goinf to Mál País together and I´ll be meeting up with Jensine! We leave Saturday early in the morning and come back Sunday. It should be a lot of fun as I have yet to visit the beaches here and I hear they´re absolutely incredible!

As always, amor to all!!

Meirav