Welcome family and friends to the Costa Rica C Blog!
After a long, yet smooth, trip to Costa Rica we have all assembled at the lovely Hotel Kekoldi in San Jose. We have a great group with students from New York, Texas, North Carolina, Colorado, Connecticut, Wisconsin, ...a great representation of the US!
We have been busy getting to know each other, laughing, trying traditional Costa Rican dishes, and getting ready to head to our village and home for the month, La Sierra, on Wednesday!
Some highlights so far include a fun orientation in Parque Espana, walking around downtown San Jose, and a salsa and merengue dance lesson to introduce our students to the basics of Costa Rican moves!
As we get to know each other, we are also all discovering many cultural differences between our cutoms at home and life here in Costa Rica as well as beginning to see the rewards and challenges that come from living in a new country. We have much to learn!
We are all looking forward to our arrival to La Sierra and the fiesta de bienvenida (welcome party) that the town is throwing for us! On Thursday, we´ll dive right into work on our projects. For the weekend ahead we are planning a trip to the nearby Monteverde Cloud Forest. Stay posted for more details.
As the locals like to say, Pura Vida!
-Sophie and Sam
