Today felt like such a long day. We woke up at 6:30 and have been going non-stop since then. In the morning, padre dropped us off at the Catholic Church in Heredia's Central Park where we broke down into groups and took a tour of the city.
We saw the church and toured the park and then headed to the mercado. They gave us a scavenger hunt to find certain fruits for as cheap as we possibly could and then we went to a local cafe and tried them all. Most of them were very good, but I don't think I'd try some of them again haha. They weren't bad, but not my taste. =P
But el mercado was magnifico! There were so many sights and sounds and smells and we had to seriously struggle and work through speaking Spanish to the vendors. I couldn't find my fruit (anando) so I just got something else and they were ok with it.
After lunch we went on a tour of the campus and met our profesora for the spanish class we're taking. It meets everyday from 12-4:30 and it's ALL in spanish... it was a little hard at first, but now I feel like it's finally starting to click and is going much better. It was pouring rain when we got done for the day, so my roommate, Kaitlin, and I walked home and got ready to go to the soccer game.
I think that was the best part of the day, honestly. It was our whole group, no familias or anything, just us cheering for Costa Rica and having some Imperials (the local ticos' favorite cerveza). More or less, it gave us all a chance to really bond and get to know each other.
Chicas de grupo: Jennifer, Ashley, Kaitlin, me and Skylar
More tomorrow night! Ciao!
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This is so amazing. I love living vicariously through your posts! I hope you're having as much fun as it looks like you are.:]
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