Adios Monteverde

Last full day in Monteverde, I'm going to miss my family here, especially the kids. Two days ago my group went on a canopy tour, aka a zip line and it was amazing! Very very cloudy up in the cloud forest, so much so that at times I couldn't see anything around me but white while zipping along, felt like a personal cloud world :) Realized also how small this country is because on our walks to school we can see then Nicoya Peninsula and the Pacific Ocean from the road.
We've had two dance classes so far and I think my favorite is Tico Swing and merengue, the salsa was hard. Tonight we have a fiesta with all of our host families. Each family is bringing a dish, ours is frijoles. So this afternoon I'm walking to the supermercado with my family to get the ingredients and then we'll make it this afternoon.

Well made to the lovely Hotel Bouganvillea yesterday without troubles. The hotel is beautiful with a huge back garden that had tons of flowers, cactuses, and to my surprise banana trees! Today seems be the normal mixup of orientation activities though I'm dreading the Spanish placement exam we will be taking. Just have to hope for the best and the rest of the day should go well. We are leaving for Monteverde after lunch and nobody quite seems to know how long it'll take us to get there, all part of the adventure? So excited to be here, already had myself some traditional tico breakfast of eggs and gallo pinto (fried black beans and rice :)

Casi Buen Viaje!/ Just a few more days...

Hey All,
Just two more days until my early Saturday morning flight! I'm getting excited and a little put out with packing :P, but overall I can't wait to get there. My first two weeks are orientation so I'm not sure how often I'll have internet access but I'll try and put up pics and a few words as often as possible :) My first week I'll be up in the mountains in Monteverde, Costa Rica, which is between two cloud forests (doesn't that just sound lovely :)....and the area has Quakers, which intrigues me. Never thought of Quakers in Central America, guess my horizons are already widening. Hope everyone's 2010 is off to a great start.