Well my life here in Costa Rica has been busy, first my family from the US came to visit me about three weeks ago- mom, dad, sister, grandmother and uncle. It was quite a group, fun though and I was super happy to have a chance to show my family around as well as show-off my as of yet mediocre but still helpful and growing Spanish skills. My host family invited us all to dinner, which for my was an absolute whirlwind of translation and struggle for concentration as four different conversations seemed to be going on at the same time and each conversation required a little help with communication. Definitely a challenge, but I was so glad to introduce my parents and host parents to each other. Got a chance to visit Volcán Poás with my family, the first volcano I´ve gotten an upclose glance at. Sad to say that the smoking crater pool didn't quite live up to my expectations a magnificent burning inferno...oh well, Costa Rica has a few other volcanoes so perhaps I still have a chance at fulfilling my vision.
All of us headed off to Manuel Antonio for the second half of my fam's week-long visit, got a chance to take a mangrove tour, zipline at night with my mom(you don't really see much of the jungle, which made me a bit anxious since I also couldn't see where I would be landing) and share the park's beach(my favorite that I've been to in CR) with my family. It was a crazy fast trip, but I'm glad I got a chance to see everyone. This five month semester will mark the longest time I've gone without returning home, so it was great that to a certain extent home came to me :)
Week after my family left was a mad rush of planning, packing and preparing for Nicaragua- I found myself buying Lonely Planet PDF files online and then printing and binding them into a book at a copiadora in order to have some useful information on hand for the trip. It just turned out that I was one of the main organizers/planners of our group of seven. Just got back from Nicaragua today, however I'm tired and have written quite enough for one post. I'll devote my next piece to my absolutely wonderful Semana Santa in Nicaragua.
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