Well I have to apologize for not having posting in months, eeekk that's even painful to write. The last month and a half of my first semester was packed with final projects and final trips and lots of final get-togethers with my program group, one of the all of who made my first semester a wonderful group experience and provided a nice support network. I dearly dearly miss them all. I went to Panama two times during my last 6 weeks and had a wonderful time. First went and visited my friend from school who lives in Panama City and then two weeks later the Bocas del Toro, an archipelago of islands that was stunning. I'll put of the pics from these trips on my slideshow.
Had one month in between my two semesters so I got to catch up with family in Texas for three weeks and take in some much needed sun, currently pouring raining everyday in Costa Rica. My last week I went to Sao Paolo, Brazil to catch up with one of my best friends from school. I had an amazing epicurean tour with her as Sao Paolo is not a very touristy city, but definitely know for its international cuisine. Brazil was beautiful, I especially loved the one day we drove up into the mountains to Campos de Jordao, a town set up to look like a swiss skiing village, complete with many delicious chocolate shops. The city/area/megalopolis that is Sao Paolo has 11-13 million people (the count depends on your source) and it is only second to Mexico city in size for the Western Hemisphere. I've never been in a city quite like it. I loved hearing and seeing Portuguese everywhere and I'm determined to both learn some Portuguese as well as go back to Brazil, still need to see Rio, the Amazon and I want to visit Bahia. Future travels :)
Currently back in Costa Rica, with my same wonderful host family, looking forward (not really) to school starting Monday. I'll do my best to keep these updates a little more frequent for the rest of the semester. :)
