Week Ten 2/28 - 3/6

Cute monkey... the tourists were feeding them banana´s! How sterotypical and they were all down on the beach ¨begging¨ for more banana´s. At Manuel Antonio

Pura Vida. The saying in Costa Rica about everything being good.

Blue Tanager... So pretty. Turquoise body with a grey head! But sure likes to move around! This is the best pic I could get after taking them for a week!!

This butterfly was IREDESCENT!!!! So pretty! At Manuel Antonio

This past week was not really fully of any grand adventures because it was full of fun! The medical students from UVA were so much fun, but all we did was drink! It was like turning 21 again. I could never keep up! I had one drink to their 2 or 3, some of them would drink 4 to my 1. I was CRAZY!! Also this week was not full of adventures because I had private lessons for two days and then my final exam on Friday. I made a 92 on my final, so on the test portion of my final grade I have a 92!!! And I had perfect attendance and class participation so now I just have to finish my paper and submit it and I should be getting two A’s for my final grades in Spanish 3 and 4!!

Yesterday I went to Nacional Parque Manuel Antonio. It was ok. I saw a sloth, some howler monkeys, a few capuchin monkeys, a raccoon and some cool lizards. Then went to the beach for about an hour and went to dinner a final time with some of my new friends. 

Today I got up at left at 6 am, which was fine by me because I was up before my 5:30 alarm. Took a shuttle bus up here to La Fortuna. Got here in about 5 hours because I had to wait in Quepos for an hour for the shuttle pick up time. I am here with a host family again, so lots of Spanish use because no one in the house speaks English. Will be here until Friday morning and then I am headed to San Jose for 2 days. Then HOME!! A week from now I will be boarding my plane in San Jose bound for Houston! And then Austin!!! So ready. I miss Momma terribly and lil miss Aphid. And the peace and quiet of living out in the country. The two weeks in Turriabla were loud because it’s a bustling little area and then two weeks in a dorm, loved my room mate but she and her crew always woke me up when they came home any where from 1-3 am. And because there were 14 of them it took about two hours for every one to get home. Now 5 nights here, in another noisy location. Just ready for the country and my bed and my dog.

But this week I am going to the hot springs here, going on a birding tour, going to see some waterfalls and having 4 hour private lessons all week. J So it’s a good way to wrap up a glorious learning experience, about the language, the people and about myself.