Yup- still raining. So how bout that walk around the city today? Guess that's why they call it the "rainy season"...
Finally forced myself into going for a run this afternoon, although it did start raining :( So, to top off my workout I came back to my room and did a yoga workout I found via Podcast. If you're fishin' for a morale booster, I would not suggest yoga. Watching 50 year-old women execute athletic maneuvers you can't do is not the best idea for motivation.
Today for class my other classmate, teacher and I met in front of the Teatro Nacional (National Theatre), one of the only old buildings remaining in San Jose. The theatre was built in the 1890's, and according to Costa Rican's was built by coffee. Not literally, but the funding for the theatre reflected the newfound wealth of teh country solely from the exportation of the coffee bean. After walking all around San Jose, seeing beautiful old colonial buildings and a cornucopia of flora and fauna, we walked back to school after lunch. I met another student named Newton from Amherst College in Massachusetts, whom had just arrived to Costa Rica last night. He is here on a grant from his college to conduct a study on interracial relationships in Costa Rica, i.e. interaction between Ticos, Nicaraguans, and Afro-Caribbeans. A very cool dude- dad is from Jamaica. We went out for a very cheap lunch on the UCR campus, then chatted awhile. He is like me in that he doesn't have a very strict schedule while he is here, so he might come with me on some future weekend adventures!
Yesterday morning, my alarm clock "sounded" in the form of a medium-sized earthquake, which conveniently woke me exactly 2 minutes before my alarm clock was set to go off, but did so in a more graceful manner!
Tomorrow I leave for the Arenal Volcano with the group from New York wooo! We're staying in a pretty nice hotel I think, seeing that I handed over some serious dinero for this excursion (my pockets are weeping.)
(A passionfruit flower)
Hard to believe I've been here over 2 weeks already! I'm enjoying myself immensely, and I feel as though my Spanish is vastly improving, as well as my understanding of Costa Rican history and culture.
Hope you all have a great weekend and pray that the volcano doesn't explode on me! :D
(but seriously, it erupted earlier this week and they had to shut the park down... hahaha) Don't worry mom I'll be fine!
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