I will be home, in California this Saturday, around 8pm after over 15 hours of traveling, so I thought I would make one last entry to fill you all in. Haven't written in about 3 weeks, so I'll try and make this short: Went to a bread museum with my class instead of having an exam, left on a bus to go visit my friend Ariel from highschool who is living in Puntarenas, rode around on beach cruisers, went surfing, sliced my foot open, laid around on the be...

Yes, I know, it's been a while since I wrote. I'll try and fill you all in:Had my final for Advanced 1, which even though I don't know the results, I assume I passed since I am now in advanced 2. ISA had a big Thanksgiving dinner for us that night which was in some chinese restaurant filled with about 100 other gringos and myself, but they served all the classic dishes and although different, it was really fun.The next day I left with Melanie to go to...

Taking a break from studying and decided I might as well fill you all in on my activities as of late... Last Friday my class had a fieldtrip to a couple old churches in the city of Cartago, close to San Jose, and then as a nice "cultural activity" we went and hung out at a mountain lodge for a couple of hours. Went out that night with Marcina, her friend visiting from the States, and some other students to club Vertigo and then on to Retrovisor. Saturda...

The reality that I will be returning to the States in less than a month and a half started to sink in today as I was registering for classes for Winter Quarter in Seattle. A couple of my friends here have decided to stay an extra semester, and the only things stopping me from cancelling my return ticket are my wonderful friends and family, and of course a lack of funds. BUT don't worry, I will still be arriving in California the 23rd of December and will make...

Got out of class a bit early, so have some time to fill you all in on my latest adventures. I'll try and keep it short.Last Monday after sleeping in (8:30am!!) since we didn't have class, went Halloween shopping with Cina, but seeing as how the holiday isn't nearly as big here, had to settle on lacy purple bunny ears. Lame, but cheap, and actually turned out to be pretty amusing. On Tuesday, after my first day of Advanced 1 Spanish, and after convinci...