Buenas noches!
So yesterday was muy interesante! We studied in the morning until our brains exploded. At the end of the class Jenn was purposely mumbling while reading and I was so hungry I was at the stupid-hungry stage and laughing at everything Jenn's annoyed voice expressed. (FYI, I go through hungry stages - 1 -hungry (this last about 5 minutes) - 2 - really hungry (at this point my head gets dizzy) - 3 - stupid hungry (at this point I'm not only dizzy, but laughing at everything) and - 4 - ultimate F***ing feed me now!! hungry (read the title, mayday!)
I am digressing. So we ate, and then I started my tareas (homework). I made a 110 x V sized table in excel to organize all of the Spanish Verbs, in past, present and future tenses. (Selling copies for $10) ;)
Later that night, Maria dropped me off at a Salsa lesson. The building only looked like a house, but inside were 4 or 5 rooms with dance floors flooded with people shakin' their thangs. I was guided upstairs by a muchacho who's English was surprisingly good, leading me on to think that there were more English-speaking people to come. I entered the salsa class as the 5th participant, causing me to partner with the teacher. He was tall like me so there was only a problem when I had to rotate between partners, to dance with the other men, who were all shorter than me. The teacher verified that my Spanish was muy malo (very bad). Thanks maestro.
The desk called me a cab and I pretender to be "Doris" in order to take it home. The kilometer drive was quiet and when we got to the house, I offered the driver my only bill, a 10.000 colones. The cost was only 600 colones (approximately 1 dollar). "Obviously" the driver didn't have change, and I didn't have anything smaller, so I told him to wait as I went and got something smaller. I got to the door of the garage and realised no on had ever shown me where the doorbell was. Beginning to become nervous, as it was night time and everyone says how dangerous it is to be out at night, I began yelling "Jenn! Jenn!" Afraid she had her headphones on and couldn't hear me in the back of the house, I asked the cab driver if he had a phone I could use to call the house. Luckily, Maria made me a list of numbers to carry with me and I called Jenn in the house. She came to my rescue with a smaller bill and the keys.
I guess it was a good thing he didn't have change, because otherwise I would have been locked out for the night!
I went in the house, had dinner, finished my homework and a couple glasses of wine. (Necesito)
Today I woke up on the nervous side of the bed because today we were going to meet the Director and the people at the school I will be teaching at.
I didn't have much of a breakfast because of the nervousness, and we left right away. We took a taxi to the bus station and a bus to Santa Ana. The buses here are not for tall people. Jeff was right! I don't understand how he could have riden any bus here, being 6'2"... I am 5'8" and my knees made good friends with the backs of the chairs in front of me!
We arrived in Santa Ana and I was introduced to the REAL Costa Rica. The Costa Rica that you picture. Green everywhere. Tropical gardens, cacti, beautiful flowering bushed and banana leaves -- everywhere.
Salitral, where the school is located, is a 10 minute busride from Santa Ana and is nestled between the mountains. Just a short walk and you are in the jungle. AH! I love it!!
I can't wait to explore the area.
At the school I met the director, who was apparenly very pleased that I was speaking some Spanish for him, and that I was there to work with his school.
Then I met one of the English teachers Ingrid, who teaches in the mornings on some days and in the afternoon on other days. Her english was much better than my Spanish and she was teaching the grade 1 class with about 25 kids. She introduced me to the kids who were as cute as you could ever imagine. 6 years old, nice tans, and the cutest faces smiling. I am in love with them already. I think I even started getting emotional... (me? no...... )
Maria and I returned home, ate lunch and watched some news. Currently there is a strike going on with workers who don't want their work privatised. That's all I got from the news in Spanish.
We then moved on to 4 hours of Spanish and now here I am, exhausted, yet happy to tell you that I am ready to explore this country, and I will be starting with Jaco on Sunday. WOOT!
Can't wait to write again.
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