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| Amanda and I next to the Pacific Ocean with the sunset in the background! |
This
past weekend the group of UNK students traveled to Jaco. Jaco is a beach town
here in Costa Rica right near the Pacific Ocean. We left Friday after classes
and were greeted at our all-inclusive resort by some fruity beverages! I spent
the weekend swimming in the pool and ocean and just enjoying life. One really
great aspect of this trip was that it allowed me to get to know other students
from UNK a little bit better. Our house in San Jose is located at least 30
minutes away from everything-school, Plaza Cristal, and all the other students’
houses. Therefore, we never meet up with anyone at nighttime because it is too
dangerous. However, this weekend was the perfect opportunity to get to know
some of my fellow peers a little bit better!
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| Our failed attempt at making a pyramid! |
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| My housemates: Liz, Jen, Nicki, Amanda, and I |
We got back from Jaco on Sunday
afternoon and as we walked home we passed POPS. POPS is an ice cream shop that
I kept hearing people rave about. Well, I couldn’t wait any longer to try this
place out myself so we made a quick stop to POPS and it was definitely an awesome
decision. I can’t decide if the ice cream was just absolutely amazing or if it
was the fact that I hadn’t eaten sweets for a week, but I could not get enough
of it. The following day after class the five of us decided to shop around the
mall because we needed to pick up a few things. Right when we arrived at the
mall we ran into the TCBY shop; we literally didn’t even hesitate for a second
before purchasing ice cream. Then, later the night after dinner Nicki made the
comment about how she could go for ice cream again. Before we knew it the five
of us decided to go for it. We even convinced our host mom to join us! Which
means I had ice cream three times in a 24 hour period of time!!!
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| An example of one of our awesome breakfasts! |
Another awesome thing that happens
every morning is the breakfast our mom prepares for us. I honestly look forward
to it every single day. It is simple, yet always spectacular. We have not had a
single dish more than once-we’ve eaten eggs, pancakes, toast, banana bread,
etc. Alongside this main dish always comes fresh fruit. And let me tell you, it
is the bomb!!! Normally it is a mixture of different types of fruit: pineapple,
mango, banana, watermelon, etc. Our host dad was telling me tonight that right
now the fruit in Costa Rica is a lot more expensive and not as tasty since it
is “winter.” In wintertime the strong rain hurts the growth of the crops which
causes this problem. I was shocked by this information because the fruit here tastes
incredible and it is so cheap compared to the United States. You can buy three
HUGMONGOUS cartons of strawberries for two dollars!
Something that hasn’t taken me long
to adjust to at all is having my laundry done for me. Our host mom does our
laundry twice a week! It is so nice just walking up the stairs to find our
nice, clean laundry sitting on the couch waiting for us!
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| It's so nice coming home to clean laundry! |
Today, this awesomeness only
continued when we left classes an hour early and headed to the National Theatre
to watch a performance. The performance featured a guitar, violin and drums.
The music was so peaceful and really put me at rest! After a nice dinner and
spending some quality time with my host dad watching the soccer game, my day is
complete!
¡Pura
Vida!
Mary
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