Thursday:
Spanish Level: Well I still am not so good on the fly, but for homework Tuesday night I had to write a little speech about Independence Day in Costa Rica in Spanish and today they had me read it as part of the school celebration.
I met an old man on the bus about a week ago who was very nice to me and today I saw him again. So I sat next to him to talk to him. He works at the beach. He speaks no English, but he thinks I should move to Quepos. What do you think dad? Wonder what I said to him…? Just kidding…
In school every day part of my day is just conversation with my teacher. Today somehow we got on the subject of gay folks in Quepos. I asked if Quepos is a popular place for gay people to come in Costa Rica. She said that because this area is more developed than some others it is more liberal and accepting and thus gay people in general are more accepted here. A lot of the x-pats here are gay, just an observation.
After school, David, the owner of the school gave us a ride to town. He is from the states, WI I think, but has lived all over the place. He was in the Peace Corps in Costa Rica for a while. He said the school in San Jose I am planning on going to, Conversa, is a good one and is run by a man he knows from the Peace Corps. David has a degree in Spanish and lived in Spain for 4 years. He’s been to Italy too. You can tell he’s a ‘player’ so I was surprised to hear his story. Wonder where he got his $$ from?
At home everyone was getting ready for the Independence Celebration. Festivities for Independence Day here start the night before. At 6pm, on Sept 14th, ALL Costa Ricans sing the national anthem, everywhere, no matter where they are. It’s pretty awesome. Kids here make these paper lanterns called farols shaped like houses and animals or whatever they like. After the national anthem they light their candles and parade into town with their farols. It was raining in Quepos so the kids just paraded around the school yard but it was still a fun tradition to experience and Carmen made a farol for me too while I was at school.
Spanish Level: Well I still am not so good on the fly, but for homework Tuesday night I had to write a little speech about Independence Day in Costa Rica in Spanish and today they had me read it as part of the school celebration.
I met an old man on the bus about a week ago who was very nice to me and today I saw him again. So I sat next to him to talk to him. He works at the beach. He speaks no English, but he thinks I should move to Quepos. What do you think dad? Wonder what I said to him…? Just kidding…
In school every day part of my day is just conversation with my teacher. Today somehow we got on the subject of gay folks in Quepos. I asked if Quepos is a popular place for gay people to come in Costa Rica. She said that because this area is more developed than some others it is more liberal and accepting and thus gay people in general are more accepted here. A lot of the x-pats here are gay, just an observation.
After school, David, the owner of the school gave us a ride to town. He is from the states, WI I think, but has lived all over the place. He was in the Peace Corps in Costa Rica for a while. He said the school in San Jose I am planning on going to, Conversa, is a good one and is run by a man he knows from the Peace Corps. David has a degree in Spanish and lived in Spain for 4 years. He’s been to Italy too. You can tell he’s a ‘player’ so I was surprised to hear his story. Wonder where he got his $$ from?
At home everyone was getting ready for the Independence Celebration. Festivities for Independence Day here start the night before. At 6pm, on Sept 14th, ALL Costa Ricans sing the national anthem, everywhere, no matter where they are. It’s pretty awesome. Kids here make these paper lanterns called farols shaped like houses and animals or whatever they like. After the national anthem they light their candles and parade into town with their farols. It was raining in Quepos so the kids just paraded around the school yard but it was still a fun tradition to experience and Carmen made a farol for me too while I was at school.
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