Monday - Thursday:
Spanish Level: My teacher this week is Joan, pronounced Joe-Ahn, but this is a male name here in Costa Rica. I make him laugh a lot. My tico brothers are teaching me some slang this week and when I tell it to him he laughs. Like the word for "cool" and "this thing is a piece of crap". That phrase came in handy this week when the fuse blew while I was taking a shower and Miguel was heating hot-chocolate in the microwave. Wednesday the spanish organizer for the school, Otto, hosted a little seminar where I learned how to say "I have" (poca a poca (little by little)).
Sorry to lump so much together but Im so far behind in my writing now I dont remember a lot of the day to day details because I didnt note all of them. Basically my mom here is great. She and Sigfried (her oldest son) help me figure out where I want to go and do on the weekends. She makes breakfast for me every morning and dinner every night. She has figured out I like gallo pinto and fruit with yoguart for breakfast so that is pretty much what I have every day. Some days she makes pancakes or fried eggs. Her younger son Miguel knows a lot of English so he tranlates as needed and he has taught me some useful words. I wish I could carry him around in my pocket and when I dont know a word he could help me out. I remember a lot more like that. Their middle son Federico works a lot so I dont see him much, he leaves late and comes home late. He has a daughter that is about 1yr old but hes never been married. On Sundays the grandaugher spends the day at our house with Ana but she lives with her mom.
Carmen and or Wilbert (from Quepos) have called me every week since I have been in San Jose. They are so great. I would like to go see them again before I leave Costa Rica.
School is going well. I fell like I could leave this week and be ok but Im glad to have more daily practice so its not a waste of time by any means and I am still learning more. I have a really good start at this point. After school most days I go to lunch with Ana and Robert and Whitney, the three other spanish students here right now. Ana and Robert are from Oklahoma I think and they speak Pensylvania Dutch and English, they are in their 60`s and he is a pastor of some sort. They are very cute. Whitney is from CA and has a tico boyfriend. They met in CA and now they have come here to work for the tourist season as river rafting guides. She is really cool and her boyfriend is nice too.
This weekend I really dont want to go anywhere but there is a girl here from Germany, Nina, she lives with some friends of Ana`s, my tica mom. She is working here and she wants to go somewhere but I dont think she would travel alone (which I think is wierd because she came all the way to San Jose, Costa Rica alone...???) anyway, I told her Id go somewhere with her but I have really dreaded it all week. She is very nice but shy and dosent speak much English or Spanish (but she knows both). She just dosent talk much in general and Im tired and its a lot of work to travel alone much less with someone who dosent speak your language. She met another girl from Germany this week as well and they want to go to Montezuma. This is a beach I have not been to on the Pacific side and I hear it is nice but I also hear the road to it is terrible but I dont want to back out of the trip beause I think she might not go if I do.
Spanish Level: My teacher this week is Joan, pronounced Joe-Ahn, but this is a male name here in Costa Rica. I make him laugh a lot. My tico brothers are teaching me some slang this week and when I tell it to him he laughs. Like the word for "cool" and "this thing is a piece of crap". That phrase came in handy this week when the fuse blew while I was taking a shower and Miguel was heating hot-chocolate in the microwave. Wednesday the spanish organizer for the school, Otto, hosted a little seminar where I learned how to say "I have" (poca a poca (little by little)).
Sorry to lump so much together but Im so far behind in my writing now I dont remember a lot of the day to day details because I didnt note all of them. Basically my mom here is great. She and Sigfried (her oldest son) help me figure out where I want to go and do on the weekends. She makes breakfast for me every morning and dinner every night. She has figured out I like gallo pinto and fruit with yoguart for breakfast so that is pretty much what I have every day. Some days she makes pancakes or fried eggs. Her younger son Miguel knows a lot of English so he tranlates as needed and he has taught me some useful words. I wish I could carry him around in my pocket and when I dont know a word he could help me out. I remember a lot more like that. Their middle son Federico works a lot so I dont see him much, he leaves late and comes home late. He has a daughter that is about 1yr old but hes never been married. On Sundays the grandaugher spends the day at our house with Ana but she lives with her mom.
Carmen and or Wilbert (from Quepos) have called me every week since I have been in San Jose. They are so great. I would like to go see them again before I leave Costa Rica.
School is going well. I fell like I could leave this week and be ok but Im glad to have more daily practice so its not a waste of time by any means and I am still learning more. I have a really good start at this point. After school most days I go to lunch with Ana and Robert and Whitney, the three other spanish students here right now. Ana and Robert are from Oklahoma I think and they speak Pensylvania Dutch and English, they are in their 60`s and he is a pastor of some sort. They are very cute. Whitney is from CA and has a tico boyfriend. They met in CA and now they have come here to work for the tourist season as river rafting guides. She is really cool and her boyfriend is nice too.
This weekend I really dont want to go anywhere but there is a girl here from Germany, Nina, she lives with some friends of Ana`s, my tica mom. She is working here and she wants to go somewhere but I dont think she would travel alone (which I think is wierd because she came all the way to San Jose, Costa Rica alone...???) anyway, I told her Id go somewhere with her but I have really dreaded it all week. She is very nice but shy and dosent speak much English or Spanish (but she knows both). She just dosent talk much in general and Im tired and its a lot of work to travel alone much less with someone who dosent speak your language. She met another girl from Germany this week as well and they want to go to Montezuma. This is a beach I have not been to on the Pacific side and I hear it is nice but I also hear the road to it is terrible but I dont want to back out of the trip beause I think she might not go if I do.
posted by GA_Peach | 7:33 PM
1 Comments:
Holla Crystal, Este es Gary, su Tampa Amigo! I was studying my old notes and came upon your Blog address. It took me 2 hours to read all your Blogs, but my emotions went from sad to ROFL. Reading your Blogs made me miss Quepos and San Jose :-( If I return, I must ask for your San Jose family since they have a piano.
Your horse experience made me laugh to tears! I also had a horse take off on me when I was a kid. It heard them putting oats in his bucket and raced back to the barn, which was not originally made for Horses. The Barn door opening was not large enough for me and the horse. The horse got his oats and I got abrasions on both thighs!
How much longer do you plan to stay in Costa Rica? I have some pics from Quepos. Send me your E-Mail address and I can send them to you. My E-Mail address is GaryWard1@verizon.net
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