San Jose

Yesterday morning I arrived in San Jose at 10:30. The time difference is 2 hours earlier than PA time and 1 hour before NOLA time. After waiting at the airport some about half of the students went to the hotel where we wasted no time before setting out to explore the city! We were all famished and therefore we went to a cute little restaurant where I ordered enchiladas (not a costa rican dish!) but they were still delicious. During the middle of lunch, it started pouring rain outside and the rain was so intense that they had to shut the windows so the place didn't get flooded! fortunately we were sitting in the middle nowhere near the windows. Afterwards we continued walking and went to a park (it was magical! hehe) and got very muddy. We also saw parrots chilling at the playground. For dinner we had..... drum roll..... pizza! Very costa rican! .... jk. But after getting a good 10 hrs of sleep this morning I had a delicious breakfast consisting of eggs, bacon, pineapple, mystery juice and.. rice and beans! It was delicious. We had orientation this morning where we learned about all the amazing things we will do this semester. We are going to travel all over and it will be amazing! For the midterm break I have started asking around to see what other people are doing. There is talk of skydiving, suba diving, kayaking, white-water rafting, ziplining... and more! Tune in later for stories of more substance.

Pura Vida! - CR phrase literally meaning " the pure life"