So, as the title would suggest. I do a lot of walking, lol. I walk 8 blocks to school in the morning, and then 8 blocks back for lunch, and then I spend most of the afternoon walking around the town exploring. Today, I had the second day of orientation, and all we did was walk!! I think I´ve walked at least 3 miles today. If I don´t get in shape from this, I´ll be pretty mad, lol! I kind of enjoy it, though. When you have to walk somewhere, you are more aware of your surroundings. (I have to be in order to not get lost, lol.) There´s always something new to see, and it´s pretty easy to find beauty everywhere. When you look out over the buildings, you can see mountains and volcanoes in the distance. It´s really quite breathtaking. I think the group of exchange students here will be going to see a few of those volcanoes soon...I´m pretty excited!
Last night, I went to a bar in San Jose, very upscale. It´s really weird here how the buildings are built. You can walk down the street and all you see are closed doors and barred windows, but if you walk inside...it´s incredible! That´s what my house is like, and that´s what the bar was like. There was a band with a girl singer playing and they were really good. It made me really miss being on stage! I think I´m going to take a singing class here at the university so I can keep my chops up for when I get back to the States!!
The weather here is beautiful, but it´s starting to warm up a bit. I found out today that Costa Rica is in winter right now. It´s been like 80 degrees everyday, lol. If this is winter then I´m afraid to see how hot summer is going to be during February and March! In April, the rainy season starts. My host mom says that it rains every afternoon during this time. I love rain, but even I may get sick of it, lol.
Well, that´s my update for now. Tomorrow I register for my classes, and I´m just praying everything goes well. I´m still having quite a bit of trouble understanding the local people. All the host families understand and they talk really slowly and clearly, but everyone else...not so much, lol.
Hope all is well!
Peace,
Amelia
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Hey, Amelia. It's good to see that you got down there fine.
You need to take some pictures. It sounds great. Enjoy the warmth, you're going to have a really long summer this year. January-August. Nice.
Things are really just now picking up at school here. It's hard to believe that your party was a week ago. Being busy makes the time fly.
Update again soon.
i saw a tall girl with reddish brown hair and a short girl with dark brown hair walking together today...made me miss you...
ellen
Hey! Glad to hear everything is going ok! The weather here is so gloomy and cold. I'm so totally jealous of your climate lol. Take care and good luck with your classes!
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