School begins...

So, my little mini vacation is over it would seem. We started school today, and it appears that I´m going to have my work cut out for me. Everything in Spanish plus tons of homework. I didn´t expect anything different, but chilling in Costa Rica with pretty much nothing to do was pretty awesome for a week, lol. Another sucky thing about school, is that I have to walk like a mile and a half to get to one of my classes twice a week entirely uphill...I better lose some weight or gain some muscle. I have one more class today, so I´m just kind of hanging out until then.

The excursion last weekend was awesome! Fresh pineapple is amazing! Very cool to see the whole process of choosing the good ones to ship out all over the world. One we finished with that, we went to the Tirimbina Biological Reserve which was basically kind of like a resort in the rainforest. It was incredible! We toured an old chocolate plantation there and learned how to make chocolate bars. Very good...lol. The night tour throught the rainforest was amazing, as well. So much to hear and see! We walked on a 900 m suspension bridge about a thousand feet from a raging river. Awesome at night because you could look up and see incredible stars while listening to the roaring river. On Sunday, we went on another river, the Sarapiquí, and did a little boat tour. There are such amazing animals here like iguanas and crocodiles! So cool! After we got back, a bunch of us got together to watch the Super Bowl. It was weird to watch such an American tradition in Costa Rica. The Costa Ricans, or Ticos, couldn´t understand why we wanted to watch it. They like soccer, or fútbol, much better, lol.

So, I have a week of classes and then this weekend I´m going to the beach! I´m really excited! Hope all is well in the U.S.!

Pura vida,
Amelia