It's officially 4 weeks now until I come home! I'm doing what I can to enjoy what little time I have left in this great country, but it's a little difficult with so much schoolwork, lol. I have a very long diary and essay due in a little over a week and I'm nowhere near being done, not to mention I need to start studying for my finals. Whew...I'll be ready to come home when I'm done so I can just chill out and relax for a while. I try to do a little of that here, though, so yesterday, some of my girlfriends and I went on a little relaxing trip to the fancier part of San Jose.
First, we went to this beautiful little park in the middle of San Jose called La Sabana. It's actually really large and has some trails to walk on around a decent-sized pond. We took a picnic lunch and enjoyed the sunshine before the rains started in the afternoon. After we were done eating we hopped on a bus that would take us to the fanciest mall in Costa Rica. Escazu is the area of San Jose where a lot of rich Americans live so the mall is basically like stepping into a mall in California. Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Dolce & Gabbana...these are just a few of the really fancy stores one can find in this mall. Our purpose for coming here, however, was not to spend exorbitant amounts of money on really expensive clothing, it was to see Indiana Jones IV!! Lately most of the movies that have come out down here have been dubbed into Spanish and there are just so many things lost in translation. There was no way I was going to watch Indiana Jones in any language but English, lol. We knew that there was a great chance of it just being subtitled in Escazu since there's such a large American influence there. We were correct and we caught the first showing of the day! I thought it was really great and it was awesome to just zone out and not think about anything for 2 and a half hours, lol.
Other big news: I got to play a piano yesterday for the first time in 4 months!!! There was a music store right next to the movie theater, so my friends went to buy tickets and I spent 30 minutes or so banging away! I'm pretty sure I annoyed the store workers because I couldn't help but sing as well, lol. Man, I sure have missed playing the piano. I love the guitar, but there's just something about a piano that's so pure and beautiful. I'm just drawn to it. I can't wait to get home and start writing again on my keyboard. :-)
I spent the rest of the day and night chilling with my girls, eating dinner, and watching a movie that we rented. I'm really going to miss being able to hang out with these people everyday. They're like my family down here. I've been so blessed to have such great friends down here(and in the U.S., lol) to experience everything with. Life seems much more vibrant when there are people you love to share it with. :-)
Hope all is well in the States! I'll be back in 28 days or so! Get ready!! :-)
Con amor,
Amelia
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Wish I could have been there to hear you playing the keyboard. I'm sure that yours is very lonely, lol! Sounds like a great day with friends.
I hope the bigger story in all this is that you have water at your house again. I've found that piano playing is always much better after you have a chance to brush your teeth and wash your hair.
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