Yesterday was El dia de Independencia in Costa Rica. It was very very cool to have a day to sleep in a couple extra hours. I woke up to what sounded like a band marching down the street but unfortunately I was too cozy in mi cama to go take a look! Eventually, I got outta bed and met my papa tico en the kitchen! After breakfast I got ready for my day, left the house and met mi amiga at the bus stop. We decided to go downtown to see what was happening on this historical day. While on the bus there was a ton of traffic, lots of streets were closed for the parades, many people were hanging out at parks celebrating with food music and dancing. We finally got downtown and took a look around and we were a little confused.... where was everyone? After about 10 minutes of walking we started to hear some music, we decided to follow the music and there it was, a street full of people. When I say full I mean it, it was a little bit impossible to see the street because there were so many people, but I liked it, it showed some culture and that everyone wanted to celebrate! After watching some of the parade, yo tengo mucho hambre, my stomach was growling... so Katie and I went and bought some hamburguesas, what better way to celebrate right? Estoy jugando jaja. (I'm joking). Anyways after we spent a couple hours exploring downtown we met up with some other friends in our program and we hopped on a bus, which by the way, the buses are sooooo cheap here, and we went to multiplaza. One of the coolest and nicest malls I've seen here. I mean of course we had to do a little shopping since we were there anyways... After a couple hours of lollygagging around the beautiful centro comercial, we got back on the best and headed home. It was definitely a day full of rest and adventure at the same time!
On a side note, after only being here for three weeks, I must say I feel very at home. My family is still super awesome, my group and I have the best of times, I feel like I know many places around where I live and also where I don't. We got to explore Puerto Viejo two weekends in a row, definitely love it there. It's a beautiful little town with a view of the playa almost everywhere you are. We got to attend a soccer game, which was also such a blast. There are definitely too many amazing stories I have to tell and if I were to write them all I would be sitting here all day. In a nutshell, Costa Rica is amazing. Pura Vida everyone.
On a side note, after only being here for three weeks, I must say I feel very at home. My family is still super awesome, my group and I have the best of times, I feel like I know many places around where I live and also where I don't. We got to explore Puerto Viejo two weekends in a row, definitely love it there. It's a beautiful little town with a view of the playa almost everywhere you are. We got to attend a soccer game, which was also such a blast. There are definitely too many amazing stories I have to tell and if I were to write them all I would be sitting here all day. In a nutshell, Costa Rica is amazing. Pura Vida everyone.