Great start to my homestay with a family in Turrialba with my good friend Tom! We will be staying with the Aguilar family for the next 2 weeks. They don't speak English at all, so It'll be great for Tom and I to practice our Spanish! We are also taking Spanish classes and have homework every night so far to write a story, find out more about our host family, and tasks like those to get us to practice our speaking, listening, and writing skills in Spanish.
I'll have internet more often while in Turrialba, so I'll be able to update a little more often, probably every couple of days.
Anyway here are some pictures from the last 2 days!
Here's Tom in our new room for the next 2 weeks! More space than we are used to!
A typical and delicious breakfast made by our host mom. It consisted of Gallo pinto (rice and beans) which is a traditional Costa Rican dish that you will find everywhere, scrambled eggs, and toast. It was delicious and I could eat Gallo pinto every day and be totally happy! It's so good!
This morning when heading to school, we saw Mt. Turrialba, which is an active volcano, erupt with ash! It was so cool, and the volcano has been erupting just ash for the past couple of days. We are headed up to see the crater in the next week which will be awesome!
Here are a couple pictures from our waterfall hike today before classes! It was so cool because we hiked to the top of "la catarata aquieres" and then below it. It was a good start to the morning before classes!
Here is our classroom perched on a hill above Turrialba! We have been talking a lot about Costa Rican culture, economics, politics, and the Spanish language in general, all in Spanish of course!
We also started working in a community called "Noche Buena" near Turrialba. We started to build concrete sidewalks and floors in a house, and will continue to do so the next couple of weeks.
Until next time!
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