When I arrived at school, there were so many people! The Australians had arrived... with a few South Africans too. Class was better today, with just Nathalie and I, and we were able to learn more and have more practice talking with our teacher.
At break time, we met some of the Australians and found out that they knew no Spanish at all before arriving here, and were only at the school for a week before going to do some volunteer work for a fortnight and then adventure activities for the following fortnight after that.
After class the man Nathalie had met at a bar the other week arrived to pick up his jersey... it was very awkward between them because she could hardly remember him... oh, but it was so funny to watch.
Also, I helped Louis plan his next adventure, as next week he is off to New Zealand! So I help him with where to go, what to do and how to do things. I found it very difficult to think of what the best things are. He is there for a whole month, before going to work in Australia for 6 months.
I then got picked up from school by Jorge and went home for lunch.
After lunch I just chilled around the house for awhile, before Jorge, Guisella and I went out to the local mall to buy me SIM card. A lot of technology shops are very different here, they only let a certain amount of people in at any one time, and the rest have to wait outside. Once we got inside it was very quick and easy, I now have a tico phone number.
Before leaving, we stopped at a cafe to have a cold drink and a little bite to eat. Both tried to convince me to have an ice coffee but I couldn't be persuaded and instead had an ice chocolate, which was really really good. Jose met up with us briefly part way through our snack as his uni is just across the road, before he headed back to uni and we headed off to explore some more of Heredia.
Firstly, we went to the house of a friend of Guisella, it was recently built and very big, very flash, and had many many security cameras. While there we watched the sun setting outside the window, it really was a house with a view.
After this we went to Santa Barva, a little, very old, suburb of Heredia which is known for its street posts that have cartoon masks on top of them. There were these types of posts at every corner and most were very cool. We also stopped in the local park for a quick walk, as there was a lot of statues and sculptures there, and also had a look at the adjacent cathedral, one of the oldest in Costa Rica.
Following this, we went to another suburb called San Joaquin because it has a lot of houses adorned with christmas lights and with nativity scenes. Sure enough there was plenty, and they did not disappoint, it was all very pretty. After a little walk around the streets here, meeting a very friendly guy, and seeing another church we headed home.
It was a brilliant evening that ended a good day in paradise.
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| Afternoon tea with the family |
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