August 27th, the entire group from el Instituto (my school) and I went to Cartago. It is quite a bit colder (nowhere is actually very cold though because it's tropical) than in San Joaquin. Cartago was the first capital of Costa Rica, but since the city was build in the basin of a volcano it wasn't the safest place to have the capital city. We visited the ruins of the first church ever built in Costa Rica. That was pretty neat. Also, we visited two different churches, both of which were holding mass. Later, when we returned to San Joaquin we had to listen to two different presentations about health and the other about safety. Both were very informative, but by that point my brain didn't want to absorb more information in Spanish.
Later that night, my neighbor Lena and I went out with Miguel (my mama tica's son). He's 28 years old, so I have been spending a lot of time with older people. I tried my first Imperial, which is Costa Rica's signature beer. It tasted just like any other beer to me. The part I like the most about it is the logo, which reminds me of the logo for Neversummer snowboards. I have come to find that I'm so busy so far that it is hard to finish a journal entry, or to find time to myself. I think things will start to mellow out once school starts, and I'll start to miss all the action.
Later that night, my neighbor Lena and I went out with Miguel (my mama tica's son). He's 28 years old, so I have been spending a lot of time with older people. I tried my first Imperial, which is Costa Rica's signature beer. It tasted just like any other beer to me. The part I like the most about it is the logo, which reminds me of the logo for Neversummer snowboards. I have come to find that I'm so busy so far that it is hard to finish a journal entry, or to find time to myself. I think things will start to mellow out once school starts, and I'll start to miss all the action.
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