My First Few Days

On Monday I woke up one hour early for school because my alarm clock keeps getting messed up but that's ok because I am not using it anymore! Derek walked me to the Bus stop and dropped me off. There I met 5 students of Conversa who were very welcoming! I found out there was a group of 15 woman from NYU doing there masters and they came down for 3 weeks to go to Conversa. We took a micro bus which looks like a long van and can hold 15 people. From the bus stop we took a 5 min drive through the city which was very beautiful and then turned off into a smaller road. The road started to incline but I didn't notice for a while. About 3 min later the road became extremely steep and I thought is was steep enough that the bus would flip backwards! The road was at about a 50 degree angle and it was on the edge of a cliff when we reached the gate to conversa. I was happy that we got to the top because I didn't know how much more I could take. We drove through the gate and into a beautiful plaza. The was a main building with 7 hammocks on the deck over looking Santa Ana! I went on the first bus so arrived there 40 min early with some other people. I got into one of the hammocks and relaxed and met students until school started. Once school started I was taken aside by Don Vea and got the full tour of the place. Everything there is so pretty and I would love to go to school there my whole life! After the tour I was taken to my class. When I went in I met one student named Juna and the Maestra Sandra. My school day starts with 2 hours of grammar, then breakfast "my second breakfast", another 2 hours of grammar, then lunch, then 1.5 hours were its just the teacher and me talking. After my first day of school I went to my house and had dinner with my family. Then I went to a bar called AMIGOS " a gringo bar" with two of my friends Eleanor and Richardo. We had some drinks and then left to walk home. As we were walking we saw some other students in a restaurant we we sat and chilled with them. we saw a couple of men outside trying to get in but the staff wouldn't let them in because the were the town drunks. They had to were reflector vests whenever they were in public. Tuesday I walked to school with my new friends and I did the same thing at school. My Spanish had improved and I wasn't afraid to try to speak it and mess up. I met more people and felt more comfortable. After lunch Richardo and I played ping pong until class started. After class ended at 330 Gata invited some students and I to come to one of her cooking classes in the kitchen. We made coconut Flan and then left it in the fridge for the next day. That night I watched Jackass with my brother on the Internet and that was alot of fun and also really funny. Today I woke at 330 am because of the roosters yelling at the top of there lungs for 1 hour. Then I woke up at 6 because Gata invited My friends and I to walk to the school instead of taking a bus. The walk takes roughly 45 min and we would take showers when we got there. We were ready to go at the meeting point at 7 am but Gata had forgotten to walk. So we went to her house and she said she would take us tomorrow. We then took the bus to the school. Today was easier because I am picking up Spanish quickly. Poco de poco. Also we had a class on the vowels and pronunciation today. Also we had the flan at lunch and everyone got to have some. I loved it so much after school I went and bought the ingredients and went to Gatas house to make it. It just got finished so I have to go eat it!!! Also at 8 pm Costa Rica is playing Honduras so that is a big deal here. Tomorrow after school I am going to the dance class!!!

Chau