My time here is slowly but surely getting better! Yesterday I met up with some people and a guy took us around the city and gave us a mini tour of the city of San Jose. We saw many tall and old buildings. It was a lot of nice architecture. We went to two parks and strolled down many streets that I can't remember the name of. After walking awhile we stopped at a bar and had a few drinks. I had a cute daiquiri lol. One guy had about 4 beers smh. We all had a great time and enjoyed good conversation. We all spoke different languages but they overlapped because pretty much all of us spoke two. It was such a great site to see so many different people from all over the world coming together and having a good time. I would have never had this kind of experience anywhere else! After having a drink and talking, we went to the mall (centro commercial in spanish) and had some food because we were all very hungry. When we were finished, I left with the exchange student that stays in the house with me and her friend. We said goodbye by hugging and kissing each other on both cheeks. (I had to quickly get accustomed to how people from other countries greet). A guy said I had a cute accent also. That made me blush on the inside lol. I never thought I had an accent. Apparently, people from the midwest sound like we sing the end of our words a little.
I had a nice time today as well. My host mom, Deyanira, showed us how to catch the bus, which bus to get on and the route to and from our university. I don't really like the bus, hence the picture of me sitting on the bus lol. I guess it took for me to come to Costa Rica to have to catch the bus everywhere. Talk about humbling lol. We also walked all around the inner city. I didn't take many pictures today since we were walking a lot and around so many people. Can't risk any "pick-pocketers" or bumping into people and dropping my phone. I did take a couple pictures of the cathedral we went to, though. I've never been inside one and this was really pretty and seems very sacred to Catholics. Quite frankly, it was just interesting and new. My host mom said a joke to me, asking "do you wanna repent for your sins? Come on I'll help you." There was a spot where people come and confess their sins everyday, I guess. She is Catholic but doesn't practice it. She was very considerate to tell me where a Christian church was when I arrived a few days ago, keeping in mind that I told her my religious views. Speaking of such, today is my first Sunday here and since the church speaks Spanish, I decided to listen to a sermon from my pastor online. It was very good and I learned a lot, as always :).
Spanish update: I feel like I am learning more and slowly becoming more fluent each day. I spoke more today with the other exchange student and host mom, than I have the previous days. They are proud of me lol. I also learned a new funny phrase Costa Ricans use. So before, they said "small children never lie and drunk people never lie". Now the phrase, in English, is "Small children never lie, drunk people never lie, and leggings never lie". They say that because leggings show everything and a lot of people wear them. It came up because today I am wearing some Nike running pants and they are fitted like leggings.
Los niños pequeños nunca mienten, borrachos nunca mienten y leggings nunca mienten.
Spanish update: I feel like I am learning more and slowly becoming more fluent each day. I spoke more today with the other exchange student and host mom, than I have the previous days. They are proud of me lol. I also learned a new funny phrase Costa Ricans use. So before, they said "small children never lie and drunk people never lie". Now the phrase, in English, is "Small children never lie, drunk people never lie, and leggings never lie". They say that because leggings show everything and a lot of people wear them. It came up because today I am wearing some Nike running pants and they are fitted like leggings.
Los niños pequeños nunca mienten, borrachos nunca mienten y leggings nunca mienten.