Adventures!

Im here writing with a full stomach of gallo pinto which is a breakfast dish with a mix of beans and rice. Here Costa Ricans eat beans and rice for basically every meal. I love it!
I also love how Costa Ricans are so into SOCCER. The FIFA games are the TV shows that my family watches or what all of Costa Rica watches. No more American futbol, Costa Rica futbol baby!!!!! On the last day of school before vacation (this last Thursday, June 24th), I was the only girl in the whole school who played soccer with the guys. I had a blast with them! They were shocked that I wanted to play. Whenever I did a move, they would make noise, ha ha good times. Girls here do play soccer but I guess they dont like to play with the boys (a cultural thing). I broke that!
It has been hilarious to be in the English class as well because the teacher is not always correct. All the 17 teenagers in Fabiola´s class got back English tests and some of them asked why things were wrong. You dont think of it grammatically when you are a native English speaker. Also Fabiola and her friends have `English time.´ Its where they try to speak English. Randomly, one says English time and we start talking. They have hilarious Costa Rican accents!
Here, every day Im learning new words and cultural differences, as well as slowly but surely understanding more Spanish. The last few days Fabiola, her friends, and I have been sharing music. They know all the popular songs, movies, everything! Just last night, I saw Toy Stoy 3 in 3D with Fabiola and her sister Kathy. I recommend it to all. Yeah, its a children´s movie but you can learn so much from simple things. ¨You got a friend in me, da da da, you got a friend in me...¨
Today we are heading to San Jose which is the capital of Costa Rica. Fabiola, my host sister, has three weeks of vacation so now we are traveling and they said they are going to take me zip lining (canopy in Espanol) through the rain forest one of these days!!! WOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! That is what I have always dreamed of..and now it is going to come true. ¡Pura Vida! as they say in here in Costa Rica. Until next time...