On Sunday morning, after Wade left, Stephanie, Erika and I met our driver from the school. He drove us to Heredia, a suburb of San Jose, and delivered us to our homestays. Erika and I were placed with a family of 2 parents, 3 girls, 4 dogs, and a parrot. Needless to say, there was always something going on at home. That afternoon we went to their grandparents house for lunch and then to the mall to buy shoes for the youngest daughter (at Payless!)
On Monday morning, we had orientation and took our placement tests. I was placed in a class with Stephanie, Mari (from Norway), and Scott, a teenager from Denver too. Erika was in a class with a 19 year old college student, who thought she was old. Class went from 8am to noon every day, with a 20 minute break. We practiced and learned a lot of Spanish.
That afternoon, we went to the Mercado with a group from school and took a walking tour of the area. On Wednesday night, we even went to go see Sex and the City-- the movie, with subtitles in Spanish. Each afternoon, we walked to lunch with Stephanie and tried out new restaurants while we did HOMEWORK! Then we would head to the internet cafe to keep in touch with friends and family.
Saturday, we spent our last day with Stephanie shopping and soaking up the last moments of our trip. We were sad to say goodbye, but it is very nice to be home!Downtown
Take care of this park like your home
Refined people have beautiful parks
View near school
An edited version of some of our photos is available here.
The complete version of ALL of our photos is here.
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