Another beautiful sunset

Ah! Another day is almost gone. I've only been here 3 days but it feels like much longer even though time seems faster than usual. I guess that's how it goes. In my Spanish class today I learned that "time flies when you're having fun" is indeed an expression is Spanish as well. Just in case anyone was wondering. The other expressions I've tried don't seem to translate as well but it gives my teachers a good laugh.

Spanish classes are turning out to be really fantastic. My morning class has two people and my teacher is adorable. She gets so exited when we use new concepts correctly and is very patient with my many questions and mispronunciations. Looking ahead in the workbook, I think all this week will be review for me, which is good because we're covering a TON of material. At least 2 tenses and pages and pages of vocab.

My afternoon class is just me and a teacher that speaks very little English (he's a Spanish teacher at the local high school too). It feels really comfortable because he ends up learning English as I ask questions, so it feels more like a peer to peer dialogue than a lesson. Today we talked about different kinds of transportation in costa rica versus the us, especially the use of trains. It ended up becoming pretty abstract (responsibilities of the government, the relocation of people, etc) but I surprised myself and made it through with only a little bit of pictionary. We also talked about differences in Spanish between countries. For anyone planning on travel to costa rica- the use of "tu," the informal "you" in Spanish is considered extremely insulting here. It's very hard to break myself of the habit of conjugating verbs that way but people seem to be pretty understanding of stupid tourist mistakes.

Hmm. What else. After class today, Lucy and I went with a new friend we've made to explore the town. It is a total of 3 blocks in a triangle and only has souvenir shops, excursion ticket offices, hostels, and restaurants so it didn't take very long to cover. We stopped in this super cool restaurant for hot chocolate with Baileys. Its a cafe built in a tree house! Im going to try to attach a picture... Now we're sitting in a cafe, making use of wifi and drinking something lemony and fizzy. I'm on a constant sugar buzz here. I'm not a big sugar person usually but with all the juices and fresh fruit here I constantly find my foot shaking when I sit down. Yummm!

Alright. Time for homework! More soon!