week 2

So, hello again everyone. Sorry that I havent written in awhile, i have been busy and then since iw as busy i have been very tired. So i think that the last time i wrote, it was friday? so i will go from there. On saturday, the kids who had already been here for a week went whitewater rafting, so we had class in the morning and were supposed to go to a cheese festival. However, it started to rain so we drove to san jose to the mall to see Transformers 2. (really not that great of a movie, how many times can you watch metal explode?) Sunday was family day, and we were going to go to the pool, but it ended up raining again (this has stopped and now its pretty hot and sunny almost the whole day) Fernando (my host brother) went out and got a bunch of movies and some of his friends came over and we watched Angels and Demons and Wolverine. In the afternoon we took a taxi into town and got ice cream at this ice cream place (the best in turriabla i have heard) called POPS. After that we went to the church and saw the last 10ish minutes of the malls and met our "uncles and aunts" (they are the siblings of my "mom") That night we had (i think you can guess) rice and beans.

Monday in the morning we went to this waterfall which was beautiful but freezing. Itwas also really srong and the pressure of it hitting hte water below sent water flying everywhere, it felt a lot like it was raining. We then hiked up the side of the mountain that the waterfall was on and at the top of the water fall a much smaller waterfall (maybe 5 ft and not steep at all) formed a natural slide with the rocks so we went sliding on that for awhile and then hiked back. We then ate pizza for lunch (what a change!) its difffernt from the pizza in the Us, but tasty all the same. We then had class in the afternoon. That night, since it was the last night for all the kids who had been there for 2 weeks already and the 1-weekers, 9 of us went over to our friend Izzy´s house and had a "good-bye party" we just sat around and talked but it was still fun.

Tuesday all the people leaving left (my roomate Caroline and 2 kids from my group) and we went mountain biking in the morning. It really wasnt "mountain biking" at all, we just used mountain bikes. The road was more or less flat, just very rocky and quite muddy, and since we were riding through a farm, there was much cow poop everywhere. I actually fell of my bike into a lovely smelling muddy puddle. By the end we were all smelly and muddy and needed to be hosed off. We had some extra time before lunch of we headed for the internet cafe. I realized that i am in one of the only houses with internet. So some people emailed their parents for the first time then. We had lunch of rice and beans and then headed off the school. We switched teachers I now have a man named Esteban for the first three hours and then Maria for the last hour. I also have one more kid in my group now that some kids left. his name is ben, hes not great at spanish but its livens up the group a bit. That night we played soccer with our group and went home fore dinner.

Today (wednesday) I had school in the morning (that changed today) because the new kids came. They now have school in the afternoon and us in the morning. I dont think i ever fully explained how school works. We first have 2 hours of grammer and speaking with one teacher, then we have a 10-15 minute break where there is coffee that they make there (it is some of the best coffee i have ever had, and i now have a cup every day) and then after we have one more hour of grammer and such and then the last hour we switch teachers and we play games and work on our coversation skill. ( i think mine are improving. I am definitely able to understand much more now) AFter school we had some lunch and then set out for the soccer field again to meet the new kids. We played some name games and then played them in soccer. ( this is more soccer than i have ever played in my life, i am terrible!) after we went to POPS for some ice creams and went home for dinner. We have some new neighbors across the street so Sally (my roomate) went across the steet and hung out with them for like an hour. One girl has been here for like 2 weeks already but just switched families because she didnt get along well with them and one new girl. I think that all for now, sorry this in so long! I will try to keep up with it more!