Days 19, 20, 21 & 22 - AMAZING

Day 19:

Thursday night was an overall good night. I stayed at the school for the free pizza, which we later found out no one signed up for and that was a requirement for free food. Instead we ate out at our favorite pizza place. It is "our" place for birthdays, last days, new people and anything else we feel like celebrating together.

After the food a few of us went out to Le Beach Club for the live music. It was FANTASTIC! I have a newfound appreciation for live Jazz and other such music. From the live music we walked to VooDoo Lounge where we met the fire guy (he goes EVERYWHERE for tips.) He always manages to amaze me but he also concerns me for my wellbeing.

After a little bit of dancing me and another Jennifer left for our homestays. It was definately an awesome night.

Accomplishment day 19: Listened to live (semi) Costa Rican music.

Day 20 - 21:

It started out with not wanting to go out two nights in a row...it ended with sleeping outside on a porch.

Mellisa was wanting everyone to go out and if it wasn't for her I wouldn't have. But shese my chica and it was her last night that I would see her....so guess who went out?

After my homestay dinner I took the public bus, which none of my girls were on, then I had no clue of where were meeting. I looked at two diff. places and no luck so I walked back to the school. Keep in mind the searching and walking everywhere all took place in the dark by myself.



Met Stephanie at the school and borrowed a skirt then we had dessert, since we had eaten, when everyone else ate dinner at VooDoo. As we finished we saw two students that were supposed to be in Nicaruaga heading towards us. Apparently one is Russian and Nicas (Nicaruagan people) won't let them inside their country. The other had a passport that expires in 5 months and the expiration has to be 6 or more. Our expressions were pricelss when we saw them.



After dinner we went to Monkey Bar then onto Aqua. I found myself without anyone to go home with, as my pal was no longer being a pal. So, I found a taxi that a friend of a friend relys on and trusts; I took a taxi by myself home. That was the BEST thing ever!



The taxi man and I talked the ENTIRE way home in Spanish and he even gave me a lecture after the fact for going alone and how I need to be more careful and other such things. Oh, it was great I felt as if my mom or dad was giving me the same warnings.



This is where the porch comes in...I forgot my key on my bed because my descision to go out that night was last minute and I set it with my things for the next day. Needless to say, my "madre" laughed at me when she came home in the morning.



Accomplishment Day 20: Tried VooDoo for food instead of dancing.

Accomplishment day 21: Talked with a taxi driver for forever! :)







Day 22:


After breakfast I had a long nap. Then I got ready for Festival Espinar. Oh yes, I left about 4pm and returned around 7:30/8am. It was glorious! Great friends, and new ones, decent food, awesome atmosphere and just a grand amount of fun.



PS. I happen to love being in the middle of the action. Oh yes, elbows were very helpful in keeping the drunks who kept shoving everyone from moving forward anymore. Especially when I was ALMOST in "touching the singers' hands" distance.

The picture on the left is of Sean Pual and the one on the right is of my "hermano" and I.

Accomplishment Day 22: Someone coming up to me and asking, "hables ingles?" Then for me to hardly understand them because they talked soooooooooooo slow in English.