I had a wonderful time with my friend Anais’ Family over the
long Easter weekend! They were
incredibly welcoming and fun loving people! They also ‘rolled deep’ as we coined it… meaning they brought/bought
so much alcohol, food, fruit, and even spices to cook with! Anais’ mom is an aaammazzing cook! I HIGHLY enjoyed all the more so
American style home cooked meals that we had. We were in a different area of Tamarindo than the last time
that I was in Tamarindo so it did not feel repetitive either. Regardless of the beautiful beach I
really just enjoyed their company!
Of course I always have a “family style” surrounding with Vero and her
family but as mentioned before the culture is a bit different and it was nice
to feel like I was just at a friends house for the weekend. It was also nice to get away from home
and Vero (not in a mean way) because we are basically together 24/7… live
together, work together, go to futbol games together, etc. and I can only
imagine that she is just as sick of me.
In Tamarindo I also received some incredible news and was happy to have
company (who would really understand) to share the news with. I applied for a two-year full tuition
scholarship back in February and I did not think I really had a chance because
it is very competitive but I GOT IT!
I was so happy and Anais’ family were so happy for me and congratulated
me which was great to have someone to celebrate with!
Rolling Deep... So much food (for three days)! ... I finally figured out how to make the pictures bigger!
While we were in Tamarindo we went zip lining which I had already done once but couldn’t turn down a second chance to go. This time was a bit different than the last and it was a smaller group so they let us do more “tricks” if you want to call it that haha
They let us go upside down!
The group! Anais’ brother Gabe, Anais’ father
Doug, Me, Jessica Anais' friend, Anais, Anais’ cousin Marium. Anais’ mother had hurt her foot the day before and was unable
to go zip lining.
Anais’ friend, Jessica from High School came with her family
for the week and she happens to go to Northeastern University too! This is our “Northeastern” picture haha
I recently bought a nice SLR camera and I had played with it
a bit in San Jose but had not really used it yet and Anais’ father Doug is
really into cameras too so he showed me a few new tricks and helped me
understand the camera more which was really helpful! Doug, Marium and I went out one night right before sunset
and too a ton of pictures of the beach and the view from the roof top deck and here are the results...
Beach Sunset!
Views from the roof!
The Beach!
A crab in the coral.
Since I live in Pavas I am a “ligista” or I route for La Liga, a soccer team within
the professional soccer league in Costa Rica. La Liga had their play off game at their home stadium on
Wednesday and Veronica, Natalia and I went to the game… boy was it a different
experience than the other games I have gone to! All of the other games that I went to were at the National
Stadium rather than at La Liga’s home stadium. So we were walking from the parking lot to the game and I
noticed that I only saw La Liga things for sale (jerseys, flags, etc.) and I
was just like weird maybe the other side of the stadium is the other teams gear. Nope. When we get to the stadium I only see red and back, which is
La Liga’s colors. There was one
TINY section that was of the other team and the entire rest of the stadium was
for La Liga so I asked Veronica where the other team was from and she said a
town that is only about an hour away from the stadium … I couldn’t believe
it! The fans were also crazy! I
almost felt bad for the other team because they were so intense! La Liga ended up losing so we are out
of the finals but it was still definitely and experience.
It is all red and black.
Fans climbing down from the fence after La Liga scored (I
was not quick enough to get them while they were up)
Lazy days.
Other than going to dance class (two days a week) and Spanish lessons
(one day a week) and obviously work, I have zero responsibilities and it is
kind of nice! On weekends that I
do not do anything or go anywhere I am able to go on long runs, the gym and a
long walk to the nicer grocery store and I must say it is nice but admittely I miss the hectic college life even classes and learning. I have been on an NPR kick to get my
daily knowledge hahaha I am a
little limited on what I can do on weekends because I do not have a car to go
places but I always seem to find something to fill my time!
La Feria. I
finally remembered to take a picture of la feria. This past Saturday was especially crowded! I am going to miss weekly cheap and
fresh fruit!
The stands line the street.
My latest favorite fruit, Papaya! I never realized the inside was a star before.
