This weekend i went on a coffee tour on friday at a place called Diria Cafe. It was very interesting, and we tasted the coffee after. it was so good. it had chocolate, milk, and ice cream in it. YUM! and while we were enjoying the coffee we watched a traditional Guanacastan Costa Rican dance. the last dance they did, they had us dance with them! it was fun and i couldnt stop laughing and smiling! : ) On saturday some friends and i decided we wanted to get out of Samara and go to Liberia for a movie because that is the closet place with a theater and its 3 hours away on a bus! we got to the bus stop in Samara a little before 10am because the bus was supposed to be there at 10, but had to wait till 10 45 until it came. we got on the bus and headed for a place called Nicoya which is half way to Liberia to get on another bus. once we got there we only had to wait 15 minutes for the next bus. the bus ride wasnt too bad. all the windows were open because it was hot, but other than that is was fine. After many stops we finally made it to Liberia and had to take a taxi to the theater. We got inside and checked the movie times and the next movie wasnt for another 2 hours. we got lunch and while we were eating lunch we watched a performance of traditional Costa Rican dances with a band. 2 traditional dances in one weekend! it was some nice entertainment : ) then we headed up to the theater after getting some movie snacks at the store, and to our surprise there were tons of people there waiting in line. (when we first got there to check the movie times there was NO ONE there) I really wanted to see transformers, but it wasnt in english i know that i would have been frustrated watching the movie because 1 i would only understand parts of it and 2 the mouths would not match the words.....so i saw Harry Potter. It wasnt too bad. i havent seen any of the other movies so at times i was lost but it was good entertainment and funny hearing the reactions of the Costa Rican. This movie was in english with spanish subtitles, much better : ) after the movie was over we got a taxi to the bus station again and just made it in time to catch the bus. i had to stand for most of the way to Nicoya, but it wasnt bad. i kind of enjoyed it! we got to Nicoya and it was too late for the buses, so we got a taxi. the taxi is much more expensive but a lot quicker. we got to Samara at 9 15pm. that was a LONG day. i got home and my youngest sister was getting ready to go to a birthday party with the rest of the family, so i jumped in the shower and got ready to go to the party. it was fun being with my familia tica. we danced and ate and had a good time. it was also a great time to practice my spanish and interact with the locals. im glad i was able to spend time with my family like that before i left. after that i went to Tabanuca for Reggae night. it was their anniversary so there were many people there dancing and hanging out. One of my sisters, her aunt (tia), cousin (primero), and her boyfriend (novio), showed up later, so i danced and hung out with them for awhile. on sunday some friends and i bought a dead chicken and took a taxi to Playa Cabrillo to feed to crocodiles under a bridge there. it was incredible! we put parts of the chicken on a rope and took turns dangling it in the water for the crocodiles : ) there were 3 of them and they were HUGE!! i got some great pictures and a couple videos of it. we attracted many ticos. we had quite a crowd watching. it was awesome!
so that was my costa rican weekend. my time here has been great, but im looking forward to go home. i have just less than 2 weeks here. 2 more weeks of spanish classes. i am really going to miss my familia tica though and hope to keep in touch with them.
I have to say that i really feel the protection of God around me all the time. I never feel like am in much danger. thanks to all of you who have been keeping me in your prayers while i am here! i greatly appreciate it!!!! Muchas gracias!!!
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