one more week!

these past 2 months have gone by so fast! i only one week left! this has been the best experience and an incredible summer! i have learned so much about myself, the culture, the people, and have become closer to God through the mist of it all. i feel like He is all around me through his creation. its an awesome feeling! i dont feel this way at home, and i hope i can continue to feel the way i do now when i get home. 

this past saturday was the Independence Day of Guanacaste which is the province Samara is in. July 25th is the day Guanacaste received their independence from Nicaragua. my school celebrated it on friday and some of the students did a dance, there was a slide show about Guanacaste, and we sang a couple Costa Rican songs. it was cool. On saturday there was a big festival in Nicoya which is the bigger city in Guanacaste and about 45 minutes on a bus from Samara. i went last night. there were booths of different types of jewelry and other stuff to buy, food, ice cream and churros stands, 2 trampolines, a couple carnival rides for the kids, and a concert. about 4 different bands played and they were pretty good. : ) it was defiantly a Costa Rican experience. 

i am really going to miss it here. i have been here for so long, i feel like i am one of the locals now. haha! i have never lived in a small town were everyone knows everyone. its neat because ill be walking around town or out at night with friends and i always see someone i know, even the locals that i have meet while i have been here. Everyone is so friendly here and very relaxed and chill. its going to be a huge culture shock going back to the states where everyone is in a hurry and always has somewhere to be at a certain time. another thing about Costa Rica is that nothing is on time. its called "La hora Tica." you could wait 45 minutes to an hour for your food at a restaurant, and the bus is always late but at least 45 minutes. even some of the restaurants and stores dont open when they say they will be, which is annoying. haha! this is something i had to get used to. no one is in a hurry and they are so casual here. i like that. : )