Carnivales

Hey everyone!

So I haven´t posted in a little while... but nothing too exciting has been happening here lately.

Carnivales starts today...actually it started this morning at 5am with fireworks. haha. they built all these makeshift bars and restaurants and stages on the beach. Supposedly thousands of people from all over Costa Rica will be here for the next 11 days haha.

This week was good so far. Classes are going well and are getting more into full swing. My bike broke so I had to spend $20 bucks to get it fixed but I talked to my family and they have decided to just let me borrow the bike instead of paying $60 to use it for 4 months which is a relief.

Tomorrow I´m going to La Isla de Los Pajaros (Island of the Birds) with my cultures class. we´re going to hike through mud and then go fishing all day on a tiny boat and then eat a delicious meal of fish.

Ummm what else. I´m starting to really like the food here. I´m definitely going to miss it once I leave. I´m going to ask my family for some recipes so I can cook Costa Rican food back in the states.

Oh man I tried this delicious ice cream treat called an apretado (which means tight or crammed) it´s basically ice cream in a plastic baggie that you bite a hole in the corner and kinda just suck it out. You buy them from this lady´s house which is made sketchy in the back part of the town but it´s so creamy and delicious. SO now when I get back to the states I´m going to start my very own Apretado and Granizado (the shaved ice treats I talked about before) and I will make millions.

adios mis amigos.