We arrived in San Jose around 9 pm in an airport that was suprisingly nicer and more organized than most airports ive been in in the U.S. Veritas University is amazing! It seems to be an Costa Rican art type school by the way the locals dress. The school is very up beat and is extremely up to date in techonology. My host mother is very nice....i think, since i cannot understand anything she says. We communicate mostly through hand jestures which is funny since it looks like we are mimes. The house is nicer than expected, and i havent quite gotten used to being waited on during meals at all times. The meals started off as being more americanized, such as pancakes, frosted flakes, and chicken nuggets. Now they are turning into more of what I assume is the Costa Rican traditional cuisine. For instance, this morning we had coffee, eggs, rice and beans, with assorted tropical fruit. The fruit is to fresh to be true!!
Our bus tour around San Jose was very interesting and it gave me a good look at what San Jose is all about. It still amazes me that the president's house is in the middle of urban block, with no security. It really sums up the people of Costa Rica. There is a mutual respect and trust between people in this country that cannot be found in the U.S. I will add more about the tour and San Jose in a later blogg, but the city is beautiful! Im off to class...to try and learn some spanish!
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