Costa Rica

On January 3^rd, we arrived in Costa Rica in order to study Spanish.  Our flights went well and immigration and customs were much easier than expected. 

The Spanish Language Institute in San Jose, Costa Rica is where we are attending classes.  Yesterday we had our first day of orientation.  We got to meet about 30 or so other new students and got an idea of what our classes will look like.  The most exciting (and stressful) parts of the day were the placement tests.  We had both a written and an oral ‘exam’ which will be used to place us each in a class with 3-4 others that are on our level.

Here in Costa Rica, we are living with a Tico (Costa Rican) family.  Our Tico mama, Dulce, is a sweet Christian woman who cooks our meals for us and is already helping us with our Spanish as we talk with her over these meals.  Her 2 children are both adults (probably in their 20s) and live here as well. 

In just 3 days since arriving, I feel much more confident and am remembering some of the Spanish I learned in high school.