...hoped that i would see the world through both my eyes.
I spent this past weekend visiting my soon-to-be new home, La Fortuna. My advisors family owns a organic chicken farm close to Arenal and they invited me along for a relaxing weekend. We drove through La Fortuna and we stopped to meet my new family. They own 8 cabinas and have a small farm. My father is a farmer and my mother runs the lodges. My little brother is 12 years old...it will be strange living with a little brother, haha. My mother seems very kind and it was obvious she was expecting me to know more Spanish, but, alas...tranquila...it will all work out!
We then proceeded to their finca (farm) where it was extremely cloudy and rainy the whole weekend. If you drive only 20 minutes away you are in dry heat. The weather in Costa Rica is so interesting. I went on a walk saturday morning and at times felt like I was walking through farmland in Ireland. It was actually kind of magical the way the clouds moved through the land and continuously exposed and covered different hills and forests. It's so incredibly green here. And the way the light plays off of the different plants and landscapes is breathtaking. Even though it's man-made, Lake Arenal is gorgeous. From the farm, when the clouds cleared, you could see the lake and the volcano. This is all so unreal to me!
After a weekend of sleep, reading and eating delicious arroz con leche (and struggling through conversations in Spanish) we drove back through Guanacaste. La Fortuna is north of San Jose and Guanacaste is even farther north. The farther north you go the more dry the land becomes. The type of plants change, there is less forest, and a lot of watermelon. I kind of felt like I was in Holyoke with all the farmland and golden brown grass. I only took one photo the entire trip as to avoid being too touristy amongst my patient companions. From the alto you can also see hundreds of wind turbines atop a far off hill. I thought this was such a gorgeous view.
Things continue to go well! I got a valentine's day letter from my grandma in the mail today and it made my life complete! If you read this grandma thank you so much for being the greatest grandma in the world. I miss you too!
I have one more week of Spanish class and then we leave for our research for the next two months. This week we are cooking traditional meals, performing dramatizations we prepare the script for and have an exam friday. I'm planning on going to the National Museum tomorrow, to a movie wednesday and out dancing after the movie!
Guanacaste wind farm
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