Day 2

Hola Mi Familia

Today was our first day of work! We were up and showering at about 6:30 this morning and headed over to the hostel at 7am for Breakfast. Breakfast today consisted of eggs, bean dip, melon, pineapple, corn flakes , and a hash brown. There was so much food! Edith is a fantastic cook! Dr. Kozub was talking to me earlier about why we probably do not feel hungry throughout the day, and we realized that is was more than likely because the food is not processed or treated in anyway. The food comes from the ground and goes right to our mouths. However Dona Edith is one of the best cooks in the world soooo..... that may be part of it too :)After breakfast Don Daniel walked us to school-Escuela de idiomas. It is a cute little school that looks more or less like a church inside. The school is about 2 miles from the hostel, a cute little walk. At the school we were welcomed by our teachers for the next few days. We all had to write down a paragraph about ourselves so that they could judge how much Spanish we knew and what group to put us in. I am in Roberto's group, and he speaks NO ENGLISH! haha. However, he is an amazing teacher and he is able to teach me a lot more than I ever thought was possible, even without speaking English and I understand him just fine! I am learning alot including the verbs ESTAR, SER, TENER, and HAY. 
Ser- To Be
Tener- To have
Estar- To Be

The tricky part in all of this is learning the difference between SER and ESTAR. SER is used in Spanish when you are talking about your nationality, your origin, or your identification- something that is permanent. (size,height, etc). ESTAR is something that is temporary like conditions of people or positions. 


After school, we had to walk back home to have dinner. Dinner is at 5 and we got lost! AHHHH, and if you know me well enough- when I am not home in time for dinner, I get antsy. However, Don Daniel had a crew out looking for us when he started to get worried, and all his friends were driving around in their cars to see if we were close!  lol We finally made it back and Don Daniel followed us all the way. 


After dinner, we relaxed and tried to get internet :) However, there was a neat little presentation about the fruit here in Costa Rica. It was so much fun and we even got to try them. However, that was the end of my day!

I will add pictures later and catch up on my blog in the morning!  
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Pura Vida
-Kara Kelly :)