Thursday, February, 6, 2014

After breakfast, it was time to give the bus to school a try.  It was like being in the first grade all over again.  But we made it there.  After getting our visitor passes for the day, I worked with Neena and Steve (another social studies teacher) to map out what needs to be covered and when for US History.  Since it is just a one semester class, it will fly by.  At 10:30, we all took a bus and went to a park nearby to have a picnic.  At the picnic, we got to talk with many different teachers about the country and about themselves while we ate.  Then, we got to experience an epic game of Dirty Santa and lasted 90 minutes.  After the schoolday, we found one of the student teachers from last year and got directions on how to get to San Jose to buy a bus ticket for this weekend.  Afterwards, we embarked on a three hour adventure that involved a bus and a taxi to the bus station, being more or less lost trying to find a bus to get us back to Santa Ana, riding said bus, and getting off and riding a different bus to the house.  It was definitely an experience.  After a dinner of spaghetti, our group attempted to map out where we are staying for the weekend and all that jazz.  After a lot of searching, we called a place in Puerto Viejo that had rooms, but they told us that we needed to call back again the next day to confirm, and so is the life in a foreign country.  I worked on a little bit more homework and then passed out.