Ok so today was kind of overwhelming. I was able to learn about gross domestic product, globalization, development and government in Spanish (this is definitely Alex's arena and not mine). I mean I understood everything, but its not my favorite topic. I sat in class and honestly was trying to figure out what the professor's beliefs are and his political views. I couldn't quite decipher but I did figure out that he does not like Obama. After three hours of lecture, we finally had lunch and it was a struggle to find something on the campus that I could actually eat. What a pain in the neck haha, but I finally had an interesting salad with some questionable foods that I left alone on the plate. I decided that a plate of rice and glass of cas juice (a Costa Rican Tropical Fruit).

Cas Fruit

After lunch we met our Spanish profesoras and they introduced themselves and talked to us about our excursion to Punta Leona this coming weekend. They have a white sand and a black sand (ash) beach. I can't wait to get there and have some time to relax and process everything that has been occurring. After Mila said hello she left because she only teaches us Spanish on Tuesday & Wednesday our Grammar & Conversation skills. They kept laughing about Tico Time and other cultural inside jokes.

Marta, our other profesora, stayed and we did a writing exercise to get to know one another better and so she could see how well we can write in Spanish. She was shocked that I didn't drink alcoholic beverages because each of us was interviewed by the entire class and that was a question. She said I was a really amazing person for that. Marta will be teaching us writing and lecturing. I am excited to learn more and to get my skills of speaking to be more concrete/fluid. Actually as we speak I am having a difficult time thinking in English and writing in English its beginning to take more time to think about certain things.

After a super long day of classes, I had the uphill walk home to look forward to. I have never had so many cars stop, honk, rubber neck, yell etc. than I have experienced here in Costa Rica. The men here are ridiculous old, young, single married it does not matter to them because they will be sure to let you know they think you are good looking. AY CHICAS...BONITAS...AQUI AQUI....AY AY....I swear it may have been a bit flattering at first but now its just like come on seriously can you be a little more tactful and less obvious. I guess not it has only gotten worse the longer I have been here...I don't know if that is something culturally I will ever get use to.

It started to rain after I finally made it up the hill home (I am really liking the workouts haha) and I was happy to calm down for a few minutes after being completely frazzled by the over-abundance of men. I was completely worn out and my brain tired. Edward calmed me down and the rest of the night has been pretty tranquil. I did some research for my project on the PAHO website for Argentina statistics. Dinner was good and Mary's grandson spent time over here practicing English and building Kinex. Overall I think time is going to start moving more quickly now that I have a structured schedule. Buenas noches a todos es tiempo para descansar!