This weekend my parents came and visited me and one word can describe the weekend, HOT. But it was still great and my teacher was nice enough to let me skip school on Friday so I could spend more time with them! My parents arrived on Thursday and my teacher took me to surprise them at the airport. After about an hour of standing outside, I spotted my parents in the glass window. Unfortunately they did not spot me so I was the crazy American waving my arms outside. Finally though they saw me and looked pretty surprised. That night they got to meet some of the other student teachers from OSU and my house mom. Although my parents do not speak Spanish and my house mom does not speak English, they were all happy to meet each other.
On Friday we went to the Poás Volcano, which is the 2nd largest active crater in the world. It was good to see, but once we hiked and reached the top we stood there for about 2 minutes and said “Cool, ready to go?” I guess we are the type of people who appreciate nature quickly. Then we decided to hike some more and saw the lagoon that the volcano created. After appreciating some nature we drove to Jaco beach where we stayed for weekend. This weekend I definitely did not have to “rough it” like our group does to save our pennies. I got my own bedroom, air conditioning and a hot shower! Having the parents around can be a perk. Saturday my Dad and I did a canopy tour and were able to ride in a “tropical limousine”. That is what the guys that worked there called it, but it was an old truck and we rode in the bed of it. The canopy tour was very fun and we zip lined on a mountain right next to the beach. There were some pretty amazing views of the beach up there. Afterwards, we met up with my mom who was too scared to go and spent the day on the beach. Sunday morning we woke up and drove to Manuel Antonio, which is a national park with beaches inside. It was really beautiful with white sand beaches, really blue water and a rainforest. After being beach bums we decided to walk through the forest where on a trail came face to face with 4 monkeys. Thank goodness because my dad gave me a very hard time because he had not seen a monkey the whole trip. Of course we took too many pictures and then feeling accomplished left the park. We found a nice little café where I was able to eat my first turkey sandwich since being here. For those who don’t know, turkey sandwiches are one of my favorite things in the world and there is virtually no turkey here, so I sure was excited.
It was a great weekend to spend with my parents and like every weekend it went by way too fast. Now the countdown is on to Semana Santa a.k.a Spring Break, two weeks! I sure am jealous that everyone is on Spring Break now, so I hope y’all have a great time!
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