bananas and leche

This is from the other day, but the internet stopped working when I tried to post it.



I love absolutely nothing more than warm milk from the udder of dairy cows and homegrown bananas.

Needless to say, the food here is still unbelievable.

Today we started classes. I'm not going to lie, I paid attention to... maybe ten minutes of each total. Our professors are great--they all have adorable Costa Rican accents, except for of course, the German one, who has an adorable German accent. They have definitely really prepared for our classes and it's weird to think I'm actually in school again. Because I'm in a tropical paradise. Today we had Natural Resource Management and Tropical Ecology. Oh, and Spanish. I am, of course, in the lowest Spanish class. Which is good. I'm motivated to get a lot better. The other two classes are REALLY interesting, and if it weren't for hot, humid conditions in the learning environment, I'd be entirely involved.

Today we also had to take a swim test in the center pool. Which is about 4 feet deep and 10 feet long. It was pretty difficult, but luckily I passed. There is a picture of the pool in my last post.

I got a calling card today and got to call my parents, which was great. I also got lots of responses from my blog, which was really really nice! I'm so glad for all of you that are following. :-)

Tomorrow we leave for a field trip to Tirimbina Rainforest Center. It's a private reserve with ridiculous species diversity. We leave at SEVEN IN THE MORNING and have breakfast at six, so it's a little late but so much happens in a day that I didn't want to forget about this one! A bunch of people from the center all went to a bar tonight to watch the soccer game between Costa and El Salvador. Alas, we lost... but we all still had a really good time! I had some nice talks with people on the program and even though I was definitely in the mood to stay home and veg, I'm glad I went. alcohol is so cheap.

So now I have to pack for our adventure!!! Tomorrow is going to be awesome. We're going on a three hour hike and playing with frogs and going bird watching... I'm stoked. I'll take some great pictures and post them on Saturday when I get back!

Miss you all right now. I wish I could climb into bed with you, haha. Yes, every one of you.

Love Lexi