I really enjoyed the trip. The nature walks did get a little old after awhile. I think the beach was a good way to end the trip though. It was great to relax and just have some free time. It was another bonus that the hotel we stayed at last night had the best rooms. We all had our own bed and it was a very large room compared to the others we stayed in. I even won for the quiz that we had to take. I got a towel for my prize with a picture of Costa Rica and all of the towns on it. I thought that was pretty cool! :) I'm going to miss the new friends made and some of the aspects of the trip. But you can't have too much of a good time, so therefore, I am ready to come home.
-Miguela
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Josh "Grande Perezoso" Peters says:
Well, today is a sad day. We have to leave one of the best countrys in the world. It was definitely a lot of fun. My favorite part was when we went and swam by the waterfall, it was one of the most prettiest things i have every seen. But dancing last night was really fun too, man them ticans can dance, WOW! And it also had an amazing view of the city. Well, Ms. Call is telling me i'm typing to much so i gotta go, I LOVE YOU MOM!!!
P.S. Pura Vida
Well, today is a sad day. We have to leave one of the best countrys in the world. It was definitely a lot of fun. My favorite part was when we went and swam by the waterfall, it was one of the most prettiest things i have every seen. But dancing last night was really fun too, man them ticans can dance, WOW! And it also had an amazing view of the city. Well, Ms. Call is telling me i'm typing to much so i gotta go, I LOVE YOU MOM!!!
P.S. Pura Vida
Costa Rica 9 days
My first and last post. Costa Rica is an amazing country. The senery is great. Zip lines was the best adventure. The best water activity was kayaking followed very closely by the waterfall. The jungle hikes were unique expierences. The students at the school were very good dancers and nice people. Over all the trip was good.
Hello from the Costa Rican airport!
We've been sitting in here for a while now, and we've successfully taught Michelle how to play euchre (sp?). That's about all we've been doing today--besides paying $9 at Burger King for a cheesebuger and french fries. Everything is moving pretty slow today, and I'm sure that everybody is ready to get home and sleep in his or her own bed--I know I am. I'll see everybody at home soon!
Love, Clare
We've been sitting in here for a while now, and we've successfully taught Michelle how to play euchre (sp?). That's about all we've been doing today--besides paying $9 at Burger King for a cheesebuger and french fries. Everything is moving pretty slow today, and I'm sure that everybody is ready to get home and sleep in his or her own bed--I know I am. I'll see everybody at home soon!
Love, Clare
Costa Rica
Hola! We are in the airport right now and will soon fly to Atlanta. The last few days have been kinda fun. We had small dances at night before we went to bed and stayed at some pretty nice hotels. The beach side hotel was great! We went down to the beach and quite a few of us got a mouthfull of water. Saltwater doesnt taste very good. We went to a fold lore dinner last night and watched the people dance. It was pretty cool. The past few days most of us have been pretty tired and have been wanting to eat hamburgers. :) They mostly have rice down here. The time that we have spent in Costa Rica was worth it. It was a great experience for me to have. :) I think I will remember this trip forever.
-Rosa Kivikoski
-Rosa Kivikoski
Monday, June 15, 2009
La Playa
Well, we arrived at the beach yesterday. It's very pretty although the Internet connection is faulty. The kids are loving the beach. As I post this, I'm sitting in a beach bar under a palm leaf roof. The beach is off to my left, the pool straight ahead and another behind. There's a telenovela on the tv. Oh, and it just started to pour. Rain, rain, and more. It will last for about 20 minutes.
It's been wonderful. Hoping that the connection lasts long enough to put up pictures!
SC
It's been wonderful. Hoping that the connection lasts long enough to put up pictures!
SC
Friday, June 12, 2009
Ropes, Birthdays, and Tarzan
Hello all,
We made it to Monteverde. We´re at the hotel. There´s only one computer, no wifi. Only teachers are allowed to use the computer. So...I´ve printed notes to deliver to students. It´s been an absolutely incredible day. Absolutely. We started by leaving La Fortuna and driving around Lake Arenal. It´s the largest man made lake inCentral America. Forgive typing I´m hurrying! Anyway, it´s a beautiful but very hilly trip. We stopped at a country school where 10 students performed traditional dances for us. Our kids sat and talked with their kids. Then, back on the bus to Monteverde where the clouds are below us. It´s so, so, so beautiful. We went to the zip lines today. A tour through the cloud forest. Oh wow. I was so scared! Rosa said I had to go too! After all, she said, if it wasn´t safe I wouldn´t let them do it. Ugh. Hate when they´re right. So, I swung through the trees along behind them. Glad that this company had every safety feature imaginable. Really did feel protected. I couldn´t believe how high we were and how fast it went. And yes, we all swung like Tarzan. They so want to tell you all about it.
Back to the hotel. There was a brief power outage. No problem. It´s cool here so they lit a fire in the hotel fireplace and everyone hung out until the lights came on. I´d picked up cheese at the market in town so we could taste the difference. It was good!
We also present Jesus with his birthday present. Now, the group is having a party in the main room. There are three with a birthday on the same day. So, we have cake and ice cream both.
Funny little thing. THere´s another group here. One of the ladies is from Milwaukee. She honed in right away on us and asked if we were from Wisconsin. She´d heard there was a group here. So I said, yes...what makes you think that....She said she had heard there were other cheeseheads. So, I held up the cheese I was cutting and she just laughed.
We won´t be at our next hotel until the day after tomorrow. So probably no Internet for a couple of days. Still, I´ll let the kids know you´re thinking about them and vice versa.
Take care!
SC
We made it to Monteverde. We´re at the hotel. There´s only one computer, no wifi. Only teachers are allowed to use the computer. So...I´ve printed notes to deliver to students. It´s been an absolutely incredible day. Absolutely. We started by leaving La Fortuna and driving around Lake Arenal. It´s the largest man made lake inCentral America. Forgive typing I´m hurrying! Anyway, it´s a beautiful but very hilly trip. We stopped at a country school where 10 students performed traditional dances for us. Our kids sat and talked with their kids. Then, back on the bus to Monteverde where the clouds are below us. It´s so, so, so beautiful. We went to the zip lines today. A tour through the cloud forest. Oh wow. I was so scared! Rosa said I had to go too! After all, she said, if it wasn´t safe I wouldn´t let them do it. Ugh. Hate when they´re right. So, I swung through the trees along behind them. Glad that this company had every safety feature imaginable. Really did feel protected. I couldn´t believe how high we were and how fast it went. And yes, we all swung like Tarzan. They so want to tell you all about it.
Back to the hotel. There was a brief power outage. No problem. It´s cool here so they lit a fire in the hotel fireplace and everyone hung out until the lights came on. I´d picked up cheese at the market in town so we could taste the difference. It was good!
We also present Jesus with his birthday present. Now, the group is having a party in the main room. There are three with a birthday on the same day. So, we have cake and ice cream both.
Funny little thing. THere´s another group here. One of the ladies is from Milwaukee. She honed in right away on us and asked if we were from Wisconsin. She´d heard there was a group here. So I said, yes...what makes you think that....She said she had heard there were other cheeseheads. So, I held up the cheese I was cutting and she just laughed.
We won´t be at our next hotel until the day after tomorrow. So probably no Internet for a couple of days. Still, I´ll let the kids know you´re thinking about them and vice versa.
Take care!
SC
Hola Mama y Papa,
Yesterday I started to write a blog, but the computer broke on the bus--it sucked. We went kiyaking in Lake Arenal for about two hours, and the the view was breathtaking. Our tour guide said to us before we went in the lake that the water was very cold, so we should "ten cuidado" be careful. We got in the water and it was like luke-warm bath water. It was so comfortable! We've learned that "cold" here in Costa Rica means perfectly warm and soothing water for the kids from Wisconsin and freezing for everyone else.
Our next stop was La Fortuna waterfall. The hike was 440 crumbly, broken steps down to the bottom of the rainforest, but the long walk was totally worth every minute. The waterfall was much more beautiful then I could even imagine. We found a small train to a sandy beach of to the side of the waterfall, and I'm so glad that we did. The water was pure saphires, and we swam all afternoon in the icy pool with colorful fish that were clearly visible through the crystal water.
The last stop was after a two hour siesta. We traveled to "Baldi", a natural hot springs spa and resort. The 16 hot springs were quite satisfying to our group after we had climbed the 440 stairs back up the rainforest at La Fortuna. I drank $5 coca cola at the swim-up bar, and got lost in the many tropical gardens. Of course at the end of the night, all the Wisconsin kids were found swimming in the one "cold spring" at the resort instead of the blistering hot waters with the locals.
Have to go eat breakfast--more Gallo Pinto!
Love you,
Clare
Yesterday I started to write a blog, but the computer broke on the bus--it sucked. We went kiyaking in Lake Arenal for about two hours, and the the view was breathtaking. Our tour guide said to us before we went in the lake that the water was very cold, so we should "ten cuidado" be careful. We got in the water and it was like luke-warm bath water. It was so comfortable! We've learned that "cold" here in Costa Rica means perfectly warm and soothing water for the kids from Wisconsin and freezing for everyone else.
Our next stop was La Fortuna waterfall. The hike was 440 crumbly, broken steps down to the bottom of the rainforest, but the long walk was totally worth every minute. The waterfall was much more beautiful then I could even imagine. We found a small train to a sandy beach of to the side of the waterfall, and I'm so glad that we did. The water was pure saphires, and we swam all afternoon in the icy pool with colorful fish that were clearly visible through the crystal water.
The last stop was after a two hour siesta. We traveled to "Baldi", a natural hot springs spa and resort. The 16 hot springs were quite satisfying to our group after we had climbed the 440 stairs back up the rainforest at La Fortuna. I drank $5 coca cola at the swim-up bar, and got lost in the many tropical gardens. Of course at the end of the night, all the Wisconsin kids were found swimming in the one "cold spring" at the resort instead of the blistering hot waters with the locals.
Have to go eat breakfast--more Gallo Pinto!
Love you,
Clare
Arenal
Wow. Increible. Wow. We're getting ready to leave so this will be short. I can't even describe sitting under a thermal hotspring man-made waterfall, sitting in naturally hot, HOT, water, swimming over rocks under the biggest waterfall--natural--you could imagine. So, so, so, so, so, so cool. Rosa and I are checking out housing price.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Water Day! :)
Hola!
Hi mom and dad and others! :) Today we definitely spending some time in the water!! First we went kyaking and we got to swim in lake Arenal! Then we got on the bus and went to waterfall. We got to swim by that also. The water was quite a bit colder than the lake, but it was still very refreshing!! Now we are going to the hot springs to swim. We may even swim in the hotel pool later! Tomorrow we get to visit the school and i'm very excited for that! I'm Have a great day everybody!! Miss you mom and dad! Talk to you soon! :)
-Miguela
Hi mom and dad and others! :) Today we definitely spending some time in the water!! First we went kyaking and we got to swim in lake Arenal! Then we got on the bus and went to waterfall. We got to swim by that also. The water was quite a bit colder than the lake, but it was still very refreshing!! Now we are going to the hot springs to swim. We may even swim in the hotel pool later! Tomorrow we get to visit the school and i'm very excited for that! I'm Have a great day everybody!! Miss you mom and dad! Talk to you soon! :)
-Miguela
La Catarata Arenal
Hola! We have done a lot of stuff today. It is very warm. Im guessing around 90. Very humid. We saw monkeys. We all went kayaking and swimming. It was AMAZING. I had a bunch of fun. We also jumped out of the kayaks. Then we went to La Fortuna Waterfall. That was very bonita...pretty. We did a little bit of swimming almost right beneath the waterfall untill we were told we werent supposed to. Then we went to the other side near the waterfall and swam. The water was cold. But we still had lots of fun. We actually had a little bit of time to ourselves today. We are soon leaving for the hot springs. :) so that should be lots of fun. Although the water will be hot and Im sweating though Im dressed light.
--Rosa Kivikoski
--Rosa Kivikoski
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Lobo's Blog Time
Well, today we saw two volcanoes. Even though one of them didn't semll the greatest we were lucky to even see them, so it was great! but the four hour bus ride wasn't the greatest. But now i gotta go because i am going to go swimming, hahaha for those that can't go swimming.
PS. Pura Vida (Pure life, or cool in slang terms) and from all the kids and Jesus P. I LOVE YOU MOM!
PS. Pura Vida (Pure life, or cool in slang terms) and from all the kids and Jesus P. I LOVE YOU MOM!
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
We're Here
Made it! They did a great job on the plane. I think Rosa definitely liked the flying part. The hotel is nice. Tomorrow, breakfast is at 6 am and we leave at 7 for a series of adventures. They're promising a long, long day for us.
Dicen Las Chicas...
My First Plane Trip
Wow! It's so high up. I got some pictures. THey turned out pretty great except the window was really bad. We are on board to Atlanta.
--Rosa
My First Plane Trip too!!! :0
It was just like a roller coaster! It was really cool to be above the clouds. I forgot to take my camera out, but...I used Ms. Call's instead. I'm excited to get to the hotel for dinner! ;)
--Miguela
Que Fantastico!
Hola, padres y otros amigos. El viaje esta muy bien ahora, y yo espero que nosotros llegamos en Atlanta en punto. Yo tengo dolor de mis oidos porque nosotros somos bastante alto en el aire, Dios Mio. Yo estaba leyendo Pride and Prejudice de Jane Austen, y me gusta mucho. Miguela es ata a la derecha de mi--este es el primer viaje de avion para ella--y ella no esta enferma. Que bueno. Pues, yo estoy contenta ahora y yo quiero llegar. Mama, puedes leer esta carta a Papa? Gracias. Te amo!
--Clara
Wow! It's so high up. I got some pictures. THey turned out pretty great except the window was really bad. We are on board to Atlanta.
--Rosa
My First Plane Trip too!!! :0
It was just like a roller coaster! It was really cool to be above the clouds. I forgot to take my camera out, but...I used Ms. Call's instead. I'm excited to get to the hotel for dinner! ;)
--Miguela
Que Fantastico!
Hola, padres y otros amigos. El viaje esta muy bien ahora, y yo espero que nosotros llegamos en Atlanta en punto. Yo tengo dolor de mis oidos porque nosotros somos bastante alto en el aire, Dios Mio. Yo estaba leyendo Pride and Prejudice de Jane Austen, y me gusta mucho. Miguela es ata a la derecha de mi--este es el primer viaje de avion para ella--y ella no esta enferma. Que bueno. Pues, yo estoy contenta ahora y yo quiero llegar. Mama, puedes leer esta carta a Papa? Gracias. Te amo!
--Clara
Hoy!
Salimos hoy para Costa Rica! Primero Milwaukee, pues Atlanta, despues San Jose.
We're leaving today for Costa Rica! First Milwaukee, then Atlanta, next San Jose.
We're leaving today for Costa Rica! First Milwaukee, then Atlanta, next San Jose.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Meeting
We'll (students) meet very briefly after our last final on Thursday just to check last questions and such. Please let me know if there's anything you need to know!
Monday, June 1, 2009
No Puedo Creer...
I can't believe it but we're leaving in 8 days!! 8 days!! So soon. I'm trying hard to remember everything that has to be done. Please, please, please let me know what I forget!
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