Vamos, Vamos Morados, Esta Noche, Tenemos que Gana-a-a!!

¡Hola! ¿Quiubo? Fue un buen semana. En la semana pasada hice cosas tipicamente de la vida. Hubo clase, tarea, amigas y divercion. Pero, en miercoles, mis amigas y yo fuimos al cine y vimos una pelicula se llama "high school musical 3." Tuvemos la oportunidad que verlo en espanol, y por supesto hacemoslo. ¡Que divertido! Nosotros reimos mucho.
Este fin de semana pasada en viernes, las nueve chicas fuimos a una restaurante con una abuela de unas de las chicas. La abuela estaba viajando por Costa Rica. Yo disfrute la interaccion. Tambien, mi compañera de cuarto y yo fuimos a Volcan Poaz en sabado por el dia. Hizo frio, pero muy extraño. El volcan es activa, y tiene un lago de agua caliente en el crater.
Pero, ayer (domingo), fue el mejor dia. Cinco de las chicas (incluyendo yo) fuimos a un partido de futbol del equipo Saprissa. Saprissa es un equipo de San Jose del color morado. Me gusta el partido mucho. Compremos camisas de Saprissa para los boletos y sientemos con los fanaticos. Cantamos y gritamos todo el juego. ¡Que bueno! Saprissa gana 5 a 0. Una de los canciones fue "Vamos, Vamos Morados, Esta Noche, Tenemos que Gana-a-a!!" Es muy possible que nosotros vayamos un otro partido este semana.
Tambien, es el punto de mitad. Exactamente mitad fue sabado. Tengo emociones mixitas. Estoy disfrutando esta vida, pero querio regressar a mi familia y amigos tambien.
Tenga un buen dia!
Chow,
Britney

Hello, What's up? It was a good week for me. Last week consisted of typical everyday things. There was class, homework, friends and fun. But, on Wednesday my friends and I went to see a movie. We saw "high school musical 3." But of course, there was the option to see it in Spanish, so we did. It was really fun. We laughed a lot.
Last Friday, nine of us went out to dinner with one of the grandmothers of one of the girls who is studying here. Her grandma is traveling around Costa Rica and wanted to meet us. I enjoyed the evening.
Also, on Saturday, mi roommate and I went to Volcano Poaz. It was cold, but very fun. We walked to the top of the active volcano crater and looked in at the lake with hot, hot water in it. It was quite a day trip.
But yesterday was one of the best days. Five of us went to a Saprissa soccer (futbol) game. Saprissa is a professional soccer team of San Jose, they wear purple jerseys. I really liked the game. We bought jerseys, which were our tickets into the game and we sat with the fanatics. The ones who sing and shout the whole game. We also sang and shouted with them the whole game. How fun! Saprissa won, 5 to 0. I was really glad. One of the songs was "Go, Go, Purples, Tonight, We have to win!" It is very possible that we will go to another game this week. They are cheaper than we thought they would be.
Also, this is the halfway point. Which is crazy. Exactly halfway was last Saturday. I have mixed emotions, it is very bittersweet, because I'm finally getting used to living here, but I want to see my family and friends too. The time is passing very fast.
Have a great day and thanks for reading,
Britney

Me Encanta La Vida Costarricense

hola a todos! Fue un buen fin de semana. Espero que ud tuvo el mismo. Dos fin de semana pasada mis amigas y yo (5 total) fuimos a Cartago y Orosi. Fue una adventura porque estabamos en los autobuses solamente y no sabiamos mucho del area. Estaba bien. Encontramos un buen hostel muy barrato y cosas muy divertidos. Cartago tuvo una fiesta de las vacas. Fueron muchos personas, bailando, y comida. Orosi es una pequeno pueblo en las montanas. Comemos en una pizzaria fue muy bueno y nos gusta mucho. Escalamos un catarata en el bosque. Estaba concelado y no lo tenia personas en nada lugar. Escalamos por una plantacion de cafe. Fue en serio escale en el bosque. 

Esta fin de semana pasada fuimos a Manuel Antonio, una playa en el costada de Pacifico. El tiempo fue muy bonito todo el fin de semana. Vi monos, cocodrillos, perizosos, racoons, iguanas, komodo dragones y otros animales muy fantasticos!  Las playas fueron muy bonitas y ticos vendieron cosas extranas. Cosas que materiales de la pais como arretes, pulseras, y vestidos. Me gustaba todo. 

Mi trabajo de voluntad esta muy bien. Me gusta los ninos mucho. Son mas o menos 25 ninos de dos clases. Yo estoy trabajando con Mariala y aproximamente 12 ninos de los edades 4 y 5. Los son fantasicos!

Empiece una nueva clase de espanol este semana pasada, con una nueva professora. Ella nos deja mucho tarea todos los noches de la semana, pero nada en los fines de la semanas. 

Mis amigos son buenos, es muy divertido viajar y estudiar con ellos. Pero, estoy muy emocionada para regressar a los Estados Unidos para Navidad y ver mi familia y amigos. 

Espero que usted tenga un buen noche o dia. Muchas gracias por leer. Dios le acompane. Adios!

Britney

Hello everyone! It was a good weekend. I hope you had a good weekend too. Two weekends ago my friends and I (five of us in all) went to two small towns, Cartago and Orosi. It was an adventure because we were on the bus without anyone else and we didn't know the area very well. But it worked out. We found a really good and cheap hostel for the night in Orosi. Cartago had a cow parade while we were there. There were a lot of people, dancing and food. Orosi is a small mountain town tucked away in the green rainforest. We ate in a really awesome pizza place that was a lot of fun. We also climbed up a waterfall, to another waterfall in the jungle. It was hidden and there wasn't anyone anywhere to be seen on the trail. We had to hike through a coffee plantation field to get there. It was literally hiking through the rainforest. Awesome.

This last weekend we went to Manuel Antonio (with ISA), a beach on the Pacific Coast. The weather was beautiful all weekend. Perfect temperature. We saw monkeys, crocodiles, sloths, raccoons, iguanas, komodo dragons and other wonderful animals. The beaches were really extravagant and the ticos were selling all sorts of things. They had jewelry made of things of the country, like earrings, bracelets, and some dresses too. I like a lot of them. 

My volunteer work is going very well. I like the kids a lot. There are about 25 kids between 2 classes. I work with Mariala and about 12 of the kids who are 4 and 5 years old. They are fantastic!

Last week, I started a new Spanish class with a new professor. My new professor gives us a lot of homework during the week, but none on the weekends, which is really nice.

My friends are good. It's a lot of fun to travel and to study with them. But I am very excited to return to the United States and see my family and friends for Christmas. I hope you have a good day (or night) and thanks for reading. 

May God be with you,

Britney