Las frutas, las frutas!
Me encanta el mercado (I love the market!)
Yesterday morning before my Spanish class Luisa and I visited el mercado (the market). And for you Southern California readers....by market, I do not mean the grocery store. :) I mean something more similar to a farmers market, where they have stands and stands of fruits and vegetables that were picked and delivered from the farms early in the morning. Luisa has been shopping from the same two vendors at the market for about 8 years, so they know her well and were eager to offer all samples of anything and everything. No sooner than I could ask what something was, there it was being sliced, opened, washed, whatever, so that I could try it myself. I think I must have sampled about 8 new fruits. And I liked them all! Seriously, I think the market alone, and the plethora of amazing fresh fruits and vegetables that are available is enough to make me want to live here forever! And it is so cheap too! The guys at the market put all of our purchases into a giant potato sack and a card board box, and I think the whole trip cost us maybe 10-12 dollars. And we are talking a whole bushel of onions, sweet potatoes, cucumbers, carrots, pineapple, guava, mango, and a whole bunch of other things I can´t remember and/or don´t know the name of!
Today is my 3rd day of Spanish classes. I have two teachers - Luisa and Pili (short for Pilar). Pili is one of Luisa´s good friends, whom she met while she was getting her degree in education at the university. Pili is 24 and is from Heredia, but was a nanny for 1 1-2 years in Minnesota and is waiting to hear about another placement in Canada. They are both great teachers and I know I will learn a lot because I am the only student! So my Spanish is coming along pretty well. It is good to be surrounded by it - on TV, the radio, the newspaper, and of course to hear everyone talking. And I am trying to get myself to talk as much as possible. You all would probably laugh if you could see how little I talk here. They must think I am quiet and shy... Ha. With time...suddenly one day they will say - who is this girl that won´t stop talking?!
So classes are in the morning and then in the afternoon Luisa and I have been making lunch, doing errands, etc. until we pick up Gaby and Faby from school at 2:30. Then we all eat lunch together and the afternoons are spent either here at the school, reading, relaxing, the girls doing homework, etc. or running errands or doing whatever they need to do. I am just kind of along for the ride. It´s nice because I don´t have anything I have to do, anywhere I have to go, no responsbility, etc. What a nice little break...
So I guess that is about it for now. This weekend I think we are going to do a tour of San Jose and then of course watch the big futbol game between the local rivals - Liga y Saprissa. I love how crazy they are about soccer down here!
Yesterday morning before my Spanish class Luisa and I visited el mercado (the market). And for you Southern California readers....by market, I do not mean the grocery store. :) I mean something more similar to a farmers market, where they have stands and stands of fruits and vegetables that were picked and delivered from the farms early in the morning. Luisa has been shopping from the same two vendors at the market for about 8 years, so they know her well and were eager to offer all samples of anything and everything. No sooner than I could ask what something was, there it was being sliced, opened, washed, whatever, so that I could try it myself. I think I must have sampled about 8 new fruits. And I liked them all! Seriously, I think the market alone, and the plethora of amazing fresh fruits and vegetables that are available is enough to make me want to live here forever! And it is so cheap too! The guys at the market put all of our purchases into a giant potato sack and a card board box, and I think the whole trip cost us maybe 10-12 dollars. And we are talking a whole bushel of onions, sweet potatoes, cucumbers, carrots, pineapple, guava, mango, and a whole bunch of other things I can´t remember and/or don´t know the name of!
Today is my 3rd day of Spanish classes. I have two teachers - Luisa and Pili (short for Pilar). Pili is one of Luisa´s good friends, whom she met while she was getting her degree in education at the university. Pili is 24 and is from Heredia, but was a nanny for 1 1-2 years in Minnesota and is waiting to hear about another placement in Canada. They are both great teachers and I know I will learn a lot because I am the only student! So my Spanish is coming along pretty well. It is good to be surrounded by it - on TV, the radio, the newspaper, and of course to hear everyone talking. And I am trying to get myself to talk as much as possible. You all would probably laugh if you could see how little I talk here. They must think I am quiet and shy... Ha. With time...suddenly one day they will say - who is this girl that won´t stop talking?!
So classes are in the morning and then in the afternoon Luisa and I have been making lunch, doing errands, etc. until we pick up Gaby and Faby from school at 2:30. Then we all eat lunch together and the afternoons are spent either here at the school, reading, relaxing, the girls doing homework, etc. or running errands or doing whatever they need to do. I am just kind of along for the ride. It´s nice because I don´t have anything I have to do, anywhere I have to go, no responsbility, etc. What a nice little break...
So I guess that is about it for now. This weekend I think we are going to do a tour of San Jose and then of course watch the big futbol game between the local rivals - Liga y Saprissa. I love how crazy they are about soccer down here!
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