Orientaion- So much to learn! Parte 1

Thursday September 5th I woke up around 6:30 am in order to be at Universidad Latina at 8am. That morning I had to rush to school. The six of us that lived in Sabanilla took a 20 minute walk to school. Costa Rica is very hilly, but thankfully I am from squirrel hill so I am accustomed to steep hills. Here is Costa Rica I live on top of this steep hill!

When we arrived to ULatina, we took a bus to Heredia where the retreat Casa San Benito was located.

        

At Casa San Benito, all the students were given a clean room and bathroom. At orientation we did the usual icebreakers and learned each others names. We also went over the rules and regulations (normal program activities). The meals at Casa San Benito were delicious. All the fruit and vegetables were ripe (something I am not used to in the states). Also I had the best fish I have ever had. It literally melted in my mouth.

After eating so much food, the program providers brought in a dancer who taught us many forms of Latin American dancing. My favorite was the salsa (it was the easiest to learn). I had a great work out and I was not prepared to sweat that much.

PS this was all Thursday! At night we met the director of the program, Jorge Nowalski. Then after dinner we headed to bed to prepare for our hike to the volcano!

*Interesting fact I learned. All the houses, stores and etc. have gates on their windows, doors and even their garages. The reason for this, was in the past families would need these gates in order for animals to stay out of the house. Now it is more for decor but also for safety of potential crime.