Midterms already!

Today is only my second Friday here in Costa Rica, and I already had a midterm! I am officially half way through my intensive Spanish course. Luckily, the test was not too bad. Last night, my friends and I went to a Tropical Dance Class that is held in the evening at Universidad Veritas. This morning, after taking the Spanish midterm, my friend and I went to my new favorite soda (nice, cheap restaurant) around the school. It was this cute little pizza place right next door to the school. They serve fresh pizza like jamon y piña  (ham and pineapple) and té frio (iced tea) for only 1300 colones. (A little less than three dollars).

This is part of the group that went to the amusement park.

This weekend, most of the other groups have a three day excursion, but our group only has a day trip. So, our resident director took us all for an unplanned trip to Parque Diversiones for free. It was a theme park just outside of downtown San José that was surprisingly like Hershey Park. There were themed sections, a lake, water rides, roller coasters, food, and a lot of other crazy rides. These were actually a few of the coolest rides I have ever been on! There was a free fall drop that was kind of like the Tower of Terror in Disney World, but the nice part was that we got a 360 view of San José for a solid twenty seconds before dropping. Tomorrow, we will wake up early to go on a day trip to Poas Volcano.