On Friday, Universidad Veritas held its first official family day for international students and their Tica Families. My tica mother, Marisol and I went to the family day together at a park near my school. We wanted to bring along my sister Sophia, but she had to go to her preschool. Everyone's host mothers and fathers brought along typical Costa Rican dishes to add to the enormous buffet at the event. I got to meet a lot of my friends' host families, and my host mom got to meet a lot of my friends who have not yet been over to my house. At the event, there was Costa Rican music and typical games. I even won the stilt race! For lunch, I had some amazing gallo pinto with sour cream, arroz con leche, plantains, iced tea, and some different types of salad.
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| Winning the stilt race! |
I also got to see Emily's host mother Ana again. Ana was very nice and invited me over one night for dinner. She made a beautiful salad, chicken and rice, nachos, homemade juice, and tres leches for desert.
I spent most of the day on Friday hanging out with my host family. For dinner, we all ate a wonderful dish of nachos. Usually, I have class until 8pm, and Sophia goes to bed before I return. This was one the first times since Sophia went back to school that I have been able to eat with my whole family together. Sophia and I also had a fun time trying to spot some of the lizards that live in the living room. All of the lizards make really loud screeching sounds, and we found one that has been wondering around without a tail. I recently found out that there is one living in the ceiling above my room that occasionally likes to hang out behind the painting on my wall.
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