Sunday, January 26, 2014

New Years Eve in Costa Rica

One of the first things we experienced when arriving here in Costa Rica was the way New Years Eve is celebrated.  One way to some it all up:  they LOVE fireworks!  The fireworks went off all around the city of San Jose starting about midnight and continued almost continually until 3 AM!

Here is the view from one of the buildings at our school overlooking the city.  The small streaks of light were small floating lanterns that were being launched all over the city.


 Here are a few pictures of our neighbors shooting fireworks.  They were exploding right over our "back porch".



We watched the fireworks for a little more, and then tried get some sleep even though fireworks were still going off.

Saturday, January 25, 2014

Were are in Costa Rica at Language School!


We arrived in Costa Rica on December 27th!  We flew in late so as soon as we made it to our new house, we made our beds and went to sleep.  The first few days, we were getting used to all the new sights & sounds, learning how & where to buy food & supplies, and hearing Spanish everywhere we go.  But, we are pretty settled in now. 

Our language school is very challenging, but we can already tell it is working.  Our kids love the school here, and have made lots of friends.  We have 3 classes: Grammar, Language, and Phonetics.  We have already had tests in 2 of our classes.

 The Boys Headed to the First Day of School in Costa Rica

We were finally able to get internet hooked up at our house, so we have been able to email and video chat with our family. We need to post several updates soon about all that has been going on, but we have been so busy with school.   Hopefully, we can do that soon.

Thanks again for keeping us in your prayers.  We are so excited that we are finally here at the Spanish Institute learning Spanish.  We can hardly wait to know enough Spanish to be able to use it without any help.  Thanks again for your prayers and support!