A few new pictures!

I finally have the chance to put some pictures online...so here are a few of my first days in San Jose!
This is my host mom (sort of like a grandma, or abuelita) Argelis, and one of my roommates Brittany and we are outside in the backyard. There is a banana tree to the right of me and lots of palm trees and tropical flowers. Que lindo!

Here we are in the mercado, or outdoor market drinking straight from the coconut. It didn't taste AT ALL like a Pina Colada, so that was disappointing. But the experience was worth it. The girl in the white shirt is Dana, another girl from George Fox.






This is the view from a resturaunt where we had lunch, looking out over San Jose. About 20 minutes later we couldn't see a thing because clouds came in and it rained SO hard. I ate some questionable meat, but it was pretty delicious.
Here we are eating. It was so cool in the resturaunt, very rustic and all open air. We couldn't really hear each other when the rains came because there was a tin roof and it sounded like a war zone. But I loved it.
Here I am at "La Parque de Paz" or the park of peace (Costa Rica is the only Latin American country without an army....very peaceful!) It's huge and has a few lakes and soccer fields.
Here is a monument for peace, with a bunch of old guns and helmets from when the army was disbanded. Today was such a beautiful day in Costa Rica!