3 weeks left...but whose counting?

I cannot believe that I am so close to the end of my program. I feel like we just got here and like i've been here forever, all at the same time. It's been such a fantastic semester/vacation and I can't imagine not seeing my friends every day and not calling Costa Rica home anymore. Thank god I still have 10 extra weeks to travel, or I would really be a mess.
Speaking of my summer, my plans are finally coming together. May 19th-27th the fam comes, June 2nd-18th or so i'll be in Panama, then I'm heading to Honduras, then Nicaragua, then Peru, and then home. Should be pretty sweet. Anyone and everyone is still more than welcome to come.
This past weekend I went to Manzanillo on the Caribbean coast...small little town, just relaxed on and explored the beach. Somehow got sunburned, yet again, but at least i'll be nice and brown when my family comes.
Spending the rest of my time here working on papers, presentations, and final exams...hopefully with a quick trip to Nicaragua thrown in.
A big FELIZ CUMPLEANOS to my dad and Yana...hope youre both having a great birthday, wish we could be celebrating together.

more besos to everyone!

Buenos Aires!!

Hola everyone! I'm back in Costa Rica after a lovely spring break in Argentina. Buenos Aires is such a pretty, green, clean, beautiful city...the anti San Jose, if you will. It was so nice to see Alyssa, and we had a great time running around the city with Amy and Kate, two of her friends from school. We walked and walked all over the city, which has tons of parks and monuments and fountains and awesome architecture and flowers, etc etc. I also had the most delicious beef of my life (forget the farm post where I said I wanted to be a vegetarian...such a lie) and incredible italian, indian, and chinese food. And lots of Malbec, one of my favorite wines to bein with, but of course its extra delicious in its native country. Saw lots of tango dancing, went to a tranny club (gooood times), and went to a Jesus amusement park. There really are no words to describe the Jesus park, but suffice it to say that its called "Tierra Santa," or literally, "Holy Land," and is supposed to be set up like Jerusalem. There is a 30 foot Jesus and live shows of the creation, birth, crucifixion, and ressurection. So blasphemous. Amy and I took super inappropriate pictures. I really cant describe it though, you just need to see pictures to understand the glory. It was absolutely ridiculous and wonderful.
I also saw Evita's grave, which was cool, and read the first half of the first Harry Potter in Spanish, which made me proud. All in all, it was just a great week, and I really want to get back and go to other parts of Argentina. For now, I'll suffice by speaking like an Argentine, even if I don't want to.
There was also an evening where we had a bottle of wine before dinner, then decided to go to a Russian restaurant. The owner sent over a bottle of wine, then another, then joined us with his friends, and by 4:30am, they had opened 4 bottles of wine, didnt let us pay for dinner, and paid for our cab ride home. It was a hysterical evening which included my attempting to speak English, Russian, and Spanish all within one conversation, which made my head hurt. It also included my sister and I calling our displeased parents at 1am to tell them how much we loved them. Gotta love what 5 bottles of wine will do.
Back to reality...or at least, reality in Costa Rica. Finally realizing how litle time we have left here and how much work we have to do in the next month. A bit overwhelming, but it will all work out, i'm sure.
ALSO. IMPORTANT NEWSFLASH: my summer plans are coming along, and I officially need a travel buddy for June 18th or 19th to around July 10th to do Nicaragua and Honduras. They are cheap and wonderful countries with so much to do and see and explore. If you at all have the time or money, now is the time to let me know. I promise to keep these plans as solid as possible. Also, I would bet that at this point, my mom would secretly pay someone to keep me company. soooo think about it. and come play!! everyone tells me how jealous they are of my travels--so dont be jealous, be a part of it!
Furthermore, I am pretty much at the halfway point of my trip, and hardcore missing New York, Boston, and everyone from home. So keep sending me updates about home and keep in touch.

spring break

Happy April!!
I'm finally on spring break! And in about 8 hours, I will be on my flight, headed to Buenos Aires to visit my sister! Im so excitedddddddddddddddddd!

Happy Passover/Easter to everyone! Love and miss you all.