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To complete our week of firsts (I know it's not Friday or Saturday, but we've been here for one week), Liz and I walked to Palí, the Aldi's-like store about a kilometer from campus. This is essentially the first time that either of us have gone away from campus without having one of our life-saving Spanish Speakers with us. It wasn't too crazy, but it was definitely exhilarating. I think my adrenaline must have been pumping, because Liz kept having to tell me that I was walking way too fast.
I know that in six months, or even our three month point, where we go back to the States for a few weeks, we'll look back at this adventurita (little adventure. I may have made up that word) and we'll think, "Wow, that was a breeze." But when it's the first time walking out of campus alone (well, other than our respective spouses), it feels like something big. Liz was actually the more adventurous of us. She wanted to go down a road we were told had a little fruit stand in it, but I wanted to do it the boring way for the first trip, so we just headed back the way we came.
When we had gotten almost all the way back to the seminary grounds, we saw the gate begin to open, so we sped up a little bit. When we got there, a car pulled out and the people inside got out. It was Patrick and Kim, two other volunteers are also going to be staying here for a year. They are working with Work and Witness teams that come to the area. We only got to meet them for a moment, because another car also wanted to get out. Later this week, however, I'm hoping we'll get to meet them and their family more.
Liz had a first of her own today. Before we left, we were supposed to let someone in the office know that we were leaving. I was waiting in our room, because we were expecting someone, so Liz walked across campus and told the lady that we were going. The important part of the story, however, is that it was someone who didn't speak any English at all. Liz said that both of them had to repeat themselves a few times to get their messages across, but with a lot of patience, Liz accomplished her task valiantly! Good job, Liz-o!
Liz's culinary skills are also being stretched as we try to make some Costa Rican foods. We attempted guineos again, but this time, we prepared them the way Gaby told us to, so they weren't gross. Today, we bought a mango and papaya, so we're going to try them out probably tomorrow. A fun food, that wasn't really Costa Rican, that we had for dessert today was homemade tortillas with a little butter, cinnamon, and sugar on them. Not quite elephant ears, but super tasty!
Tomorrow, we've got our meeting with one of my supervisors, as he shows us the audiovisual equipment that I'll likely be helping out with. It's going to be right after our Spanish lesson, so it's going to be a big morning! I've been told that he speaks English too, but I'm pretty sure that everyone on this campus has been told by Shelley to only talk to us in Spanish, to get as much practice as we can as soon as we can.
Fun Spanish of the Day, "No Gracias, tenemos bolsas." (No thanks, we have bags.) As you might guess, this was one that we used at Palí, when buying out groceries.
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