CR – April 1, 2011 Day 21 (Updated)

Day 21

We’ve decided to stay in Costa Rica. Sell everything for the best price you can get. Keep a little money for yourself and send us the rest.

April fools!!!!

It was a long day for me because I decided to walk with Ginger to school since I needed to be with her for the Salsa demonstration at 10:30.

Ginger successfully completed her spanish studies at the intermediate level and graduated as one of the top two students in her class (Okay, so there were only 3 students in the class, a minor point. You got a problem with this????) All of her hard work and yes, obsession with studying paid off because the effort moved her up another level in spanish. I didn’t test for another level because my brain is smaller than hers and couldn’t handle anymore information. Just kidding but it’s not far from the truth. By the time the end of my class rolled around today, I was mentally fried, I mean can you say, “Crispy Critter in Espanol?” That was me.

Both of us are satisfied and proud of our accomplishment these past three weeks. Anyway, as I’ve insinuated before, the real practice for us begins now. We need to keep up our speaking skills and continue to learn more about all of the different verb tenses and such.

At 10:30 am, classed halted so that the school could hold a brief graduation ceremony. Including the two of us. Approximately 6 other students received certificates. There was a large group of high school students (maybe twenty five) along with all of the professors watching the ceremonies. Even the workmen painting the building stopped painting to watch the activities.

My instructor Samuel, presented Akira from Japan and me with our certificates and asked us to say a few words. Both Akira and I did great. We used notes but hey…real men can use notes too! Ginger was up next and she shocked the crowd when she announced that she had a few words to say and then unraveled notes that rolled to the floor. It was pretty funny. She didn’t tell me she was going to do this so I, too was caught by surprise.

At the end of the speeches, it was time for our sala show. We danced to the song, Brujeria. The crowd was shocked because very few people knew we could dance. Also, this was the first time anyone was asked to perform something at the graduation.
They really screamed when both of us went into a double split and the workmen had to come over and help us up.

Tonight we go with Sonia and Orlando to the club, Castillia for dancing. We have promised to dance with many of their friends who now know us from two previous dances. We’re all packed for our trip home tomorrow morning, so we are ready to cut loose after three weeks of studying!

Traveling tomorrow

Chow

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