descanso

Well this weekend we had a little excursion to Arenal, a volcano. Our journey was 4 hour bus ride that reminded me of the curvy mountain-top roads in the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee aside from the foliage being mugh more tropical. I couldn't help but think of Poppa (my grandfather) being tempted to explore and drive on one or several of the little windy dirty roads that sprung off of the main road. Upon arrival in Arenal we spent the afternoon and evening at a resort with thermal pools. One of them was 157 degrees (I only put my feet in that one very breifly), too hot for my liking. Last night we watched "Tangled" in Spanish--it was great, even the songs were in Spanish!!!
Today is the second day and we started it off bright and early, definitely my kind of day. Breakfast at 6:30 and then on to the bus at 7:30 to get to the canopy. We spent the morning zip-lining through the forrest and finished off the day on a boat ride on the lake near the foot of the volcano. It's been a fairly relaxing trip, lots of time to rest and re-coop. This coming week will be the last week with my host family, which is a little bit sad, but I suppose it is time. Well, time for some pictures!


one view out of the bus window



I really appreciate the colorful homes

sibbling shot. if you can't tell, my hand is stuck in the "thumbs up" position from the glove we had to wear.

the trust harness that kept us safe

that blob up in the sky, that's me. I'm doing what they call the "Tarzan Swing" which was about a 3 story free fall swing that we could choose to do during the zip-line experience if we wished. how could I miss this?!

I like this flower because it looks like it was painted. God's a pretty incedible artist.

girlies on the boat ride---it was great (but boat rides on Lake Geneva are better!)

view across the lake at dusk

this was my farewell meal for the weekend. Rice, plantains, chayote, potatoes, and some sort of red meat. so good. did i meantion we had home-made Cas juice? SO SO good. Amalia keeps me well fed, always.

Amalia and Mema at the dinner table :)