My Last Month.

April is my last month in Costa Rica, it's filled with lots of excitement and Spanish. I have a lot of plans so far and am excited about all of them.  I have to say, that at the end of the month I will be very ready to come home.  It's been fun, but it's almost time to go back to my real life. 

In terms of classes, I'm only taking Spanish this month.  I have it from 8-12 in the morning, Monday through Friday.  It's exhausting at times, only being able to read, write, hear and speak Spanish for four hours, but I'm learning so much.   Right now it's still a lot of review, but in the next two weeks we will be learning two new tenses--which I'm not looking forward too.  Learning grammar in Spanish isn't my thing.  In my class there are only four other students, which means not doing your homework and having an easy day isn't an option.

The next four weeks I have several exciting plans:

1. This Sunday I'm going to see Shakira in Costa Rica's new stadium.   I just picked up my ticket last week--so I'm all set, and so so excited!

2. Semana Santa (Holy Week). In Costa Rica people have a whole week off for Easter--April 16th-24th. It's a time for families to travel and visit other family members.  For Semana Santa I'm visiting three beaches in the Nicoya Peninsula of Costa Rica. Tambor is the first stop for one night, then Montezuma for two nights and Mal Pais for five nights.  I visited Montezuma in February for a weekend.  It was fun but the waves were rough and the current was strong. So I'm hoping it's not the same when I go back.  From Montezuma it's possibly to buy a day package to Tortuga Island to have lunch, boat ride and snorkel.  I'm considering doing that for a day in Montezuma. 

3. Learning how to cook different recipes from my tica mom. So far this month I'll learn how to make arroz con leche (rice and milk) it's a delicious dessert, her version of spaghetti, arroz con pollo (rice with chicken) and tres leches, the best dessert around Latin America. 

4. Crossing things off my list "Things I want to do in CR before I leave." So far I've done pretty well at accomplishing the things I've wanted to see and do but I still have a few left. Such as the Botanical Gardens and visiting a near-by volcano.

5. April 30th--I'm coming home!