bailamos el swing criollo

Buenas

The discoteca adventure was a success. Nearly the complete opposite of a night out in Lawrence I must say. There were 8 of us who went so we took two taxis. The taxi drivers here would win every racing video game you could throw at them. In addition to a lack of street signs, I have yet to see a speed limit sign. There is no police jurisdiction over the traffic... Very thrilling, very scary. 

We arrived, walked in and the layout was interesting. There was a staircase leading upstairs to a very chill, dark and smoky bar with karaoke...costa ricans singing Journey...yeah. Inside the door to the left was where we stayed. There was a bar then a lot of tables with place settings and then a huge dance floor. We sat at a table and had a waitor who collected money after every drink. No such thing as a tab here. Had a couple imperials, which is the beer of Costa Rica. Good, tastes like Bud. It was Andrea's birthday and I wanted to buy her a shot... straight liquor or nothing here. No mixed shots. And what was the cheapest? tequila. She hated me, and then wanted another. ha. 

Chris finally managed to get us girls one by one onto the dance floor and it was a blast. We just tried to watch and copy everyone else. We had fun, so who cares how ridiculous we looked. 

We left around 11:15, which is so early, but we went out at 8:30, and we all had class this morning early early. It was a lot of fun...and once again, NO TIPPING. its fantastic. 

Ironically, today in class we learned all about the type of dance invented in Costa Rica; el swing criollo. It is an imitation of American swing to cuban music. Not similar to swing at all though, but they were inspired by it. We watched a video of it, very interesting. 

At the end of class at 1 it started to rain... and didn't stop till 8:30 and it was coming down in sheets. obviously i didn't wait until 8:30 to come home... all of us were soaked to the bone. It was fun though, rain here is so much more pleasant than rain in Kansas. 

I'm staying in tonight because the guys are having a "guys night" with their host brothers and therefore we are male-less to go out. And we're all to scared since we all live separately and would have to be alone inevitably at some point in the night. Got my homework done however and learned me some verbs. 

Tomorrow we are going to down town San Jose to visit some museums and shop then return to Sabanilla in the afternoon to go to a bar to watch the futbol game. I don't know who they're playing but we have jerseys!  

Had chicken soup for dinner. It had pears in it! and a whole drumstick that you basically either just let soak and then pick up and eat, or stab at it with your spoon till the meat falls off. I'm terrible at eating here, I make a mess every time. Especially with rice. Oh well, at least I eat everything that she puts in front of me, which makes her so happy because the last kid wanted chicken and papas and rice, separate, never mixed, and only apples and store bought juice. what an idiot. 

That's all the excitement (and not so exciting) for now.