bienvenido a costa rica!

naturegrrl · Post by **naturegrrl** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 5:08 pm

hola!
we're doing great here in our little village of cerro plano, except for the horrible bank robbery/hostage situation that happened about a week after i got here (did that make the news in knoxville? 9 dead, 17 injuries and dozens of hostages in santa elena... happened about 25 meters from where i lived before i got my apt.)
anyway... we're living in a sweet apt. eating ice cream every day, recovering from my year at hell job. i'm trying to find some research to do, but that's been harder than i thought. we have coatis and agoutis in our yard, and i've been teaching myself spanish and tree identification. it rocks. i encourage every one of you to marry a man with well off relatives who will leave you an inheritance.
and check out this awesome song (god, i hope this is right) ni tu ni nadie by fey. sounds just like costa rican depeche mode.

naturegrrl · Post by **naturegrrl** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 5:50 pm

although here is what we DON'T have
car, phone, tv, home internet service, fridge...so it's not all grand.
and forgot to mention the best news of all. after 3 years of trying to get into grad school, i was finally accepted to u vermont, texas state, and u washington. i decided on u washington- nice assistantship program AND i get to study at mount st. helens.

shadow dancer · Post by **shadow dancer** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 11:03 pm

I just had a coworker come back from Costa Rica; she appeared to really enjoy her time there.

naturegrrl wrote:i decided on u washington- nice assistantship program AND i get to study at mount st. helens.

Congrats on that. Its good to be at a place that has the opportunity for field study.

I don't know if I agree with the sounding like Depeche Mode, but the Fey song is cute. A friend of mine in Raleigh introduced me to that one. Fey has a relatively new cd out, but I haven't heard anything off of it yet. I tend to have a harbored interest in Latin-flavored music, so if you hear anything else cool, don't hesitate to pass it along.

Onibubba · Post by **Onibubba** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 9:15 am

How odd, my best friends just had one of our yearly get-togethers in Costa Rica. Sadly, I could not be with them due to this blasted illness...Still, small world.