Groups of Gratuitous Gringos

Today was kind of the first day of this whole program. This morning I walked to the university with my Tica mom (Lilliam) and my housemate Will (they call him Guillermo). We had an orientations session down in San Jose with the other abroad programs that ISA hosts in Costa Rica. There we got to hear more in detail what to be expecting throughout the program as well as the usual type of talk about staying safe and using common sense here. While there I was reunited with a strange man named Kyle (by strange, I mean that he is one of the guys that I live with back in Denver). After it all was done, we came back to Heredia and returned to our houses for a bit before a group of us went out to see Heredia a bit more. Now, in case you were wondering, walking around the town of Heredia with 9 people on a Sunday is quite a site...especially when we are a bunch of gringos. If you ever get the chance, I would advise you to go in a much smaller group. Also, when 6 of those people are girls from the US, the cat calls never cease, and boy that was that a sight to be seen. However, it was nice to finally get a feel of the place that I will be calling home for almost 4 months. It really is different than any other place I have been, and that is really exciting and terrifying. I can hope that this is going to become a place that I love to be. Pura vida.