Five exciting/fun/cool/interesting things that I did this week

Here is a list of five exciting/fun/cool/interesting things that I did this week. They are very random but hopefully you will enjoy them!

1) On Monday, I went to the outdoor market to go shopping! In downtown San Jose, there are multiple markets that sell basically tourist stuff but, they have really unique jewelry and all kinds of different things. I must have walked up and down the aisle 10 times figuring out what I wanted to buy! I bought a purse for myself and a bracelet and a gift for my Mom and for my Dad! I can't wait to see what other treasures I find in the coming weeks!

2) On Tuesday night, we had CHEESEBURGERS and FRENCH FRIES for dinner! It was so good! My family kept saying, "Oh look we are eating Gringo (Gringo is what they call Americans) food"! It was nice to have a break from the typical rice and beans which I eat everyday for lunch and dinner. I made sure to stress how much I loved it so that maybe we will eat it again sometime soon!

3) Today one of my teachers made the announcement that we are DEFINITELY going to Cuba. It is very hard to obtain Visas to travel especially because we are Americans. We found out today that we were approved, which is really great. (We are going the end of April)

4) Today while walking to my Spanish class, we made a canine friend. He was a small dog cute but really dirty because he was a stray. Anyway, he was the strangest dog I have ever seen in my life. He followed for almost 30 minutes of our walk all the way to the door of our class. The strange thing about him was how he reacted to cars. Most dogs run away from the road when a car comes. No no, not our friend. He ran TOWARD the road. Every car that would pass he would run directly at and bark nonstop until the car left. Then he would return next to our sides. A car would pass again and he would do the same thing. I'm not quite sure how he didn't get hit by any cars. It was one of the most bizarre things I have ever seen a dog do.

5) Some of you may know that I am a huge fan of peanut butter. Well, they rarely eat it down here so I haven't eaten it yet! I was in the grocery story and I decided that I needed to get myself some peanut butter. I bought a package of Costa Rican cookies, called Chickys, for 300 colones which is about 60 cents. I bought an 18oz jar of peanut butter for almost 2,500 colones which is about $5.00!!!! It was worth every penny! It is comforting and exciting to be able to eat some of the foods that we take for granted eating every day in the U.S.! Chickys and peanut butter= DELICIOUS!!!