What I learned this weekend

1) San Jose is not so bad.  After being in Costa Rica for more than 6 weeks, I spent my first weekend in the city I live in.

2) I <3 coffeeeee!  Okay, so I didn't learn that this weekend.  But we did go to the Doka coffee estate, and learned all about the fascinating little drug, from its planting to its processing, and of course,  there were many a sample of brews to be tested  =)

3) Sleep is overrated.  I'm sure I'll feel differently about this later in the week when I crash and burn, but staying in bed when this whole "experiencing culture" thing calls to you would just be silly. =P

4) Not all volcanoes are created equal. I'm a pretty positive person overall, but Volcan Irazu was pretty lame.

5) I can't dance.  Thankfully, tica women are really nice.  Not to mention they know how to move their curvy hips of theirs.

6)  A "fair" in Costa Rica is nothing like a fair in the states. Where we would be eating fried twinkies and chocolate covered everything, they're engaged in huge exercise classes of everything from Zumba to spinning... with crowds of spectators.

7) When you get homesick, eat the biggest slice of pizza you can find, and go home and plan out your summer.  Judge all  you want, it works.

Seven's the lucky number. I can't believe that February is over and that things are going by so quickly.  Good thing I'm not wasting time writing eloquent blog posts, though I apologize to  my dear readers who are left with numbered lists.  =)