My new spot

Hello! My parents left yesterday and are currently on their flight back to the United States. We spent the rest of our time in La Fortuna going on walks around the town, going on a night hike, chit chatting, practicing Spanish, and having an overall grand time. Yesterday my parents dropped me off at the place that I am going to be staying for the next four weeks, and they got to meet the people who own the property and live here. It is run by a really nice family, and I am so excited to see what this is like! My last place was a bunch of younger people who were solo travelling so I think that it will be fun to be with a family. There's a husband, wife, and son who live here and they have another son who is away at university. I spent a couple hours talking with the wife yesterday in Spanish! I think my Spanish will improve a lot while I am here because they know that I am practicing my Spanish and have said that they will only speak to me in Spanish. I have my own room with a kitchen and bathroom which is really nice.

A cute cat in La Fortuna and a sloth that we saw on our night hike!

It was sad to say goodbye to my parents yesterday, but we had such a good time. I am so glad that they came out and that we got to do so many cool things together.

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  1. Tracy MOctober 16, 2024 at 1:05 PM

    I look forward to seeing your folks and hearing all about it!

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