Turrialba

Saturday, October 20th:

After spending one night in San Jose, we headed straight to Turrialba to start a one week language intensive program. Que Bueno! Turrialba is about 1 1/2 hours from San Jose, nestled in a lush valley. The Turrialba River runs through here and thus the town is famous with the white water kayaking crowd. We stayed with a host family who have 2 teenage boys and a nine year old daughter, Ruth. Within minutes Soren and Lucas were off playing with Ruth, and that's how its gone most of the week. We all went to school in the morning, Eric and I at Spanish by the River, and the boys at a local international school. The boys did ok, considering how much they both love starting new schools, but by Friday they had had enough and sat in class with us instead. The family were staying with, the teachers and director at our school, and the people in Turrialba in general are incredibly friendly! We feel very safe and welcomed. Everyone stares at the boys, especially Lucas. Occasionally a taxi driver even reaches out to pinch his cheek. We are heading back to San Jose Sunday to pick up Catherine and finish up things with the whole car purchase.