Day 3 rude awakening!

Hello Pegasus Family, this is day 3 of our eventful and long journey to Costa Rica. We woke up this morning, and we had a big problem. In one of the boy’s cabins, Adam spotted a huge, black hairy spider that was on his towel, which ended up on his shoulder, after he came out of the shower. His roommates, Cole and Patrick ran to him and took pictures. Then Patrick called Mrs. Conti over (which was the first thing she faced as she just woke up and stepped out of her cabin that morning) and said, “There is a significant spider in our room and we need you”. 

                                                  Good morning Mrs. Conti! 

                         A glass and the New York times were my weapons for capture!

 

 

After Mrs. Conti removed the spider, some of us decided to go to the local Roman-Catholic church. We listened to the priest preach. It was hard to follow along, but we were able to understand some parts of the Spanish vocabulary taught by our one and only Sra.Botts.  Also, some of us were confused because not all of us are Catholic. Here are some pictures of some of the Catholic students getting Communion.

 

 

After the mass, we walked to the local waterfall. It was really fun because there was a trampoline, and big rocks in the river to climb on, and a restaurant for some people to take a break and eat. The rocks were really fun because we had to jump from rock to rock while there are fast rapids in the river. Some people managed to stay dry (Sahir, Ryan, Patrick, Adam, Cole while others were not so fortunate (Michael!).

 

On the way back from the waterfall, we were headed to do a “home-stay” experience with some of the local families.  But first, we stopped and bought bread. We brought the bread to the families that we spent 2-3 hours with.  In Costa Rica, it is a tradition to bring bread to another family. We were paired up with a partner from our group. We had to speak Spanish to each of these families, so it was very challenging. We couldn’t have any help and we couldn’t go to our teachers the whole time. We were there for lunch, so we were introduced to some many new foods. We felt very uncomfortable in the beginning and as time progressed many of us got out of our comfort zones and had a good time. Many of the families were generous and excited to have us over for the afternoon. This is a picture of Sahir and Emma’s homestay family.

 

 

Here is a picture of Mary and Adam with their homestay family:

 

 

In conclusion, it was a very action-packed day full of excitement and new experiences.

written by: Sahir Patel and Michael Sherlock