Museo de Ninos =)

Children's Museum!
The floor shook like an earthquake.

Dancing Lights

Spaceship!? Creo que siiii!

It has been another busy week in Costa Rica. Some of my beginning classes are wrapping up, so I've been working hard on my final papers. This doesn't mean we couldn't have a little bit of fun, though... For my Conversation class, our topic of discussion for the day was "childhood"... and where better to focus on childhood than at the Children's Museum!? That's right, a group of 18 Gringos showed up at the Children's Museum... and enjoyed the exhibits more than the kids! All in all, it was a lot of fun... and I actually found some quality ideas for my future classroom. =)

On Thursday we also visited the Hunger Strike against the building of the mines. Only 2 men remain because the other ones became so ill from not eating that they had to be rushed to the hospital. On Thursday, the poor guys had not eaten anything for 21 days (Can you imagine!?). We had gone to see them about 2 weeks ago... and they looked quite a bit more pale and tired. They feel very strongly for their cause, and my whole ACM group is supporting them. On Tuesday, my music class is all going to put on a concert for them and to raise more support. Look it up and "Like" them on Facebook!

Tonight is going to be an interesting night, for sure. We are all going to a Halloween party at one of the local clubs. There are prizes for the best costumes... hope someone in my group wins! I will be dressing up as Barbie (which is easy because I'm one of the only blondes in Costa Rica, haha). The only light-haired guy in my ACM group has red hair, but he is going to be Ken anyway. We also have Peter Pan and Tinkerbell, a pineapple, and a pirate in the group. We will see what the others come up with today. I'll be sure to post plenty of pictures.

I can't believe how quickly my time in Costa Rica has flown by. There are so many things I still want to do and see here, but I only have 34 days left! I have a feeling I am going to be really busy and have a lot to fill this blog up with in the next 34 days. Until next time... =)