Life in Costa Rica

So catching up for the last two weeks. It seems like a long time with how busy Ryan and I have been but actually we haven't done all that much to talk about. Like I said I started my CELTA course which has totally been taking up all my time. To sum it up I am at school 8-10 hours a day (M-F) this includes six hours of lectures/doing homework/preparing lesson plans for teaching, then two hours of teaching practice either teaching a class myself or observing my classmates and other experienced teachers. Then after that most nights I go home and do more homework/preparing lesson plans. It is quiet a lot of preparing and paperwork but all in all I am really enjoying the course, the teaching and experience.

For the first two weeks half of the class taught the beginner level while the other half taught intermediate level adults. Now we are switching so I will be teaching intermediate now. Anyways Friday was the last day with our students at that level so we (CELTA teachers in training) invited all our students (Ticos) out for beers. It was a great way to get to know some of our new students since both the beginner and intermediate students came. It was a lot of fun and a good release from all the hard work we have been doing. Here are some pictures.

Me, Claire and Anna CELTA friends

Drinks with CELTAees after week two

Anna and the Grammar Bible (at least for the past few weeks it has been)

Claire with our Grammar books

So while I have been super busy with school Ryan has been doing the daily grind. He works six days a week at the hostel and has been spending the rest of his time doing maintenance on the van so it is all fixed up when we are ready to sale it. Works going well for him. Still just as chill as the first few days. Sitting back hanging out with the guest, serving beers, checking people in and running errands around the hostel. He really likes it and has become good friends with his co-workers and manager.

In the past two weeks we have also moved into a guesthouse in San Pedro, outside downtown San Jose and closer to my school. We really like the house because we have our own room again, its quite and clean, all the people are living there are really cool and its ideal for long-term staying. We are not sure yet but we have been talking about staying in Costa Rica for about six months. Not quiet sure yet but we will keep you posted.

Well that's it for now. I will probably be back in another two weeks or so.

written by  ryan & debbrial on February 20, 2010 from San Jose, Costa Rica
from the travel blog: Us Discovering the Latin Americas
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