I'm happy to say that I have arrived safe and sound in the beautiful Costa Rica! My flight was uneventful, and I got through customs and whatnot with no problem. It was great to see my fellow UGA travelers so excited about arriving, and to be reminded of how I felt when I was beginning my spring break trip here.
Johnny (our faithful driver from spring break...crazy coincidence) picked all the UGA students up from the airport and delivered them to their homestays before taking me to Hotel Milvia. The minute I arrived at this gorgeous converted house in San Pedro I was welcomed by super-friendly Ticos. The hotel doubles as the Florencia Urbina Museum of Art, where works by local artists can be bought right of the walls - in the same fashion as The Grit in Athens.
The whole place is very stimulating with a huge variety of artistic styles packed into a small building with only about 8 rooms for guests.
My room alone features some cute:
Some interesting:
And some that I just don't care for at all:
(This one is called "Masseause #3" and is hanging directly over my bed along with its sisters "#1" and "#2".)
Outside my room, the day was pretty dreary with grey skies and light rain every 45 minutes or so. It is night now, so I didn't get a chance to snap any shots from the balcony. Maybe I can get some in the morning before my 7am pick-up for the trip to Monteverde. I will certainly need some coffee too!
The only other events-of-note today were going down the road to get dinner, being too embarrassed about my lack of spanish speaking/understanding, and just taking something to-go from the bakery rather than attempt to interact with a waitress. I ended up with a meal of orange juice, some kind of soft filled cookies, and a circular cheese and meat croissant dubbed a "tortuga" - all for 2469 colones (or about $5). Let's hope there was no actual turtle meat in that croissant.
And now, I'm in my room watching the TV. The only channel I can find in English is playing the music video for Avril Lavigne's "Complicated," so I'm going to go watch that.
...I wish I was kidding.
Buenas Noches!
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