Hello Family and Friends,
In spite of the stresses of finals, Ohio weather, senior research, and the little harries of life…we finally made it to beautiful Costa Rica! In just the few short hours we´ve been here, we´ve already seen several new plant families and native birds! Tonight we´re staying in the capital city of San Jose, so we haven´t been completely immersed in nature yet. But tomorrow we go on to Monte Verde and Poas valcano where we´ll get to fully experience Costa Rica´s natural beauty!
One really cool place we got a chance to check out was an artisans´market. The entire open air plaza was filled with locally made crafts and souvenirs, all of which were totally unique from what we have seen in Ohio! The vendors were a caricature of bargaining and luring buyers, and their ploys were successful in capturing our attention to their wares.
We also have gotten quite attached to our guide Humberto and our own personal bus, the Mystery Machine (dubbed in honor of Scooby Doo.) Humberto can tell you anything about San Jose or any of the plants we come across, and the Mystery Machine is just plain cool 
Pictures coming soon, and in the future, our entries will be more detailed. Today has been quite an adventure traveling from one continent to another, and we are all worn out!
We miss all of you!–Costa Rica class of 2008
P.S. This entry´s title is in honor of Maria and Natalie early morning singing. As opposed to singing ¨The wheels of the bus…¨ they reverted to ¨The wings on the plane go up and down, up and down, up and down…¨ Just ask Heather M. She´ll tell you all about it
rachel said,
March 21, 2008 @ 1:53 pm
hey glad everyone made it safe….question….how many times has Lisa fallen down? lol love you lisa hope youre doing ok your mother has now called me 14 times im going to kill you for leaving me with your phone
Mom said,
March 21, 2008 @ 11:51 pm
Rachel reallllyyy exaggerates! Soooooooo she takes the number times almost five.
I just thought i’d ask ‘DID U FORGET ABOUT US!’ we are checking at least daily for an update. I think the plane has gone up and down enough.
Mom said,
March 21, 2008 @ 11:54 pm
Rachel reallllyyy exaggerates! Soooooooo she takes the number times almost five.
I just thought i’d ask ‘DID U FORGET ABOUT US!’ we are checking at least daily for an update. I think the plane has gone up and down enough.
And yes, it is snowing again! Which explains why we keep checking, can’t go out in the blizzard.
Mark said,
March 28, 2008 @ 2:17 am
I was wondering how my little Audra was getting along.
In Ohio we are supposed to get snow again. Makes me think of the paradise all of you are enjoying. Have fun; burn the images in your minds so you can recall it decades from now.
Don’t let the artisans talk you into spending ALL of your money. They are quite convincing.