arrival !!

i should have realized that my traveling couldn't work out perfectly----my venture began yesterday morning, leaving the cape at 3:30am in a snowy mess. long story short, my flight out of logan was delayed 2 1/2 hours which made me miss my connecting flight to san jose. continental was nice enough to reroute me---leaving me a solid 6 hour layover in houston. so there i sat, with a jack and ginger in my hand, conveniently watching the patriots game at one of the airport bars. and after a few hours, a few cocktails, and meeting several fellow costa rican travelers, i was on my way to san jose....

once i made it past the panic of lost luggage and through immigration and customs, i found the taxi driver holding my name and was on my way to my home stay....finally arriving at 11pm! (talk about a long day of traveling!) i was again put in a mode of panic when i found that the mother and one of the two daughters i was staying with spoke no english whatsoever. luckily, the one daughter, carolina, is pretty fluent and serves as a good translator for us all. i guess this is going to force me to start learning some real spanish and learning it quick! an hour into my sleep, i was woken up by another visitor arriving to the house--a roommate and fellow volunteer thru IVHQ!

it was nice being able to wake up and go through the first day of orientation already knowing one person and throughout my day today, i have met many different people---including 2 girls from MA and 2 other girls that go to school at wellesley college. small world, huh?

the past 2 days have been a whirlwind of emotions and thoughts running through my brain and i keep thinking to myself---did i really do this? am i really in costa rica for the next three months? what did i get myself into?! i can tell already after just sitting through our orientation today that this will be quite an adventure and i'm excited to be able to share it all with you :)