Julia and I walked to the University for the first time today. It's about a half hour's walk, but this is how long it takes just about everyone to get there. Our oldest sister walked us and there was a large group of our peers both in front and behind us. We agreed that we would walk with a couple of our friends tomorrow morning.
We received a tour of the University today and in general talked about what was going on this week. Today was placement test day. They divided us up first by program. The 2-week students, the Global Impact students, and the Summer 2 students were all divided up. Next, they divided us up by level. Each of us then had to take a placement test to make sure they had guessed correctly where we belonged.
Our classrooms are actually in the mall next to the university, which is a bit strange. Supposedly, those are the best classrooms La Universidad Latina owns, so no complaints there. We take two classes, one in grammar and another in conversation and culture. Our grammar teacher seems to be really laid back, while our Conversation teacher has a very inflexible plan about how the next few weeks will go. My class is made up of five students, and together we've decided to work on the LPI scavenger hunt, where students go around and essentially find out what there is to experience in Costa Rica and then do it. We call it the Reta, or the challenge.
Slowly as the group gets to know each other the pieces are beginning to fall together. We are starting to get the hang of life here. We still have a lot to learn, but we're getting it.
