Pura Vida, familias y amigos!
Today we focused on Cartago’s history and how important history is to the development of a country and its current affairs. Many, many students absolutely love learning about history and have been making connections to the history classes they’ve taken at their respective high schools. The majority of the glimpsers woke up on their own before the 7 am wake-up call, to the beautiful sights and sounds of the base camp that many of them now refer to as home. Following a traditional breakfast and an hour and a half bus ride to Cartago, this mornings tour was provided by Alvaro, our newest friend, who enlightened us on the history of Costa Rica’s first capital city and we visited the Basilica de Nuestra Senora de los Angeles. Our tour around Cartago led us to the local mercado and eventually to a yummy lunch at Cocina del Santuario. We had an opportunity to try local cuisine and loved it! We had downtime this afternoon and, of course, took advantage of the beautiful pool at Casa Aquiares where many of the delegation continued to bond, play games, chat, read, and relax! We are feeling inspired by the glimpsers genuine desire to learn about this country, from one another, and themselves.
Much love,
Bridgett Hernandez and Kim Chin, Global Glimpse Leaders
Pura Vida!
Church ruins
Central Park
Walking around Cartago with Alvaro
Loving our pool!
Fantastic!!! Two days in with so many cool experiences. Love all the photos. Looking forward to seeing where tomorrow goes. Have fun. Love you Soficc
I MISS YOU!! Have lots of fun and try to bring me home something cool!
I don’t see a sloth photo, so I also feel lied too…. Love you sm, mmmmmbye
Love love love the photos T1B Team! Glad to hear you all are loving the ‘learning’ aspect of the program and are already making those connections between what you have learned in school and what you are seeing/learning on the trip this early in your journey. Thanks for being the LDD torchbearers Kim & Bridgett!
Hey Baby Girl. Mommy misses you! I love the photos, keep then coming. Looks amazing. All the smiles make me happy
Hey Baby Girl. Mommy misses you! I love the photos, keep them coming. Looks amazing. All the smiles make me happy
That looks like so much fun KK!! Make sure you wear your SPF! We all miss you including the office spiders haha
Hi KK, Sun block, Wear a hat …. you guys look great and having fun. Is the food the same as Mexican food? YUMMY I can’t wait to hear if it’s different, miss you love Grandma.
KK ! Well, now I feel bad you didn’t bring your swimsuit you wanted to bring! Darn it.. well.. shorts and a sports bra it is! Hope you are enjoying your time and making amazing memories with your new friends ! Take tons of pictures! Love you to Costa Rica and back.. well actually more then that. lol Miss you!