Posted by Bethany Daffern Student
Edited by Mr. Moreland
So its our second day here and we have done so many things already. We went to the Dos Pinos today, and then we went to lunch, and my oh my was it yummy! We also got to meet the high school students of Liceo Vargas Calvo. Oscar and Jose, two very sweet young men one of which is my pen pal. Tonight from 8 until about 10 we are going to go Salsa dancing and we will use this skill on Friday during our social. Tomorrow is our service day, and it is just another journey that we all are going to go on together. I miss my famliy, but I am not looking forward to leaving this place. I mean last night I looked at the stars, something you really cannot do back home in Pittsburgh. But this is something I will never forget thanks to the journal we were given. But there will be more on the rest of our trip later on.
Adios :)
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Day 2 in Costa Rica
Written by Robert Murphy, student
Edited by Mr.Moreland
Today was day 2 in Costa Rica. We woke up early around 6:30, and for breakfast we had rice, beans, 3 balls of skinned potatoes and eggs and toast. It was all quite good.
Then we headed off to Dos Pinos, which is a dairy cooperative (owned by 1400 owners like stockholders in the U.S. but they actually get a say in what the company does). We went on a tour of one of the buildings where they make some of their products such as butter, milk, yogurt and ice cream to name a few. We interviewed a Dos Pinos representative who is trying to expand their business outside of the Costa Rica. Then after the interview they gave us free ice cream in a cone that they make at their plant. They also let us try a new product that they are trying to get sold in stores in Costa Rica. It was like Dibs ice cream but with more ice cream in them and more of a dark chocolate on the outside (they were a bit frozen so had to let them melt a little before being able to eat them all the way).
After Dos Pinos we went to exchange money and the rate for exchanging money is $1 u.s. dollar equals 498 colones (named after Columbus). Then we went to lunch where I had a casado de pollo(chicken platter) consisting of a small salad, breaded chicken, white rice, black beans and a dried cole slaw. Very good food for lunch, good portion too. For a drink I had a watermelon fruit drink that was really good and tasted like watermelon and was fresh.(I would definitely get another one if I have the chance).
After lunch we went to the Costa Rican high school where we met foreign students that were taking english classes in the last year of high school. This was one of more difficult things for me so far in my trip experience because their was a language barrier separating me from talking to the other students fluently. The Tico students and I had some things in common like playing soccer, hanging out with friends and working in the community. The one thing that I think the foreign students liked was receiving the american candy (Pop Rocks) I handed out to them.
After visiting the school we headed back to our hotel via the public bus system where we had a brief group meeting and then had dinner that consisted of noodles and ground meat and a small salad. This dinner was interesting as I thought all of the meals were going to come with rice but this meal didn't.
Tonight we are going out to learn to Salsa dance to prepare for our party friday night with our new student friends from Costa Rica.
Edited by Mr.Moreland
Today was day 2 in Costa Rica. We woke up early around 6:30, and for breakfast we had rice, beans, 3 balls of skinned potatoes and eggs and toast. It was all quite good.
Then we headed off to Dos Pinos, which is a dairy cooperative (owned by 1400 owners like stockholders in the U.S. but they actually get a say in what the company does). We went on a tour of one of the buildings where they make some of their products such as butter, milk, yogurt and ice cream to name a few. We interviewed a Dos Pinos representative who is trying to expand their business outside of the Costa Rica. Then after the interview they gave us free ice cream in a cone that they make at their plant. They also let us try a new product that they are trying to get sold in stores in Costa Rica. It was like Dibs ice cream but with more ice cream in them and more of a dark chocolate on the outside (they were a bit frozen so had to let them melt a little before being able to eat them all the way).
After Dos Pinos we went to exchange money and the rate for exchanging money is $1 u.s. dollar equals 498 colones (named after Columbus). Then we went to lunch where I had a casado de pollo(chicken platter) consisting of a small salad, breaded chicken, white rice, black beans and a dried cole slaw. Very good food for lunch, good portion too. For a drink I had a watermelon fruit drink that was really good and tasted like watermelon and was fresh.(I would definitely get another one if I have the chance).
After lunch we went to the Costa Rican high school where we met foreign students that were taking english classes in the last year of high school. This was one of more difficult things for me so far in my trip experience because their was a language barrier separating me from talking to the other students fluently. The Tico students and I had some things in common like playing soccer, hanging out with friends and working in the community. The one thing that I think the foreign students liked was receiving the american candy (Pop Rocks) I handed out to them.
After visiting the school we headed back to our hotel via the public bus system where we had a brief group meeting and then had dinner that consisted of noodles and ground meat and a small salad. This dinner was interesting as I thought all of the meals were going to come with rice but this meal didn't.
Tonight we are going out to learn to Salsa dance to prepare for our party friday night with our new student friends from Costa Rica.
Lost in Translation, Dos Pinos, and Distracting Ticos
By Jocelyn Mclaughlin, student
Edited by Mr. Moreland
Wake up time. I actually woke up before the alarm went off. I guess we had what you would call an early start. For breakfast we had eggs, bread, rice & beans (no me gusta el beans).
Any way, after we had our meal we headed off to the Dos Pinos company, which in Spanish means two pines. Dos pinos is a dary cooperative, a group of farmers that all own a company. We had a brief tour of the plant, and we got to meet the Dos Pinos mascot, Lula, who was very entertaining. After that we conducted a free trade interview with representatives of Dos Pinos.
One highlight of the trip was waving to Costa Ricans. Once a man was so distracted by our group that ran into a stop sign while he was waving back.
Well it is our group meeting time! Talk to you soon.
Edited by Mr. Moreland
Wake up time. I actually woke up before the alarm went off. I guess we had what you would call an early start. For breakfast we had eggs, bread, rice & beans (no me gusta el beans).
Any way, after we had our meal we headed off to the Dos Pinos company, which in Spanish means two pines. Dos pinos is a dary cooperative, a group of farmers that all own a company. We had a brief tour of the plant, and we got to meet the Dos Pinos mascot, Lula, who was very entertaining. After that we conducted a free trade interview with representatives of Dos Pinos.
One highlight of the trip was waving to Costa Ricans. Once a man was so distracted by our group that ran into a stop sign while he was waving back.
Well it is our group meeting time! Talk to you soon.
First impressions
By: Rob Matchett (student)
Despite the plane rides that took up almost half the day yesterday turned out to be pretty cool. We arrived here in San Jose and got to our hotel. So far it does not seem too different. It just seems like someone put a blindfold on me and then switched the signs to Spanish. We went to a grocery store and it was really cool. I was shocked at how cold it gets at night.
The food is really great here though so I guess I could learn to like it here.
Despite the plane rides that took up almost half the day yesterday turned out to be pretty cool. We arrived here in San Jose and got to our hotel. So far it does not seem too different. It just seems like someone put a blindfold on me and then switched the signs to Spanish. We went to a grocery store and it was really cool. I was shocked at how cold it gets at night.
The food is really great here though so I guess I could learn to like it here.
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