This has been another busy week! Monday was fairly typical, with two SEES classes in the morning and then Spanish class from 2:30-6pm. Tuesday was another normal morning with a Spanish quiz in the afternoon, which I am proud to say I got 100% on. Wednesday we had the day off from morning classes, but we used this time to work on our proposals for our internships. It took most of us the entire day to finish our proposals, so we were all in the Study Center typing away and bonding over the stress of the week. What made it particularly stressful was the fact that we all had oral presentations in Spanish to prepare for Thursday. During Thursday’s Spanish class, we each had to talk for a minimum of 15 minutes on a topic of our choice. I chose to talk about the different sports and active activities that I enjoy doing, and ended up speaking for about 25 minutes! Despite speaking every day in class with my teacher and three other classmates, I was pretty nervous and speaking quite quickly, so hopefully I did an okay job.
On Friday we had a TCB lab on macroinvertebrates (or little bugs) in two different rivers in Monteverde. We went to two different rivers: one at the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve and one near the Monteverde Cheese Factory pig farm to sample for macroinvertebrates. We then took our samples back to the “lab” (aka the classroom) to figure out the order and the family of each macroinvertebrate sampled. These macroinvertebrates were supposed to be bioindicators of stream quality (i.e. the absense or presence of certain bugs indicated weather the stream was healthy or not). It was fun frolicking in the river and picking up the bugs!
After we finished our lab we had some time to go home and shower before dance class at 7. Dance was really fun, and we all improved a lot since last week! The tango is pretty simple, but then they throw in these turns and spins and it gets complicated. After dance class we went to a restaurant and had some pizza before going out to the bars. I was super exhausted from the week so I didn’t stay out long, but it was nice to go out for a bit. I went home and watched the Lion King on my computer haha yeah I know, super cool!
Today has probably been my favorite day so far! My mama tica arranged for us to go on a canopy tour, and it was one of the best experiences of my life! The course consisted of 11 ziplines over the rainforest, a “Superman” zip, and a “Tarzan Swing”! The Superman was a zip in which you are attached by a harness on your back and you fly through the air like superman! There is a built-in break for that one so we didn’t have to worry about stopping or breaking! After the Superman, which was the last zip, there was the Tarzan Swing, which was the scariest and most thrilling part of the whole tour! You walk out onto this bridge, which is suspended in the air, and you are attached to this bunji. Then they open a little gate in front of you and tell you to jump, and you are free falling through the air and swinging back and forth! It was so incredible! It was the perfect end to a long week, and the perfect way to send us off on our next adventure. Tomorrow we leave for our first 2-week trip around Costa Rica, where we will learn about alternative energy and sea turtles and much more! Can’t wait J
For more information on the canopy tours you can visit http://www.monteverdeadventure.com/canopytour.html
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