MONDAY MUSINGS: Saturday was a day of travel. I enjoyed my last panqueque breakfast prepared by my Costa Rican daughter, Marcela. Gallo Pinto, rice dish, is more common for Tico's breakfast. I have been so spoiled as I haven't cooked a meal in a month. Will I even remember how to go grocery shopping, much less cook? Wink, wink.
My participation in the program included a home stay, 2 meals per day, $18 round trip bus transportation from San Jose to Quepos, during my volunteer stint, along with an art class, weekly cooking and salsa dance classes, along with a beautiful pool to do short laps, cool off, and shower at Máximo Nivel...
In addition the tuition for participating I also paid out of pocket for lunches, laundry, field trips, and my daily $1 roundtrip bus fare to my teaching assignment. Didn't do much shopping, yet my suitcase is expanded as far as it will go. It's what I get for travelling light.
The bus trip was going to be a long one as my supposed 3-hour bus arrived late due to construc-tion, and we would be facing the same construction heading the opposite direction with a bit less traffic.
I enjoyed the scenery on the return to San Jose as my last trip on this route had been in the dark.
We had a lunch stop and I grabbed a chicken empanada and a bottle of Tropical peach tea. We still were an hour out from the airport.
By the time I got to my gate it was 1pm and they changed gates 3x- eventually transporting us to the runway by a small bus. Departing about SJO @ 5pm arriving Atlanta at 9pm. A long, long day...
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