As I start wrapping up my time here in Central America, I thought I’d share the obligatory lists of things I’ll miss/am looking forward too. Here’s a short list for each, in no particular order:
Things I’ll miss about Costa Rica/Central America
- Fresh fruit and fruit juice allll the time
- Pura vida
- Rice and beans (no, I’m not kidding)
- Speaking Spanish
- My host mom and the teachers and students at my school
- My students thinking I’m awesome 🙂
- Traveling at the drop of a hat
- Major affordable public transportation infrastructure
- Being impulsive and spontaneous just because I can; not making plans
- Monkeys
- Gecko noises
- Barra Honda. Barra Honda. Barra Honda times a million.
Things I’m looking forward to about being home
- Getting to see my family (of course)
- Air conditioning
- Free bathrooms
- Intellectual conversations on a regular basis
- Having a cell phone
- Putting toilet paper in the toilet
- Stability of having relationships that last longer than a couple weeks
- Fellowship and my church family
- Lack of iguanas of the roof
- Hulu/Pandora