After many sleepless hours and lugging of baggage, we arrived in San Jose today at 11. As Group Leader of team #1, I am happy to say we all made it with our baggage. We were met at the airport by Terry Grumley, the director of Peace Corps Costa Rica, and drove about 45 minutes to Tres Rios, just east of San Jose. We are staying the next four nights at a retreat center here where we will be getting many shots, taking an oral Spanish exam, and getting prepared for our 11-week pre-service training. So you could say that Staging was orientation for the retreat, the retreat is orientation for pre-service training, and pre-service training is orientation for the next two years...oh man.
Anyway so far life in the Peace Corps is pretty posh. This place has hot water, wireless Internet, good food, and best of all, a game room and sports fields. We played some soccer and ping pong today, tomorrow is Spanish Scrabble.
I am thinking of all the countries you have played soccer and ping pong. You are truly an international athlete.(good Spanish scrabble word-"sinverquenza"- muchos puntos!)The retreat looks beautiful. Keep sending those pictures--it makes you seem very close by. Love you, Dad
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