más detalles

So, apparently Ben volunteered me to offer more details, but I'm not sure where to start. We've been exploring San Ramon a bit, and like it so far, although much of what we've seen has been through veiled eyes as we hurry through lots of rain. Today we were supposed to meet the director of the orphanage and kids themselves, but, in Tico fashion, the director had another meeting and hadn't contacted us to let us know, so we will go back to tomorrow and hope for better luck. We did get to see some of the countryside (the orphanage is in a neighboring town called Naranjo) and it is beautiful!

Our host family is wonderful; Gretel is our host mom, and seems to want nothing more than to keep us happy. She refuses to let us help with meals or cleaning, even clearing the table, and today we came home to a clean room and laundry- Gretel wanted to be sure it was okay that she was washing our clothes for us...Gaby is Gretel's 10-year-old daughter, and already a great friend of Ben and mine. She has shown us a few of the sights in the city, and loves to play games of all sorts. Also, Gaby more than makes up for my lack of a competitive spirit, so that should keep Ben happy. We also have two host brothers, Grebin and Paul, but both are older and work a lot, so we don't see much of them. Yesterday we met Grebin's three-year-old son Joshua, who is learning to say thank-you and is very sweet. And, as you can see from the pictures, we have a host dog- Lucky, pronounced "Luke-y." He is six months old and very much a puppy, which means he is very fun to play with but difficult to discipline.

The uVolunteer staff has been great so far- very welcoming and helpful. We have volunteer meetings every Tuesday, starting tomorrow, so that should give us a better idea of who is who. Other than that, the afternoon rain is clearing, at least until this evening, and we have more errands to run before we head home. We'll blog again soon, and please keep us updated on how and what you are doing.

Un abrazo muy fuerte!