Day One - Here We Go!

I did it. I made my first step in international travel. Kelly and I landed in Costa Rica about an hour ago and we are already loving it. After a bit of a delay getting our flight started from Houston - typical first classers arguing over who get the extra pillow - we hit the skies and made our way south.

Once we landed, I got my passport stamped, went through customs, and ventured out into a mass of taxi drivers and chauffeurs carrying signs with various names of people and universities. I felt like I was back in Madison protesting with all of the signage, but we were able to make our way through the hoopla and find our ride.

After a quick pit stop at the our school - CPI - we made our way to our host family's home with Mayi, our host. Kelly and Mayi were talking up a storm and with my French and Greek and Latin background, I was able to pick up about...30 percent of it. I did see my first coffee plantation on the way so I was pretty excited about that.

The short drive from CPI brought us to our AWESOME home stay. This place is huge! Very open and welcoming. I'll share pictures soon, but for now, just imagine me typing away on the rooftop patio looking out over an avocado tree and a myriad of bird noises filling the air.

This is day one, and I can already tell this trip will be great.

Pura vida...
Casey