Hi Ticos and Ticas,,
I am staying in Costa Rica for one week. It is a small country in Central America. Everyone here speaks Spanish. I know that you are learning a little Spanish at school, and that you know that I said, "Hello" to you at the start of this post.
Can you guess what ticos and ticas are? Those are words for boys and girls that are used only in Costa Rica. Other countries that speak Spanish (like Spain and Mexico) use different words.
As usual, I spend time in the hotel while Dr. Kristie works. Here is my favorite spot in our hotel room - the hammock on the screened porch. Have you ever been in a hammock? It is fun because it swings back and forth, but you have to be careful. If you swing too much, it flips, and you fall on the floor!
Starting at the top, the foods are a square of banana bread, black beans mixed with rice (called "Gallo pinto" or speckled rooster), sweet fried bananas, fresh pineapple and papaya, and a chicken empanada (which is a little turnover filled with meat). Have you eaten any of these foods?
When we paid, we used Costa Rican money, called colons. The bills are a lot more colorful than our money. Here is what they look like:
people of their country from long ago. that live there. Can you recognize any of
them?
After breakfast, we went to the beach. In South Carolina we swim at Myrtle Beach in the summer. The water is too cold in other seasons. Here it is hot here all year round, so you can always go swimming.
After a swim, we went for a hike at the beach. Look what we saw on the rocks! It is a lizard called a spiny tailed iguana. I'm not in that picture. I didn't want to get too close!
Another name for this animal is the ctenosaur. I think it's kind of cool that his name ends like "dinosaur". I suppose that they are in the same family.
We stayed out until the sun was going down. Sunsets look beautiful all over the world. This was the end of a nice adventure. I will come home on Wednesday, so this will be the only time I write to you from Costa Rica.
See you later! Hasta Luego!
Your Friend,
Flat Stanley
I am staying in Costa Rica for one week. It is a small country in Central America. Everyone here speaks Spanish. I know that you are learning a little Spanish at school, and that you know that I said, "Hello" to you at the start of this post.
Can you guess what ticos and ticas are? Those are words for boys and girls that are used only in Costa Rica. Other countries that speak Spanish (like Spain and Mexico) use different words.
As usual, I spend time in the hotel while Dr. Kristie works. Here is my favorite spot in our hotel room - the hammock on the screened porch. Have you ever been in a hammock? It is fun because it swings back and forth, but you have to be careful. If you swing too much, it flips, and you fall on the floor!
On Saturday I had an outing. The first place we went was a restaurant. Here is what breakfast in Costa Rica looks like:
Starting at the top, the foods are a square of banana bread, black beans mixed with rice (called "Gallo pinto" or speckled rooster), sweet fried bananas, fresh pineapple and papaya, and a chicken empanada (which is a little turnover filled with meat). Have you eaten any of these foods?
When we paid, we used Costa Rican money, called colons. The bills are a lot more colorful than our money. Here is what they look like:
On the front they have pictures of famous On the back, they have pictures of animals people of their country from long ago. that live there. Can you recognize any of
them?
After breakfast, we went to the beach. In South Carolina we swim at Myrtle Beach in the summer. The water is too cold in other seasons. Here it is hot here all year round, so you can always go swimming.
After a swim, we went for a hike at the beach. Look what we saw on the rocks! It is a lizard called a spiny tailed iguana. I'm not in that picture. I didn't want to get too close!
Another name for this animal is the ctenosaur. I think it's kind of cool that his name ends like "dinosaur". I suppose that they are in the same family.
We stayed out until the sun was going down. Sunsets look beautiful all over the world. This was the end of a nice adventure. I will come home on Wednesday, so this will be the only time I write to you from Costa Rica.
See you later! Hasta Luego!
Your Friend,
Flat Stanley
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