Photos of Pura Vida

I have been wanting to post more photos for the past couple of days but we have been really busy and the internet doesn't work everywhere.  I'm having an amazing experience!  It's unbelievable how much Spanish you can learn in a short time when you're living with a family that speaks only Spanish.
Some of the children are studying English and I have helped them a little with their homework but they mostly write and don't practice speaking.  My host family is wonderful - such a big family I can't even tell you how many people are living under the same roof - little "casas" all hooked together in a space that's about the same size as one of our houses.  We met with the Director of Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Embassy this morning which was really interesting and we are scheduled to meet President Laura Chinchilla tomorrow!  
I'm  are some of the places I've been:  A family owned shoe factory, a volcano, a cemetery and some houses - we learned how to make tortillas from an 72 year old great grandmother in one of the homes.
Hopefully the photos below will give you some sense of what I've seen so far!