Waking up on the beach!

Sigh, this last weekend was a long relaxing one. We were celebrating the annexation of Guanacaste on Monday, so there was no school. About 50 of us chose to celebrate by going over to the Carribean side of CR. It is gorgeous over here, even if it is hot and humid! The resort where we stayed was right off the beach. Make sure you check out my pictures on my homepage (under Tico Times). If they aren't up yet, they will be shortly. Anyway, we left from ILE on Saturday morning about 7, and rode for approx. 5 hours without A/C. This was a funny language issue, because we asked if he had "aire" and he said yes and turned it on. So we all rolled up the windows and waited for cool air to surround us. Only a puff was coming out of the vents, and this was in no way cool air. It was like having the windows cracked, or maybe worse. Turns out, he had "aire" it just wasn't "aire acondicionado." That's right, the mini bus just brought air in from the outside and gave it to us! Needless to say, we all elected for windows instead. :)
Anyway, all I did this weekend was swim in the ocean (the water is glorious!), lay on the beach (you should see my tan, Margarita calls me morena now), swim in the pool, and eat. Oh, and I played Euchre for the first time in at least a year!! It was excellent. The food was wonderful there as well and such a variety. We saw a crocodile (or alligator - the spanish use the same word for both) and I got some cool pics of it as well.
Anyway, I promised to do better and taking pictures, and I think I have. I got some beautiful sunrise pics (imagine me, purposefully getting up to see a sunrise, and I still got there about 30 minutes late!), as well as some photos of my friends. So, take advantage of the situation and check them out!
On the way home, Nicole and I chose to ride in the kids bus. We had PRIME seats, close to the front, with plenty of leg room. But one of the families came on last, and both of their kids are young and very prone to carsickness. By this time, the only seats left on the bus were the very front passenger seat, and the fold down front passenger/middle seat. So, guess who got to ride up front with the bus driver?! Thankfully, Nicole took the middle seat, they are horribly uncomfortable. But we had some excellent Spanish practice that day. Incidentally, the little girl of the family to whom we gave our seats still ended up throwing up, but it wasn't alot.
I was so glad for the time of rest and relaxation, but after 5 more hours in the bus (closer to six because we ended up eating lunch on the road), I was soooo ready to get back to San Jose.