In this tropical paradise, the eyes have it! As do the ears and nose et al. Surrounding us is a feast for the senses and we've gained a heightened awareness of the treasures and terrors around us. Sunsets, flowers, birds, monkeys (outside our bedroom!), chiles, avocados, beans and more beans, volcanoes, crabs, iguanas, and SCORPIONS! Yes, scorpions. We've killed four today, our second day in our second home, which is an older cottage and in the woods --a part of the original ranch. We're told these are not the deadly type--just give a bad sting and some numbness. UGH! The ranch hands sprayed and we sprayed--we'll see.
Anyway, on a positive note, we visited the elementary school in Villa Real and helped with a kindergarten class. I was able to teach them one of my old Kindermusik songs, "Little Mister Robin." Only nine children out of the usual 30 were there and we were told that because of the heavy rain last night some of the children could not/would not walk to school. There is no truancy policy in CR. We will go back tomorrow and work again with Sharon, the student from Berry College.
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