Sunday first day


Sunday
Leaving at 4AM from the house in Lawrence , KS!  Excited to see Costa Rica, the students I will be working with, the faculty from other universities and the Las Cruces Biological Station.   Arrived at 1:30PM Costa Rica time, which is also KANSAS time so I’m on the same schedule as my family.  We got to the hotel aeropuerto (Airport hotel) in San Jose, and saw the lovely garden they maintain plus had the Allote (a regional squash) soup that they use a lot in Costa Rica at the hotel restaurant. It was muy deliciosa.  The garden had a lime tree with beautiful limes falling off of it in addition to a parrot in a cage.  I met Scott and Jessica who were trying to get everyone from the airport to the hotel, but some folks had missed their flights.  We had dinner together and I met many of the great students we will be working with like Kristy, Kate, Kaitlin, Lynnshell, as well as professors including Mone, Randall, Steven, Michael, margaret and Ann.  I went to bed and finally got some sleep after only getting two hours sleep the night before due to all the grading plus planning and prepping for this trip!      

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