Traveling

I'll make this quick since I am sitting in a hotel writing this entry...this past week started off pretty slow for David and me. We were all alone for the first time at QERC since...November? It seemed pretty quiet around the building. Wednesday for Valentine's Day we took off to explore some more of the area around our valley and went in search of some hot springs that we had read about. We had sort of thought the trip would take about an hour to get there, hang out and swim, and then an hour back. Ahh culture lessons. After 4 hours of travel, with many people "helping" by giving directions, we finally made it to the hot springs. It was super fun, and a good relaxing way to spend Valentine's Day together. It is a day that's celebrated here in Costa Rica as well, but it's definitely not commercialized like it is in the U.S.

Friday we had 3 researchers come who are doing a many-year project that combines Latin American history and science, studying the Quetzal. It was great to have them around and they even interviewed David on video. This interview will be on the website in the next month or so, and we'll post a link so anyone who wants to can see it. It was a great chance for David to share some of the visions of QERC.

Today we came into the city and went to see El Descanso (The Holiday) which finally came out in movie theaters here. It's so fun for us to be able to see movies for so cheap when we get a chance! And tomorrow, REALLY early, we are getting on a bus to Panama in order to renew our visas again. What a pain, right? Yeah, right. It hardly seems real that our job can include paid trips to other countries every three months. The place we're going is on the Caribbean side and is located on one of the many islands off the coast. Once we're back at QERC in a week, we'll be sure to post pictures.