Day 1

Day 1of our Costa Rican adventure started at 6am when we all met at the Nashville airport with luggage and passport. Believe it or not, EVERYONE had their passports! The flights were rather uneventful....even kids who don't necessarily like flying did extremely well.  Parents, you can rest easy about that!

Our coach was a little late picking us up. We found out later that they had 2 students with passport issues in two different choirs. Again, not us thank goodness! We got to our hotel and the rooms are lovely! We only had one room that wasn't ready when we arrived. Not too shabby!

At about 4:45, we went on a walk with Dan, our Witte representative around San Jose. We went over and saw the Teatro Nacional. The outside was very interesting, but the inside was beautiful! We were only able to go into the lobby, but even that had marble statues. Very impressive! From there, we went to The Grand Hotel. It was built about 100 years ago and it is where famous people and dignitaries stay when they visit San Jose. Apparently, there are plaques noting where famous people have stayed in the hotel. In front of The Grand Hotel were coffee bean plants that we were able to see and take pictures. Also in front of The Grand Hotel was a churro stand. We all had great fun trying to figure out the Costa Rican currency (colones) and how to order in Spanish! We were very thankful we had G
Gabby and Victoria with us to help us avoid making fools of ourselves. The girls did a great job with both the money and the ordering.

We have rehearsal and our first meal in Costa Rica in about 9 minutes, so we'll let you know how all of that goes! Leave us messages that we can share with the kids!