The title of this blog post pretty much sums up awkward greeting moments between native Costa Ricans and myself, and I love everyone of these awkward moments. When passing someone on the street it becomes an instant battle in my mind what I should say because I never know if someone is going to say "Hola," "Buenas," "Buenos Dias;" all pretty natural greetings for "hello," or my personal favorite "Adios," which translates to "goodbye." I am so accustomed to saying "hello" to people in passing that the first time I heard someone say "Adios" here when Kayla and I walked by, I was slightly to mildly confused.
By this time in my adventures here I know that whatever I say in greeting, someone is going to say "adios" in return of my "hello," and it's just easy to use in short passing for hello and goodbye. I can't help but chuckle every time, however, because I literally translate it to "Hello," "Goodbye."
Anyways, look! an Iguana!
More to come mis amigos, bendiciones a todo! :)
I have tears in my eyes reading this. So happy you are having such a wonderful time! I can't imagine what it must be like for those children and the opportunity you have. Precious. I just love reading this all and Thank God we got to meet you through Zumba and are able to share this great adventure! Thank You for sharing
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Oh, Kat! You are so sweet and I miss you very much. Zumba will never be the same without you and your sister :/ I am so thankful that we met and that we have the beauty of technology to stay in touch. I pray all is well :) Have a good weekend!
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