I have returned from choir tour. I have survived choir tour. Well, technically I returned from choir tour on Friday but I'm fighting mental jet lag. I'm done being physically tired (and very close to being sick...NOOOOOO!) but my brain still doesn't know how to think (to those of you who wittily added, "Does it ever?" I say, "Shut up.")
So last year tour was, probably, the worst 10 consecutive days of my life. I was scared out of my mind having it be my first tour planned top to bottom, not knowing what to do while on it, problem solving, every time I ran into a problem I felt horrible (since I hate myself, y'know), I was stressed and freaked out and didn't get much comfort from the fact that I was being ignored by my then boyfriend, it was an all around thrill ride.
This year the tour company did most of the planning, I just went along for the ride and to do random stuff that came up. We were in California for two days. It was fine, nothing special. And then it was time to fly to Guatemala. Guatemala City was....I don't know. It was fine as cities go, there were stores and restaurants and people and hotels and such, but it was so dirty. So much dirt and exhaust in the air, Jessie was basically allergic to the town. We went to the city of Antigua and I loved it:
There was practiacally a church on every block and they were wonderful. Then on to Costa Rica. We were in San Jose, Monteverde, Arenal, heck I can't even remember. I went horseback riding, swam in a waterfall (well, the little pond under the waterfall), went hiking, ziplining, so many things...
I SWAM HERE!
The hotels in Monteverde and Arenal were awesome, we went swimming in a pool that had a swim up bar with underwater stools, we did a synchronized swimming routine (that's right!), I went to Mass and got kissed on the cheek by an old man, and I actually remembered to do sketches while I was there (good art major, good girl!). I petted fuzzy catapillars, saw Quetzals and tiny toucans, chased moths out of my room and saw monkeys on the side of the road.
I'd give tour a thumbs up.
That picture was on a wall in Costa Rica. It has nothing to do with anything except hilarity.
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