We had a lovely Easter brunch, consisting of a cheesy zucchini casserole, some yucca (a starchier version of potatoes), salad, and ribs for the omnivores among us. For dessert: trifle! It turns out that pudding is pretty difficult to obtain in Costa Rica, so it was more like a flan-fruit hybrid decked with nilla wafers.
We had some lovely centerpieces, but they were lacking the necessary peeps and other caramel or cream-filled candy. While Semana Santa is a bigger deal than Christmas, Easter doesn't hold the weight of the holiday here in Central America -- it's more focused on Good Friday. The suffering, the repenting for sins, and not so much the chocolate candy and pagan symbols of spring.
Here we are, enjoying our Easter lunch!
We did some egg-painting afterwards. Some of us got a bit more creative than others. Most of the eggs had slight cracks, and some even had craters....so when life gives you cracked eggs, paint them into a traumatic brain injury victim:
Then of course, the egg hunt. This was a whole new saga. I actually ended up winning, but it came at a price. I found four eggs, and a giant palm found me! A branch cracked and fell on me -- but don't worry, it didn't hurt that much and there is no lasting damage, except for my dignity of being attacked by a palm branch. This garden is becoming more and more like Jumanji as the days go by.
Easter did make me miss home, but I'm glad that people organized a little celebration here -- usually the OTS program doesn't do anything, so it was a nice touch.
Otherwise, it's been data analysis and poster-making time here. We're giving our poster presentations tomorrow to a group of people, most of them from San Vito. This will be interesting, as our posters are written in English (except for a Spanish abstract we hand out), so it will be a great exercise in getting our points across. Nothing simplifies something more than trying to say it in a different language.
Hasta luego!
Anya
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