Pura Vida en Costa Rica: Rollerskating! a La Salón de Patín en San Pedro

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¡Hola, Bienvenidos a todos!

I am in my fourth year of school majoring in Education and Spanish. I'm from Minnesota and am about to embark on a life changing experience, immersing myself in the language, culture, and pura vida of Costa Rica!

My ultimate goal of going to Costa Rica is to become fluent in speaking Spanish. But along the way, I am going to be visiting a very close friend from high school, experiencing Costa Rican Independence Day and Christmas, traveling to three countries and living on the beach. Oh, and I am taking classes in a university in the capital city, but it goes without debate, most of my learning will be experienced when I am not in a classroom but around the friendly Ticos (name Costa Rican's call themselves) and being out on adventures.

If you're reading this, I miss you, so do your best to let me know what you're up to! And I'll do my best filling you in on my adventures :)

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Rollerskating! a La Salón de Patín en San Pedro

La Salón de Patín en San Pedro

We went rollerskating with our program which was a free event for us. It brought me back to the good ol' days of going to Cheapskate for class field trips. I think the last time I went rollerskating was in grade school. I forgot how hard it was! It took me a little while to get used to the feeling again of walkin while rollin.

One funny event happened that involved me and half the people in the skating rink. Me, normally I don't like to draw that much attention to myself especially in public places, and this event was definitely out of my control.

As I was turning the corner near the entrance of where many new skaters enter the rink, in comes a big bear size of a man with three ladies next to him going way too slow as should be allowed to enter into the skating rink. I couldn't turn quite fast enough and ended up skating perpendicular into his shoulder, meanwhile placing both my arms on either side of him as if I were hugging him. He in turn, took the hands of the other ladies that were next to him who in turn grabbed the hand of the third lady. All the while I was still rolling and hugging this man, the three other girls go down, feet up in the air and pulling the guy down with them in the process. While me, I somehow managed to stay up on my roller skates. (VICTORY!!) But I offered a hand to a girl that ended up on the floor, who wasn't ready to get up yet. One stayed on the ground for a good five minutes while she held her elbow. My friends later said they thought they saw the man's roller skate hit one of them in the head (probably why she wasn't quite ready to stand up yet...oops). This of course, drew the attention of everybody else in the skating rink as more people began to come around the corner and couldn't avoid the ladies on the ground. More skaters tripped over them and also ended up on the ground. A serious domino effect that started with me.... It was a disaster but definitely something to laugh about later! I guess I should keep practicing!