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I’ve learned only recently that I have Spanish blood. My mom told me that my dad’s grandfather was pure Spanish so that makes me one-eighth Spanish (i think?). Anyway, I got a little bit curious because I don’t know much about that part of my family’s history. Who knows? I may even have some Spanish relatives out there that I don’t know of. It’s a good thing that we went to a place somewhere in Costa Rica. That was just two months ago. It turns out that the place (Playa Tamarindo) offers not only surfing lessons but also Spanish immersion language courses as well.
We really enjoyed our stay there. At first, we went there just to see the view and just mingle with other friends and maybe get a tan. But then, we heard that the place was famous for its quality of waves and we thought that it would be a shame if we would not try to surf. And as what I have said earlier, the surfing classes also include Spanish classes. The Spanish lessons are a little bit harder especially for me who doesn’t know any Spanish word before this. I got through all twenty lessons but I don’t think I can carry a decent Spanish conversation with anyone. Ugh! I’m not really good at language anyway.