Third and Final Week

For our last week in Costa Rica, we spent the majority of our time focusing on our presentations for the end of the trip. However, we were able to visit GMI Manufacturing and Siropes La Mundial. GMI Manufacturing produces electric circuit boards and is a company originally based in North Carolina. Currently, they started to outsource production in Costa Rica four years ago and have had tremendous success.

GMI Manufacturing

Siropes La Mundial produces and sells syrups for soft drinks along with the soft drinks themselves. They've been in business for about 40 years and is a family business that mainly sells in Costa Rica but in a few other places, such as New Jersey.

Siropes La Mundial production

At Intercultura, our Spanish school, the chef taught our class how to cook tortillas de queso (cheese tortillas) from scratch. We also had a dancing class from the specialist there, but we will save those photos because they are too embarrassing.

Tortilla Cooking Class

For graduation, our mama ticas (Costa Rican mothers) joined us for our presentations and lunch reception. It was a bittersweet moment because we've missed our family and friends in the US, but we are going to miss our new families here. We will return now to practice our sports and get ready for the season.

Jonathan's Mama Tica and her new granddaughter