Day 1: We’re In Costa Rica!

By: Hannah and Devin

Hi, hi, hi everyone! Sorry for the late post! We had a little bit of delay at the airport. A three hour set back had us getting in later than  anticipated into San Jose. Nevertheless, we wanted to catch you up to date! 

We left DeVos parking lot promptly at 7:30 yesterday morning, and were on our way to Grand Rapids airport. Euchre and donuts were popular on the bus ride there! Once at the airport we checked our bags, scanned our passports, and glided through security which was not busy at all on a Wednesday morning. Once through, we hit Starbucks and settled in at our gate. Conversations about books we planned on reading, songs downloaded, and games added to our phones to keep us busy on the plane were topics of conversations as we geared up to leave. On the plane we all had time to nap or talk to the people sitting next to us, (which some of us did simultaneously… Luke). 

Once in Newark, we grabbed lunch and headed back to our gate, when we were notified that the plane we were supposed to be taking was delayed with bad weather. So our 4:45 boarding time turned into an 8:08 boarding time. No problem for us though! A group of 12 college students will find a way to entertain themselves in one of the largest airports in the US. An article I had time to read states, “Newark Airport, along with JFK Airport and LaGuardia Airport, combine to create the largest airport system in the United States, the second largest in the world in terms of passenger traffic, and largest in the world in terms of total flight operations.” To say the least, we did not have trouble finding things to do. From various restaurants, to stores, to long walks down the terminal we all had fun in our unexpectedly long layover. For dinner we all gathered in separate areas. My group went to the Ramen restaurant where Daniel and myself (Hannah) raced to see who could drink their soup the fastest. We headed back to our gate and loaded the plane to San Jose. 

Once we landed in San Jose, we waited in line to get through the security checkpoint. Ben our Push the Rock leader, helped us get our passports stamped and then we were on our way. We grabbed our checked bags and headed to the bus. A quick 20 minute drive brought us to the AMCA house where we will be staying until Sunday! Then it was time to crash! For a quick blink of sleep. Thanks for reading!!