Living with a "Tico" Family

So after my daughter did the Intercultural Summer Camp, she raved about living with a local family, which she thought was going to be the worst part of the camp but actually ended up being on of the best. I had already planned on going to take classes myself after her experience, I need Spanish for my work and where I live there is a huge Latino community. But I had planned on a hotel, of course, seeing as I'm 50! Anyway long story short, she finally convinced me and I decided to give the homestay program a try, and it was for sure the best part of my stay. I mean, I loved the Spanish classes, my teachers were amazing, they were true professors and all the classes were actually fun, which sounds oxymoronic to me, fun classes, but there it is, I loved them. But getting back to the family stay, that was above and beyond. Doña Élida was like a second mother to me (even though she's only a few years old then me), and her kids are like my nieces and nephews. I've invited them all to visit us in California, and I really hope they come, I'd love to be able to offer them the same experience I had, it was totally life-changing, I can't even really describe how, it just made me feel different and see the world (and the Latinos in my home community) really differently, and understand things so much better than before. One thing though - the food is GREAT! Be prepared to eat well!!