This weekend I decided to keep it local. Thirty minutes outside San José is Heredia,the smallest of Costa Rica’s provinces, where some friends and I went on the Britt Coffee Tour. According to Britt, Café Britt was founded in 1985 as the first gourmet coffee roaster in Costa Rica. Britt’s CoffeeTour has educated and entertained more than […]
Go Take A Step Outside. See what’s Shake’n in the Real World.
This weekend was fantastic! A group of my friends and I traveled to Montezuma for the long weekend! It was incredible. We met tons of different people who were staying at our hostel who were from all different parts of the world. Its a 7 hour journey from San Jose to Montezuma by bus and […]
A Fin de Semana en Jaco
So, every weekend many of the students take trips to outside of San José, naturally. Last weekend a small group of us went to Jaco Beach with my Mamatica and her friend Sophie. For about $100 we spend the weekend in a small house with a pool and within walking distance from the beach. Going […]
The Air is Breathable
Probably the first thing I noticed upon my arrival in Alicante was how hot it was. It was nearly 10PM, and it was as hot as the hottest days at noon back in New England. 90 to 100 and humid. Flying in All I could see were a few lights, noting to remark at; but […]
I’m Going on an Adventure.
I guess that the first thing I have to say about this whole experience is that I’m more terrified of the first day of school than I have ever been. Seriously. Exactly one week from the day of my writing this, I will travel the I will embark on a journey that will take me […]
Costa Rica Here We Come. Week One Done!
I know I’ve been a little late posting this week. So here it is! When I woke up this morning I saw a post from one of my study abroad friends, Oleg Chuchin (NJ), who has described our study abroad experience so far as: “Studying Abroad can get quite difficult. One must figure out how […]
El Primer Día En Costa Rica
After a tiring 8 hours of traveling I finally reached my new home of San Jose, Costa Rica. My favorite part about this country, so far, has got to be the mountains. The whole town is surrounded by them. My house mother, mi mamatica, is very friendly and hospitable. However, she does not speak any […]
Here We Go….
It’s hard to believe that my journey to study abroad is ending, and that in a few days, I’m actually going to be hopping on a plane to Costa Rica. I’m totally in denial. Hanging around in the on-campus apartment that I will be the R.A for next semester, I still think that I’m going […]
An Introduction & Thanksgiving.
Hello everyone, Let me start off this blog with a little about myself. My name is Tiffani, but everyone knows me as Rose, and I am twenty years of age. I am a first generation college student at Salve Regina University studying in my junior year; I have a double major in Art History and […]
Sea Snakes
According to the guidebooks it is fairly uncommon to see the highly venomous black and white banded sea snake (look up the snake on google images…) in Fiji. I say that is a bunch of @^#&&%$!. In two months I have seen three, each time the snake has gotten closer to me before I even […]