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My study abroad program for Belgium is ISA and because I am in their program they provide day or multiday excursions to see more of the Belgian culture. Last weekend, we journeyed to the Dutch speaking part of Belgium, Flanders, to visit Breendonk and Antwerp. Our first stop was to Breendonk, Belgium’s only concentration camp. […]

Today we left San Jose around nineish to head to Cartago, a town in the province of Heredia, near San Joaquin.  In Cartago we stopped at the Lankeester Botanical Garden and it was absolutely beautiful.  We were warned, however, that this was only a small portion of the natural experience Costa RIca has to offer.  […]

I arrived in Brussels two days ago and so far have learned a lot about the Belgian experience. Brussels is a very quaint area but is sometimes confusing to understand. There are three official languages so it is difficult to know which language to speak when out on the town. Brussels is a bilingual city […]

So my abroad experience has officially begun.  It’s about two thirty here now, we were up at eight (against my own will) to get a jump start on the day, touring various places around San Jose (al capital).  It’s been such an adventure already, things are different here yet the same.  The locals (ticos) have […]