It’s been a while since my last post, but I have plenty to share since my last update. Now on the homestretch of this grand adventure of mine, I’ve expanded my horizons within Spain beyond my family apartment in the heart of Alicante. Last month, I took a day trip through to Valencia. And what […]
CR: Ocean Shallows and Haunted Hallows
Hello! I have now moved onto biweekly update because my life is getting busier and busier with the minute with schoolwork and trying to Pura Vida as much as possible. I’m over halfway done with my program now! It’s crazy! I can’t believe it’s flown by so fast. Last weekend our program took us to […]
Two Months and Then Some.
Upon my arrival in Rome I was rather depressed, a depression that went beyond homesickness and turned my first month and a half here into something equal to a personal Hell. For this, lack of time and an inspiration to congregate my ideas, I found myself unable to write. I was paralyzed and in such […]
Costa Rica: The Happiest Place on Earth.
In a few days will mark the halfway point of my trip and I can’t believe it. I’ve really learned some useful information in my environmental classes thus far. Did you know that Costa Rica has a goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2021 (well it’s going to be moved to 2025, but it’s still […]
The Volvo Ocean Race
Today, I took a little excursion to the Volvo World Ocean Race. A near two-week sailing event hosted here in Alicante. It is running from the 2nd to the 11th of October before moving to the next port city for the next leg of the race. The Race is beginning here in Alicante and finishes […]
Panama Paradise
For the weekend the students in my program were required to travel to Panama so that we could get out Passports re-stamped for another 90 days. For anyone who hasn’t traveled out of the country before, you typically have 90 days which you are allowed in a country as a tourist. So, we crossed over […]
The Place, the Food and the Family.
After spending my first full month abroad, I can say that I’ve gotten to know many quirks about Spain and the Spanish way of Life. I was actually surprised by the way things are done here. First, Ill begin with my schedule. When I get up in the morning, just before seven, its still dark. […]
It’s Finals Week #1 and that Means Coffee, Coffee and More Coffee.
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 […]