El Blog de San José #3 Sunday, December 27th, 2015 Local Time: 20:28 Well, it would appear that I have somehow found myself in Costa Rica. Today was a rough mixture of exhaustion, nerves and …
Costa Rica
Pre-Costa Rica Playlist
San Jose Blog #2 Thursday December 24th, 2015 Local Time: 1:24 CDT Pre-Costa Rica Spanish Music Playlist (La lista de música hispanohablante) ¡Feliz Navidad! It’s hard to believe that it’s already Christmas and I …
San José, Costa Rica Blog #1
San José, Costa Rica Blog #1 December 20th, 2015 Local Time: 4:33 CST I’m stuck in that last week of San Jose, Costa Rica pre-departure. It’s really hard to focus on preparation for the trip …
El Final
¡Buenas! This is going to be my last blog post, thanks for reading. I’m back! Back to work, back with my family, and back in Wisconsin. I only had one minor case of culture shock, …
Retrospectacular
¡Buenas! I’ve been thinking a little bit about the imminent end of my time here. After tonight, I will only have three more full days in Costa Rica. It’s hard to remember all the things …
World Cup post: ¡Olé los ticos!
La Copa Mundial, the pinnacle of the world’s favorite sport: soccer (or is it football?). I’m sure that being a part of the World Cup hype in any Latino American country would be exciting for …
Lazy Bear Spotted
¡Buenas from San José! I’ve finished my second of three courses during my time in Costa Rica—the trip is going by fast. I now know that the usefulness and enjoyment of my first course wasn’t …
19 Kilometers on the Pacuare River
This past Sunday I went rafting on the Pacuare River. It was kind of funny when I tried to explain my plans for the weekend to my host mother. I didn’t know the verb for …
Juan Santamaría and American imperialism
The day before our final exam, our teacher took us with him to tour the Museum of Juan Santamaría in Alajuela, Costa Rica. A couple blocks from the museum, we found a statue of Juan …
Coffee, crabs, and class
¡Buenas! I stepped into the shower this morning, and was pleasantly surprised when the water was warm. After ten days in Costa Rica, I’ve started to adjust to a lot of things: speaking Spanish, rainy …