(This beginning part I wrote last Friday but I’m leaving it as is) Next Thursday I will be back in the United States and my teaching experience in Costa Rica will be over. My last day of teaching is on Saturday, and on Sunday I… Read More »Two Days Until I am Home

Monteverde.  Its more like a small town, but city worked better for alliteration. Last weekend Christine a friend of mine visited Costa Rica.  It was awesome to have somebody from home visit and we had an awesome time.  She arrived on Wednesday, we spent the… Read More »The City in the Clouds

On Fridays and Saturdays Walmart, yes Walmart offers loads of free samples, from food to alcoholic drinks and even free pictures(pictured above). Calvo is a tuna fish brand.  It has become a ritual that on the walk home from school we stop at Walmart and… Read More »Loco Four Free Food

It has been 7 months since I first came to Costa Rica and five months since I first started teaching. I now work full time at Intercultura working 20 hours a week. I just got this about three weeks ago because I was offered a… Read More »Teaching Update

She may look cute, but shes not. You think a dog that’s been stray all it’s life would be thankful and appreciative of having a home full of inhabitants who look after and take care of her, but she’s not. At least not to me.… Read More »Rafiki: The Newest Roommate

I was accepted to a teaching position in Spain! Back in January I applied to a teaching position in Spain. There are two main programs that allow people from the US to teach on an extended student visa, auxiliares de conversacion and the BEDA program.… Read More »Next stop España!

Playa Negra This past week was holy week so me and a couple of other teachers (John, Paul, Cory) went to Puerto Viejo.  Holy week is the week before Easter and is a big deal in Latin American countries.  We left Tuesday morning and came… Read More »Puerto Viejo: The Caribbean side of Costa Rica

This past weekend on Saturday I went to a music festival called Holi One.  It’s wasn’t really a music festival per-say but rather an all day concert.  The origins stems from India, and is the Indian festival of colors.  The sprinkling of colored powder or… Read More »Holi One!