This past weekend I visited la Fortuna, a town at the base of Arenal volcano. Arenal volcano is Costa Ricas most famous volcano and has made an appearance in movies After Earth. The town received it’s name after the 1968 eruption of the volcano. The… Read More »La Fortuna, Arenal Volcano
I have been teaching for almost two months now and everything is going well. I am teaching with two different companies: the first one is Intercultura a language institute in Heredia(the city I live in and about a 20 min walk from my house), the… Read More »My Schedule
This past weekend, on Saturday I went to a concert called Life in Color and it was phenomenal. Side note: In the states it use to be called Dayglow but changed its name in 2012 to appeal to a global market. Life in Color features… Read More »Life In Color
The Computer Keyboard The computer keyboards here are not the same as they are in the US, making them quite difficult and annoying to use. Why do I use them then…? Good question. It is because I have to. In order to successfully lesson plan… Read More »An Unexpected Difficulty
My past few weeks have been pretty interesting and filled with a lot of job searching and apartment searching. Here’s what’s been happening: Part-time: I got the part time job at Intercultura: I am working on Saturdays from 9:00-12:00 and on Monday and Wednesdays 6:00pm-7:30… Read More »My past few weeks in Costa Rica
I’m back in Costa Rica but this time I’m staying in Heredia aka la Ciudad de Los Flores. Although so far, I haven’t seen much flowers. Heredia is located in the Central Valley of Costa Rica, a couple of miles north of San Jose. It… Read More »Back in Costa Rica
The time is finally here for me to leave Montezuma and return home for Christmas. It’s bittersweet. I’m happy to be coming home to friends and family, but I will also miss the new friends I have made and the place that has been my… Read More »Last night in Montezuma
Three weeks of TEFL completed!!Time is flying by. My second week in the program went great and consisted of the bulk of my teaching. I taught for my first time on Nov 12 to the Beg A class as I have already mentioned in a… Read More »Second and Third Week of TEFL in Review
Due to the recent full moon the swell at Cedros has been the biggest I have seen it yet. Unfortunately I was unable to surf because I tweaked my shoulder jumping off a 45 foot waterfall, but I was able to capture pictures on my… Read More »Big Swell at Cedros
On Tuesday November,12th I taught my first English class!!! Prior to the class I was super nervous. I had to teach the students numbers up to 10,000 and have them able to ask how much an item of clothing is. For each class you teach… Read More »My First Class Taught!