Hello! We're back for another blog post on our third week! Our study abroad trip is coming to an end with this upcoming week. As we watch some of our friends leave day by day, we grow sadder for the departure coming on the 30th. Although many students have gone, we are still enjoying the … Continue reading LA TERCERA SEMANA
Hey guys! It's us again... We have just come back from yet another fantastic week. The last time we wrote a blog felt like an entire year ago but it also feels like we landed in Granada yesterday. First off, we went to Madrid. By far the most historically eye-opening excursion. We visited several museums … Continue reading LA SEGUNDA SEMANA
Hola! This is Carly and Maria, your bloggers for this month. We are going to start our Junior year in high school and are both from a small mountain town in Colorado. Maria: I grew up with a mom from the Philippines and a dad from the U.S so I was instantly exposed to a … Continue reading LA PRIMERA SEMANA
Last full day in Costa Rica:( We woke up in the hotel room and ate breakfast at the hotel as well. Then, with all of our friends, we watched the World Cup in our room. It was more talking and laughing than watching, but our French friends Octave was extremely happy when France won! After … Continue reading DAY 30: Sunday 7/15
Off to Arenal! Our host dad drove us to the basketball court in the morning where the bus picked us up. It was a 3 hour drive to La Fortuna but we stopped at a huge souvenir shop on the way that was also a rustic ox cart factory. Because it rained so much the … Continue reading DAY 29: Saturday 7/14
Last day of school! We took a taxi into town to meet for school then a public bus with everyone to La Ferria (the Costa Rican farmers market). This time, we didn’t have to do any school activity so we just walked around, bought fruit for hour host family, and bought flowers for Maria. Took … Continue reading DAY 28: Friday 7/13
Walked to school (with Evan and Peter) for the first time in a while! At school today, we painted on bags and answered random questions about them in Spanish. After school, we headed back for lunch. Our friends, Campbell and Kat, got locked out of their house, so they came over and we headed to … Continue reading DAY 27: Thursday 7/12
Last day of volunteering at the daycare! Today a group of college students from some college in Tennessee joined us, but they spoke absolutely zero Spanish so that was interesting. Another fun day with the little kids than back home for lunch with the family. Only an hour or so of rest before walking to … Continue reading DAY 26: Wednesday 7/11
Started that day with our new normal: volunteering at the daycare! The school was meeting in town today so they decided to have us just walk to the daycare, which is in town, instead of driving us like usual. We didn’t mind...a nice 20 minute morning walk is nothing anymore. Each of us continued with … Continue reading DAY 25: Tuesday 7/10
One week left...we have mixed sad and happy feelings. On one hand we are excited to be home but on the other, we will be sad leaving our new friends! Anyways, today we started with volunteering at the daycare until lunch. The kids there are adorable and ask a hundred times when we are coming … Continue reading DAY 24: Monday 7/9
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