I can´t believe I have spent almost a month in Costa Rica! Every day I am exhausted and each one fly’s by faster than the last. I have had hardly anytime to digest my time in Costa Rica so here goes nothing.

Week One: I arrived extremely early in the morning and everything went smoothly until I got to baggage claim! Someone had mistaken my bag for theirs and I could not have been more freaked out! Then when I arrived at my home stay family I was so worried about my bags and exhausted that I could hardly focus on what my mama tica was saying to me over the two little dogs barking. You could say I had a mini panic attack! Thankfully the person realized their mistake and brought my bag back, and once I took a nap I tried again to be at peace with my arrival in Costa Rica. The first week I noticed many differences between my tica family and my family at home. For example the food was different, never in my life had I ate rice and beans for breakfast, or was used to waking up so early. The university itself is very intriguing! The university is a private school that focuses on the arts and architecture and the school definitely reflects that. There is agriculture within the school and it is very open and I think that is what I love the most about this university. The first week of classes were pretty easy, so easy that I thought of moving up to another level of Spanish but I stayed because I figured it was good review and I just adore my teacher so much! That weekend we had our first excursion to Café Brit which is a coffee plantation and we also went to Volcan Irazu! I loved being at the volcano it was so big and majestic it was a very special experience. Here is a video I made of my time at Volcan Irazu! Volcan Irazu