Since we got here, Mamá Tica has wanted to take us to Puriscal, her hometown. When we told her that we had long weekends in our fourth...

Early this morning, Mamá Tica went to San José this morning to take Tía (her aunt) to a doctor's appointment. Since we've been here, Tía...

Today several members of Mama Tica's family are coming over to celebrate two birthdays: one for her brother Jonny, and one for a cousin...

To be straightforward, it stinks a whole lot. I don't know what the heck happened, but starting during the last half-hour of class on...

Today's the day! The Nelsons asked for a later check-out time from the hotel so that Hannah and her older sister could come with me this...

Today we're definitely keeping it low-key. We're still exhausted from Nicaragua, and throwing all of our finals stuff together doesn't...

We missed class on Monday. Meaning that we have today and tomorrow before our final exam for this class. Cue the shift into overdrive for...

I had talked to my Mama Tica about feeling homesick last week, and she listened to me and said that it would be okay; that the feeling...

Our Mama Tica is wonderful. She's welcoming, funny, and open to talking about almost anything. The first morning that we ate breakfast...

We had planned to go to Jacó with Tany today, but she got back pretty late last night (this morning). She messaged us saying that she'd...