It's the first day of Semana Santa! ...And we literally have nothing to do. Hannah and I are spending the day at home today. We're pretty...

Our hotel (actually a really fancy resort) is built right next to an active volcano. The heat from Volcano Arenal ('sandy') actually...

Today we're leaving for our last excursion organized by SOL. We're heading into the nearby province Alajuela to swim in a waterfall...

Tonight during dinner, it started to storm. Not nearly as hard as when we were in Punta Mona, but it was definitely strange for a Costa...

Mama Tica has sometimes had her pastor come and visit so they can chat, and we had the pleasure of meeting him before. He's a very down...

Yes, technically this was yesterday, but I didn't want to make that post a day and a half long. So here I am, because we didn't have an...

Today we went back to San José to visit the last museum for class. It's called Dr. Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia Museum, and it's another...

Cami is one of our SOLmates. She's super chill and fun to talk to. When we first got here, she lived in La Esperanza ('Hope'), the other...

Okay, so there's this thing that happens every spring in the US that everyone loves. They lose an hour of sleep! Yay! ...Not yay? Not...

Semana Santa (Holy Week) is coming up, and it is celebrated much differently here than in the US. For starters, we have the whole week...