Aero: Kasey Wesley – Costa Rica 2013 – Food and Dining

Aero: Kasey Wesley – Costa Rica 2013 – Food and Dining Within my host family we had breakfast around 7:30 and had dinner around 6:30-7 each night. Some nights we had rice, beans and tortilla and other nights we had steak and mashed potatoes.  For breakfast we would have apple or orange juice, fresh fruit […]

Aero: Kasey Wesley – Costa Rica 2013 – Family Life

Aero: Kasey Wesley – Costa Rica 2013 – Family Life I could write for days about my family life experiences.  Not only was I lucky enough to have an outstanding host family but I also had an amazing living environment that I was more than comfortable in and enjoyed to its fullest.  I will continue […]

Aero: Kasey Wesley – Costa Rica 2013 – City Life

Aero: Kasey Wesley – Costa Rica 2013 – City Life City life was something that surprised me most.  The first thing I noticed was that all of the streets are one way.  The next thing I noticed was that the driving there is absolutely crazy.  It seems like on the roads its survival of the […]

Aero: Kasey Wesley – Costa Rica 2013 – Biodiversity

Aero: Kasey Wesley – Costa Rica 2013 – Biodiversity Costa Rica is a completely different world.  In one town/city you are able to experience every aspect of life.  You can shop, go to the beach, drive through the mountains, see the volcanos and hike through the rainforest all in one day.  The houses go from […]

Folium: Increase Your Child’s “Mental Flexibility” via Districtadministration.com

Folium: Increase Your Child’s “Mental Flexibility” via Districtadministration.com Results of 144 research studies led to the conclusion that early experience with two language systems seems to leave children with “a mental flexibility, a superiority in concept formation, and a more diversified set of mental abilities.” To paraphrase a Chinese Proverb, there is only one brilliant […]

Folium: Asknative Gets Locals to Answer Your Travel Questions via Lifehacker

Folium: Asknative Gets Locals to Answer Your Travel Questions via Lifehacker I’m a smartphone junkie, and when I travel I often struggle to think of new ways to make my phone “smarter”. I often rely on apps like Yelp, Urbanspoon, and Google Places. However, I’ve always said that nothing beats the knowledge of a good […]

Folium: The “Hows” and “Whys” via Notes From a Big World

Folium: The “Hows” and “Whys” via Notes From a Big World “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – […]

Aero: Stephanie Strassner – Costa Rica 2013 – My Expectations

Aero: Stephanie Strassner – Costa Rica 2013 – My Expectations This January I am going to Costa Rica to fulfill my Spanish field period. When I came across this opportunity to study abroad, versus observing in another classroom, I jumped at it immediately. Not that I would not learn from an experience in a Spanish […]

Folium: Perhaps It’s Time to Rethink Exploring the World With Our Children via GoingAnyway

Folium: Perhaps It’s Time to Rethink Exploring the World With Our Children via GoingAnyway They’re the parents of three surviving quadruplets – enthusiastic 9 year olds, including one with cerebral palsy who rides in an off-road wheelchair or in Dad’s sling and requires feeding of blenderized food through a tube. In tow, a moptop four […]

Aero: Katherine Kostuk – Costa Rica 2013 – My Expectations

Aero: Katherine Kostuk – Costa Rica 2013 – My Expectations Wanderlust is defined as a strong desire to wander or travel and explore the world, to discover one’s very existence.  It’s true, that at times we may find ourselves in the middle of nowhere; however, it is also true that at times in the middle […]