Aero: Autumn Clearwater-Day – Costa Rica 2015 – Food and Dining

Aero: Autumn Clearwater-Day – Costa Rica 2015 – Food and Dining … … The first day in Alajuela my host mother made tortillas with cheese and bologna. While in Costa Rica I had plenty of tortillas, rice and empanadas. The usual meal with my host family was empanadas (tortilla with beans), white rice and chocolate, […]

Aero: Annie Livingston – Costa Rica 2015 – Life at Home

Aero: Annie Livingston – Costa Rica 2015 – Life at Home … … My host family, Mayra, her son Pablo, and Pablo’s daughter Maria Paula picked the four of us who would be staying with her up directly  from the airport and brought us to their house. It had been a long and tiring day […]

Aero: Mary Erb – Costa Rica 2015 – My Expectations

Aero: Mary Erb – Costa Rica 2015 – My Expectations While Considering what my expectations are for Costa Rica, it dawned on me that the very word “expectations” implies that I already have decided ideas and even preconceived notions of what the country is like, when really I have a relatively small imagining of what […]

Aero: Alaiza Dominguez – Costa Rica 2015 – My Expectations

Aero: Alaiza Dominguez – Costa Rica 2015 – My Expectations I have been looking forward to studying abroad since the second I found out about the program. I love traveling more than I could ever put into words and I don’t get to do it nearly as often as I’d like to. I’ve made my […]

Aero: Annie Livingston – Costa Rica 2015 – My Expectations

Aero: Annie Livingston – Costa Rica 2015 – My Expectations This trip to Costa Rica will be my first experience traveling without my family, and the longest time being away from home even. It will also be my first ever time really being out of my own country (except for Canada.) and first time ever […]

Aero: Kevin Urbaitis – Costa Rica 2015 – My Expectations

Aero: Kevin Urbaitis – Costa Rica 2015 – My Expectations I have traveled a good deal in my life but never to a place like Costa Rica.  I have been all over the United States traveling to California, Colorado, Washington D.C., Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Vermont, Maryland, Virginia and so on.  I have also been to various locations […]

Aero: Marriah Gough – Costa Rica 2015 – My Expectations

Aero: Marriah Gough – Costa Rica 2015 – My Expectations Growing up in the country, with a town total population of less than 100, seeing the same thing just about every day can get a little old. That same little town during the winter can get brutal as well at times, so in the back of […]

Aero: Kayli Schocken – France 2014 – History and Culture

Aero: Kayli Schocken – France 2014 – History and Culture The minute you step off the plane in France, the culture surrounds you. The first thing I noticed about the culture of France is that everyone is always on the go. There’s always something to go and do in France.  It’s a very fast paced […]

Aero: Gabrielle Johnson – France 2014 – City Life

Aero: Gabrielle Johnson – France 2014 – City Life Walking down the city streets of France was slightly dissimilar from many cities in the United States. Coming from a small town, it was interesting to see the hustle and fast pace of France. It seemed as if, every street was loaded with cafes, bakeries, and […]

Aero: Gabrielle Johnson – France 2014 – History and Culture

Aero: Gabrielle Johnson – France 2014 – History and Culture France is a unique country. From its romantic language, to Frances’ world renowned cuisine, to the first of its kind art and architectural designs; France is far from an ordinary, run of the mill country. There is one word I would deem fit to describe […]