Aero: Kevin Urbaitis – Costa Rica 2015 – Learning the Language

Aero: Kevin Urbaitis – Costa Rica 2015 – Learning the Language … … Visiting a country where English is not the main language was a completely new experience for me. Prior to arriving in Costa Rica, I had only been learning and practicing Spanish for a rather short period of time, around four months or […]

Aero: Kevin Urbaitis – Costa Rica 2015 – Food and Dining

Aero: Kevin Urbaitis – Costa Rica 2015 – Food and Dining … … Before coming to Costa Rica, I was worried about what I would be having to eat during my time spent there. I am not the biggest fan of Spanish food, especially beans or rice, which I had heard is the staple of […]

Aero: Kevin Urbaitis – Costa Rica 2015 – Biodiversity

Aero: Kevin Urbaitis – Costa Rica 2015 – Biodiversity … … One of the most interesting things about Costa Rica was all the different biodiversity that existed in such a small country. Costa Rica is around the same size as West Virginia, yet holds thousands and thousands of different plant and animal species across a […]

Aero: Kevin Urbaitis – Costa Rica 2015 – Epilogue

Aero: Kevin Urbaitis – Costa Rica 2015 – Epilogue … … The trip to Costa Rica ended up being a lot more rewarding than I thought it would be. I was nervous at first to leave my girlfriend and life at home behind for a completely new place and experience, but the nervousness was quickly […]

Aero: Tiffany Bean – Costa Rica 2015 – Learning the Language

Aero: Tiffany Bean – Costa Rica 2015 – Learning the Language … … Before Costa Rica my Spanish vocabulary was little to nothing. I have taken some Spanish classes before in high school and in college, but when I took those classes I would often feel discouraged and because of this I would not want […]

Aero: Tiffany Bean – Costa Rica 2015 – City Life

Aero: Tiffany Bean – Costa Rica 2015 – City Life … … City life was very different than what it was in America; city life was different compared to other villages and towns within Costa Rica. Every different type of living space provided a different ambience. We visited many different cities, villages and town while […]

Aero: Tiffany Bean – Costa Rica 2015 – Food and Dining

Aero: Tiffany Bean – Costa Rica 2015 – Food and Dining … … I was nervous about traveling to a new place because I was not sure if I was going to like the food or not. I would not call myself a picky eater, but I typically eat the same food over and over […]

Aero: Tiffany Bean – Costa Rica 2015 – Biodiversity

Aero: Tiffany Bean – Costa Rica 2015 – Biodiversity … … Costa Rica was a beautiful country because it has a lot of the country has been preserved. When I thought about Costa Rica I knew that there were going to be a lot of rainforests but I did not know that it was going […]

Aero: Tiffany Bean – Costa Rica 2015 – Epilogue

Aero: Tiffany Bean – Costa Rica 2015 – Epilogue … … Before going to Costa Rica I was not sure what to expect. All I based my ideas on what I have seen on television. I never thought of what other people lives were like in other places of the world. My parents traveled while […]

Aero: Marriah Gough – Costa Rica 2015 – Biodiversity

Aero: Marriah Gough – Costa Rica 2015 – Biodiversity … … Being in New York sometimes offers you many different climates and ecosystems day to day, sometimes even hour to hour. It was the same thing when being in Costa Rica. Where we were staying in Alajuela, there was nothing but sunshine, even bright and […]