Aero: Shelby Seeley – Costa Rica 2013 – City Life

Aero: Shelby Seeley – Costa Rica 2013 – City Life Living in a foreign country was quite different for many reasons. Costa Rica is such a different setting compared to western New York which was awesome to experience in January! I live in a rural setting in New York so the biggest change was living […]

Aero: Shelby Seeley – Costa Rica 2013 – Biodiversity

Aero: Shelby Seeley – Costa Rica 2013 – Biodiversity Biodiversity is certainly present and accounted for in Costa Rica! The biodiversity in Costa Rica has certainly had an impact on the people who live there and their environmental consciousness as well. The amazing aspect to Costa Rica is that it is a small country yet […]

Spanish Reading Selections: Hotel Palacio Astoreca, Valparaíso

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Spanish Reading Selections: La Galería, Havana

Spanish Reading Selections: La Galería, Havana via http://lagaleria-restaurante.com/ … A word about reading texts in their original language: This is freaking hard! Yup. Languages can be complicated! Can’t I just use Google translate on this stuff and read it in English? I guess you could… Then why should I read this? Because reading texts like […]

Spanish Reading Selections: Casa Higueras, Valparaiso

Spanish Reading Selections: Casa Higueras, Valparaiso via http://www.casahigueras.cl/es/los-cerros-portenos/ … … Sample Questions: What days of the week is the restaurant open? What days of the week is it closed? What are the hours of the restaurant? What is the restaurant’s telephone number? What is the restaurant’s email address? Is the site available in English? Information: […]

Spanish Reading Selections: Pujol, Mexico D.F.

Spanish Reading Selections: Pujol, Mexico D.F. via http://www.pujol.com.mx/ … A word about reading texts in their original language: This is freaking hard! Yup. Languages can be complicated! Can’t I just use Google translate on this stuff and read it in English? I guess you could… Then why should I read this? Because reading texts like […]

Spanish Reading Selections: Pan de Lujo, Madrid

Spanish Reading Selections: Pan de Lujo, Madrid via http://www.pandelujo.es/ … A word about reading texts in their original language: This is freaking hard! Yup. Languages can be complicated! Can’t I just use Google translate on this stuff and read it in English? I guess you could… Then why should I read this? Because reading texts […]

Aero: Alyssa Davis – Costa Rica 2013 – Family Life

Aero: Alyssa Davis – Costa Rica 2013 – Family Life In order to evaluate the home life of most Costa Ricans it is important to understand first that families are as wide and varied as they are in the United States. Couples seem to be as common as singles and divorcees, while newborns are just […]

Aero: Patricia Wallace – Costa Rica 2013 – Life at School

Aero: Patricia Wallace – Costa Rica 2013 – Life at School While walking into the classroom on the first day, I realized I had no idea what to expect.  I took out my notebook as I would have done for class back in the States.  For the most part, our Spanish class consisted of just […]

Aero: Patricia Wallace – Costa Rica 2013 – Family Life

Aero: Patricia Wallace – Costa Rica 2013 – Family Life Living with a host family was a very unique aspect of this trip.  I had the opportunity to live with the wonderful Mayra for sixteen days.  If you imagine the most motherly and caring woman you know, multiply that by two and you would get […]