Aero: Annie Livingston – Costa Rica 2015 – Biodiversity

Aero: Annie Livingston – Costa Rica 2015 – Biodiversity … … I was so looking forward to experiencing the biodiversity of Costa Rica. I had heard wonderful things about the environment, plants and animals there and it was true, there was always diverse beauty to be found everywhere. Of course I was looking forward to […]

Aero: Annie Livingston – Costa Rica 2015 – City Life

Aero: Annie Livingston – Costa Rica 2015 – City Life … … We stayed with our host families in the city of Alajuela, which is a moderately sized city, not too big, but not too small either. On our first day in Costa Rica, we took a walking tour around, then explored by ourselves for […]

Aero: Annie Livingston – Costa Rica 2015 – Food and Dining

Aero: Annie Livingston – Costa Rica 2015 – Food and Dining … … I really love food and trying new foods, so I was excited to see what the food was like in Costa Rica. I had heard by some people that it mostly consists of chicken, beans and rice, and although that definitely did […]

Aero: Annie Livingston – Costa Rica 2015 – Epilogue

Aero: Annie Livingston – Costa Rica 2015 – Epilogue … … There is a quote by Eleanor Roosevelt: “Do one thing every day that scares you,” and that is what I kept thinking of while I was abroad in Costa Rica. Every day I did things that were exciting and fun, and every day I […]

Aero: Annie Livingston – Costa Rica 2015 – Learning the Language

Aero: Annie Livingston – Costa Rica 2015 – Learning the Language … … When I was in Costa Rica, I was always surrounded by Spanish, and it was a weird feeling at first. As I looked around the city, I noticed signs, posters, advertisements, and even graffiti all written  in Spanish. I remember one of […]

Aero: Annie Livingston – Costa Rica 2015 – Travel

Aero: Annie Livingston – Costa Rica 2015 – Travel … … I visited four different airports traveling to and from Costa Rica. I really am not a big fan of airplanes, so the actual FLYING part was nervewracking and I had to figure out ways to deal with that, but I enjoyed the busy airport […]

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: 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 […]