Aero: Ashley Hager – Costa Rica 2014 – Food and Dining

Aero: Ashley Hager – Costa Rica 2014 – Food and Dining Food! Where to begin! Food was a large part of our experience. Not only because we have to eat to nourish our bodies but it’s also a large social aspect. Meal times in Costa Rica were a lot different than meal times in the […]

French Vocabulary: Place Settings and Utensils

Identify: French Vocabulary: Place Settings and Utensils le vocabulaire français: la vaisselle et les couverts  Learning to talk about the home can help you communicate your living accommodations to others! This can help you get things fixed around the house, or can help you identify something that you need, or tell someone where you are! Study: Learning to […]

French Vocabulary: Dining Room

Identify: French Vocabulary: Dining Room le vocabulaire français: la salle à manger Learning to talk about the home can help you communicate your living accommodations to others! This can help you get things fixed around the house, or can help you identify something that you need, or tell someone where you are! (La maison – les toilettes et […]

Folium: Culturally Unique Breakfasts From Around The World via MyModernMet

Folium: Culturally Unique Breakfasts From Around The World via MyModernMet Pancakes and bacon…waffles with whipped cream…donuts…a spread of eggs and home fries with a side order of biscuits with sausage gravy; is there any meal more comforting than breakfast? Grab your guidebook and head out to enjoy breakfast in a foreign land.  Whatever time zone […]

Aero: Kyle Hubble – Costa Rica 2013 – Food and Dining

Aero: Kyle Hubble – Costa Rica 2013 – Food and Dining The food was fantastic! If you are a lover of food, especially new food that you’ve never had before and possibly never even heard of before you should come! To start, my host family introduced me to a number of Costa Rican dishes. My […]

Aero: Meghan Kelly – Costa Rica 2013 – Food and Dining

Aero: Meghan Kelly – Costa Rica 2013 – Food and Dining Food and dining in Costa Rica was very different from what I am used to in the United States. I was fortunate to try many different foods that we aren’t accustomed to in the US. I was very nervous about this aspect of studying […]

Aero: Katherine Kostuk – Costa Rica 2013 – Food and Dining

Aero: Katherine Kostuk – Costa Rica 2013 – Food and Dining I was a little nervous before going to Costa Rica because even though I love food, I can be a picky eater at times.  Lucky for me, my host mother Mayra was one of the best cooks ever.  Like any other place Costa Rica […]

Aero: Alyssa Davis – Costa Rica 2013 – Food and Dining

Aero: Alyssa Davis – Costa Rica 2013 – Food and Dining As a lover of all things edible, I’ve found that it is absolutely necessary to test the fortitude of your taste buds directly through consumption as often as possible.  It is important, especially when travelling abroad, to eat like the locals do. While I […]

Spanish Reading Selections: Quique Dacosta, Dénia

Spanish Reading Selections: Quique Dacosta, Dénia via http://www.quiquedacosta.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 like this […]

Aero: Patricia Wallace – Costa Rica 2013 – Food and Dining

Aero: Patricia Wallace – Costa Rica 2013 – Food and Dining Looking back I still find it hard to wrap my head around the fact that there were no street names in Alajuela.  In addition, that means there are no addresses like there are in the U.S.  Directions are given by well-known landmarks and the […]