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 […]

Aero: Patricia Wallace – Costa Rica 2013 – City Life

Aero: Patricia Wallace – Costa Rica 2013 – City Life 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 numbers […]

Aero: Patricia Wallace – Costa Rica 2013 – Biodiversity

Aero: Patricia Wallace – Costa Rica 2013 – Biodiversity We couldn’t have asked for any better weather for our trip. Even when we were at elevations over 10,000 feet we didn’t get a drop of rain or experience any fog.  When we weren’t in the mountains, the temperature lingered around 80 degrees.  It was comical […]

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 […]