Today was my first day at Intercultura and it was a busy day. It started off with an early breakfast with my Tica Mom. “¡Buenos días!” she sang cheerfully, “¿Cómo amaneció?” I knew from my Spanish class that this was …
While you study Spanish, you should check out one of Costa Rica’s most impressive and curious places: Río Celeste, or Sky Blue River. It’s located in Guanacaste near the Tenorio Volcano. Its water isn’t clear but it has a very intense turquoise …
Why study in Costa Rica? Because of the people! The richness of Costa Rica stems from the cultural diversity of its people. Throughout its history, waves of immigrants have added to the pre-Hispanic native populations, settling on this land and …
Written by Katie Horch As a foreigner studying Spanish in Costa Rica, it is my responsibility to leave this beautiful country every 90 days to renew my visa. I understand that there are many others out there in similar positions, and …
Close to our Spanish school in Samara, turtles are making their way to lay their eggs in Ostional, Costa Rica, a phenomenon known in Spanish as “arribada” or a mass emergence from the ocean. Thousands of “tortugas lora,” or olive ridley …
I came to Costa Rica for the first time in the summer of 1990 to study Spanish and fell in love… with the language, the country, the people, the music, even the monsoon-like rains:). When I went home 6 weeks …