I can´t believe this is my last blog post of the semester. It´s hard to describe how much I have learned throughout my travels these past four months. I started out the year traveling in Nicaragua with Hannah. I quickly learned how nice the people in Central America are, and also how little I actually need to survive for three weeks. After traveling, I was excited to meet the other students on my program. Looking back at the first day, it´s funny how wrong first impressions can be sometimes. But in all the right ways. We started the program off strong by going on a three-week field trip--my favorite memories from this trip was watching the sunset and hiking through primary forest at Corcovado. After that trip was when we first met Monteverde and moved into our home for the next month. The month was full of lectures, exams, and hikes, and was quickly followed by our second field trip. From that trip, I will always miss our after-dinner conservations at Eladio´s and the late-night swimming in Panama. We then had our homestays, which may have been my favorite part of the whole semester. My days were full of catching butterflies, playing with children, and eating my tica mom´s homemade bread. How amazing. After that, we headed back to the station for a couple weeks to finish up our projects and give presentations. As a finale, we all hiked to Volcano Arenal and stayed in a resort that had hot springs. Our last night in San Jose was fun yet sad. People started leaving very early the next morning, and most had left by noon the next day.
Costa Rica has been ever so good to me. The people I have met here I know I will remember forever and hopefully see sometime soon again. This place has so much to offer, and I have yet to see it all. Thanks for reading my blog, even though I was bad at keeping up with it. I hope to share my adventures with you all in person sometime soon.
Have a great day.
Hasta luego.
