This morning everyone met up at the bus stop. Today's group included the juniors, some of the students from Ireland, and a teacher from...

Today is Friday: the last day of our first week of classes. In our first class, we reviewed the past tense again and finished our...

Waking up today was rough. After doing so much walking the past few days I really just wanted to enjoy some rest, however plans awaited...

As usual, our day started with Spanish classes. In our first class, we continued to review the past tense and began to set up an...

This morning we woke up at 5:30 without an alarm, much to my annoyance. However, it did give us a good view of the morning smog, which...

This morning I started my day with a baguette and a kiwi. Makaela then met me downstairs and we began our walk to school. Today we had a...

Our marathon day started dark and early at 2 am, when my cough woke up both me and my mom. I seemed to have a fever and was dehydrated,...

Traveling is always incredibly difficult, but today was by far the toughest travel day I've ever experienced. Our "day" began yesterday...

This morning Makaela and I packed our things for school, including surf clothes, and began our walk to school, by ourselves. Considering...

Today, our Spanish was put to the test, in many ways. First thing we did when arriving at school this morning was the Spanish placement...

There are no words to explain the feeling after getting off of a restless, long, day and night travel in a whole new place with a whole...

There are many struggles that accompany traveling to a new country, especially one in which you don't speak the language. One of these...

One aspect of this trip that makes it unique for our family is how last minute it is. We decided to go on this trip only three weeks...

Happy Father's Day! Today we are headed back home. It was a great trip. Everyone in Costa Rica seemed so nice and welcoming. Each time we...

Today is boat day! We head to the dock area and as we were pulling in, it was noted that there was a different vibe. The shopping area in...

Today we are headed back to the national park: this time to find animals. Our guide picked us up at the hotel and took us to the entrance...

Starting out with a game of cards and following it up with a delicious ocean front breakfast made for a great morning. Today is beach day...

Dad and Papa set out early again: Dad for a run and Papa for a bird walk. Mom, Jo, and I set out a few hours later to do the tree climb....

Tree of Life tour company calls it cave camping. Yes, technically we slept last night in a cave. Nicer than any of our cabin or hotel...