This has been an extraordinarily long month as all my students have returned to their regular classes and more students continue to look...

Went to Tamarindo Beach this weekend...it was beautiful! Most of the locals have said that Guanacaste, the Northwest region of Costa...

Hola! Here is another post about all the yummy food I've been enjoying! First, Chifrijo which I think has some of the best spices, ever....

Alice is one of my 5th graders, the oldest child of a very nice Korean American family in California. She is...how do you say it? Gifted...

If only I were a rastafari Jamaican, then the title would make sense. As I am a white girl, it looks like I wrote the abbreviation for...

I got bored one night and bought a DVD player so I could watch my favorite Disney movies. I purchased the DVD player from Wal-Mart (they...

At first I thought, meh. But then it kind of grew on me :D Feeding Crocodiles? EEEEEEEKKKKKK, nerve-wracking... Shade and trees... More...

I only pay $4/hr for a cleaning lady...definitely one of the perks of living here in Costa Rica...or so I thought. Mirna is a tiny 5'1" -...

I have managed to try some more delicious food here in Costa Rica. Here they are! Arepas - like a pita pocket but not so bland and...

I really enjoy teaching. These kids are fun and smart and they work hard. They are eager to learn and I rarely have to work with them on...

Ometepe Island from Lake Nicaragua shore. Choco Museo and Cafe in Granada - worth it! City Center Cool Street Horse drawn carriages for...

Somehow, after a very long week of waiting for that COVID-19 test, worrying that I could possibly get deported, I finally managed to...

In order to enter another country, we have to test negative for COVID-19. So, I made an appointment with a Labin, showed up, filled out...

This was one of those weeks...Welp I started back to school this week and had to get ready to pay rent for October because I can only pay...

Satvik was the first of my tutoring students - we meet three days every week for a half hour. He is in the fourth grade and loves cars....

For the most part, I eat at home - normal food like cereal and sandwiches and chicken and veggies for dinner, but every so often I go out...

As much as I would love to write about my glamorous life in Costa Rica, I cannot. There are ugly bits, too, you know. For example, I had...

Alright, alright, admittedly this 'blog' has not been chock full of Costa Rica so far...but it will be! I promise... Since I wound up in...

I have several of the most adorable students in the world! And several of the most ... precocious? Sometimes they are an interesting...