“It is so hard to leave — until you leave. And then it is the easiest thing in the world.” At the beginning of my amazing journey abroad, as I stepped aboard my first international…
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Recently, a friend of mine expressed “No one comes to Costa Rica to see San José.” But the more time I spend in the city, the more think to myself…
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I’m a city girl both at heart and habit. I’ve grown up around hustle and bustle, have no problem falling asleep to car horns and squealing tires, and the only…
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It’s been about three weeks since I first arrived in San José, Costa Rica. You’d think the surprised would have eased up by now… right? Guess again. Despite how comfortable…
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All my life I’ve idolized Dorothy Gale, the heroine of L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz book series. As a little girl I envied her chance to visit far away places,…