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Travel Blogs from La Estrella, Costa Rica
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Chiclet
This is a top pick! ... over the box and food and wished her luck. I still have visitation rights and Chiclet, now the most beloved dog in La Estrella is the new school mascot, frequenting my classroom often. What have I learned from the Chiclet Saga? Well, for starters, I ...
My life as a social butterfly
This is a top pick! ... think about fast turns!" By 6 o´clock the party was winding down and I was beginning to wonder how I would make it back to La Estrella. But then Jenny and Lizeth came up and offered me a ride back in their family´s buseta. But first we had to stop ...
Fieldtrip!
This is a top pick! Friday, in Costa Rica, was Tree Day. And to celebrate Tree Day the entire school was going to go plant trees on a finca owned by some French expats up in the mountains. This seemed very logical, considering that it was tree day and all. ...
Preparing for the Future
This is a top pick! ... they grew up, yes anything they wanted, they screamed with excitement. If Shakira herself decided to have a concert in little La Estrella I doubt there could have been more excitement. For two days all my students talked about was what they were going ...
I had a day...
This is a top pick! I woke up and it was still raining. It had started raining the day before. And none of the pelo de gato of Orosi, we´re talking torrential downpour and winds that I was sure would land me in the Land of Oz. And it was cold. Not ...
The First Day of School
This is a top pick! ... me eagerly in Spanish. The children stare at the tall gringo (not especially tall in the United States, but almost towering in La Estrella, land of the short people) and giggle. Ok, I can do this. Sandra, Mario´s wife and my ...
When it rains, it pours...everyday part 2
This is a top pick! Costa Rican women love their shoes. And I mean LOVE in a way that even my college roommate, who must own at least ten pairs of cowboy boots alone, wouldn´t understand. These women are obsessed with shoes on a totally different level then American ...
A story about my classroom...
This is a top pick! In my classroom, I am Teacher. I pull strange looking caterpillers off of cringing students without the bat of an eye. I tell Mauricio to get out from under his desk and sit in his seat. I have the power to give out ...
La Estrella Noticias
This is a top pick! ... good guy. Cute. Tall. Still in colegio (this is seen as a plus and not a negative thing). A good La Estrella gentleman...err, gentleboy. And though I have not talked to Kevin again since the Mother's Day Dance, have actually ...
La Estrella...business as always
This is a top pick! ... my sleeping bag, bundled up in my comfy pants and long sleeve shirt at 9 or 9:30 - my bedtime now. This is La Estrella. Tranquillo. Beautiful. Remote. On Monday I noticed that my classroom now has a floor! Yay! Only ...
In Case I Forgot I was in Costa Rica...
This is a top pick! ... fully satisfied horses to ride home. When I was in elementary school there were the walkers and the bus riders. In La Estrella there are the walkers and the horse riders. It was a special day in Costa Rica on Wednesday, ...
Back Fat
This is a top pick! ... some strength left in me after all, though I guess some would call it weakness. "What the hell?" I say as I grab a hunk of bread and sit down for a gab session with my curvy friends. In the end, this is Costa Rica and back fat is SEXY in Costa ...
Snapshots
This is a top pick! ... those who he deems worthy, basically anyone who will play with him or make faces at him for long enough. He calls me La Muchacha when I'm not around and when I am he giggles and immediately runs into another room. He loves the chase almost as ...
We laughed and we cried, we danced and we slept
This is a top pick! ... . We are all learning to live with, and in some cases even embrace, those little weird things that set life in rural Costa Rica apart from our lives in the States...or anywhere else for that matter. Each of our towns, our schools, our families ...
This is why I´m here...
This is a top pick! ... with their way of life. But the world around them is changing and I don´t know how long it will be before La Estrella is discovered by rich gringos eager to invest in property where the weather isn´t as brutal and the prices not as high ...
When it rains, it pours...everyday
This is a top pick! ... there is not merely a lot of mud in the road; the mud actually is the road. However, in one place on the road from La Estrella to civilization, the water has actually become too much for the road, and getting to Cartago now involves fording a river. It ...
My First Dance
This is a top pick! ... straight, and I was ready to go home. I kissed Ileana and my new friends goodbye, and headed home with Jessica. As we walked I threw my head back and looked up. Ahhhhhh, finally, stars in La ...
Feliz cumpleaños a mi!
This is a top pick! ... party for me and I had to make it back. Magaly, the kinder teacher, was meeting me in Cartago to take me back to La Estrella. When she pulled up I was sipping my water and munching crackers, hoping to sober up. One look at me and she ...
How do we end up where we are?
This is a top pick! ... I want to hug them in thanks. I don´t know how I ended up here exactly, what exactly set me on this path to La Estrella, but I´m grateful. Sad and lonely at times, happy and fulfilled at others, but always grateful for this crazy wonderful ...
La Estrella Land
Week 3: "What's the weather like?" I ask. My general response this week has been, "It is rainy and cloudy." Occasionally, hot gets thrown out there because all of my kids seem to have recreo (recess) right before my class, no matter ...
Almost June
... back, the fam and I proceeded to the large church where Eugenia and Lalo were married 23 years ago. The mass was dedicated to La Estrella, for reasons unknown to me. But as soon as the service was over, we wondered around the festival grounds watching the ...
more from la estrella
Week 5: Right now I am in the middle of a great book that is sparking more of the adventure side in me. Tales of a Female Nomad is the book and the title is self explanatory. Her experiences living among natives in South America are ...
It turns out there are bugs in my town after all
... have 4 days of school! On Friday I pick up Mom, Halley, and Valerie at the Airport. Then we are off to see La Estrella for a day, La Fortuna for the volcano and hot springs, then Manuel Antonio for the great beach and National ...
A few weeks ago
... have taken a taxi. But the hospital was free and like I mentioned before, has great cappuccinos. This morning I took the 9:30 bus to La Estrella. I gave myself 2 hrs to get to Cartago, and walked around for the hour or so I had. It took 35 minutes to ...
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Jessica Hudson Maestra de Ingles La Estrella de Guarco del Cartago Costa ...
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