Today was our second day in Ratoura, New Zealand. We started off our day with a 7am wake up call. After getting up, and having a buffet breakfast we jumped on an amphibious duck tour boat. To my surprise, the tour was not to go look at ducks. It was a WWII boat/car that traveled … Continue reading Exploring New Zealand
Photo updates from the SPC Australia and New Zealand Study Abroad professor! The group is having a blast. They are now on the way to Auckland and tomorrow they will be flying to Sydney at 7:00 am.
Coming to Costa Rica for this Study Abroad program has been a wonderful experience for me. I was apprehensive traveling to a foreign country to learn Spanish but it turned out to be the best way to learn the language. The first day of school the staff at ILISA were all so welcoming. It was … Continue reading Pura Vida: New Experience In Costa Rica
Video from our second day in Bonaire. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RgZtTzCK58
Hola from Costa Rica! SPC has about a week left here in Costa Rica and I can’t explain how sad I and all my classmates are! It feels like just yesterday I was timidly saying hello to my host mother and now she is helping me write letters in Spanish. I want to tell you … Continue reading Hola from Costa Rica!
Hola! This has been an experience that I will never forget as long as I live. The anticipation of this being my first study abroad experience kept me up the night prior to leaving. I really did not know what to expect. I was a bit nervous because I had never stayed with strangers much … Continue reading Costa Rica Experience
The entire Costa Rica program was extremely exciting for me and I had the most incredible time, but one of the highlights for me was getting to help take samples and release this critically endangered species of sea turtle back into the ocean after our research was complete. During our trip we only had two … Continue reading Hawksbill Sea Turtle Research
So we went to the Tower of London today! I will admit, walking through a structure several times older than out country was a bit intimidating! I’m a huge fan of the ravens as well, I had never realized they were so big. I’m also pretty sure those birds live better than I do. The … Continue reading London Calling
After arriving in Costa Rica and spending eight hours driving to our destination, our first night in Playa Blanca was a bit of a culture shock, but I was certainly expecting worse conditions. Being away from everything not having any internet or forms of communication, I found myself sleeping better than I have in a … Continue reading Morning Greetings in Costa Rica
This was not my first international trip so I was not in complete “culture shock” once we arrived. It was however, very different from what I imaged. My only preconceived notions of Costa Rica was what I would see on t.v. advertisements for vacationing and what one of my co-workers had told me about it. … Continue reading The culture and lifestyle of Costa Rica