{"id":9777,"date":"2015-06-01T17:13:52","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T17:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/?p=9777"},"modified":"2024-01-30T10:03:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T15:03:27","slug":"pura-vida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/pura-vida\/","title":{"rendered":"Pura Vida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2015\/07\/Candice-photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-9778 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2015\/07\/Candice-photo-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Candice photo\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2015\/07\/Candice-photo-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2015\/07\/Candice-photo-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2015\/07\/Candice-photo.jpg 1209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I love my Tica mam\u00ed, and the food she cooks is wonderful, so eating is not a problem.\u00a0My roommate is sweet and if not for her I\u2019d probably be really homesick.<\/p>\n<p>I did an excursion in Tortuguero the first weekend, it was so nice and beautiful to see a tranquil community of Costa Ricans.<\/p>\n<p>ILISA is a great place to learn another language and my Spanish is improving, so I\u2019m very grateful for that.\u00a0I thank the Lord almighty for this experience everyday, for if not for Him I would not be here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I love my Tica mam\u00ed, and the food she cooks is wonderful, so eating is not a problem.\u00a0My roommate is sweet and if not for her I\u2019d probably be really homesick. 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