“So… what exactly are you doing there? “ Is a question that comes up pretty frequently when I’m talking with people who are in other parts of the world. When someone asks me to describe my normal day-to-day experience, it’s difficult to wrap up into a few quick-and-dirty sentences because each day is (usually) different … Continue reading The Birds Won’t Just Watch Themselves
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JumpStart! January
This January, we did a thing. Both parts of the previous statement minimize exactly what happened, because the aforementioned 'thing' happened for much more than than just January, and the thing was more significant than can be accurately captured by the word “thing”.Let me start from the beginning.This journey begins back in June when friend … Continue reading JumpStart! January
The Mid-Service Edition
“Un día mas, un día menos.” We sit at the kitchen table sipping afternoon cafesito. Rain patters softly on the tin roof as the last blue light of the day filters through the clouds and night falls. I hear this phrase muttered frequently as my host mom shuffles between the coffeemaker and the table. Un … Continue reading The Mid-Service Edition
HuelGAHHH. Costa Rica’s on Strike.
Day 37. Today I woke up at 7:00am to a chorus of shrieking dogs. I rolled out of bed. The Daily podcast buzzed in the background as I threw some eggs and bread in a pan (yes, the bread too - no toaster). Upon opening the tap it was revealed that the water had been … Continue reading HuelGAHHH. Costa Rica’s on Strike.
“English is Important!”
A few weeks ago I found myself sitting in a place that has become increasingly familiar over the past few months; at a table, surrounded by boxes of spelling words and freshly sharpened pencils sitting on top of folders covered in foam bees and ribbons, brimming with fresh rubrics ready to be filled out. I … Continue reading “English is Important!”
Puertas Abiertas – Jardín Botánico Edition
For those you who know me, you've probably heard me talk at least once about how much I appreciate plants. Gardens and green things make my heart all sorts of happy. For this (and a whole bunch of other reasons), I'm particularly #blessed to be placed in my current site, San Vito, Coto Brus. To … Continue reading Puertas Abiertas – Jardín Botánico Edition
English Festivals are the Bee’s Knees
When I was in elementry school, Thursdays were spelling days. In other words, Thursdays were the days that, after spending the whole week prior practicing with my (hapless, but committed) mother at the dining room table, I would arrive at the spelling test and always inevitably forget the exceptions to the “i before e except … Continue reading English Festivals are the Bee’s Knees
Lauren’s Den
Upon arrival in a foreign country whose official language you have yet to master, you’re más o menos (more or less) equivalent to an infant. Stumbling through life. Re-learning a culture and all of it’s subtleties. Mumbling incoherent sentences and words that everyone around you thinks are adorable even though you have a bachelor's degree. … Continue reading Lauren’s Den
A Matcha in Coffee Country
One of my favourite past-times is café scouting. True to my generation (#millennials), nothing makes my little heart more content than finding a charming hole-in-the-wall café tucked away in between the hidden nooks of a city. I’m talking exposed brick, Boston ferns cascading down from colourful planters hanging on a ceiling sprinkled with vintage misshapen light … Continue reading A Matcha in Coffee Country
So … Why are you here?
An existential-crisis-provoking question, but one that I am becoming increasingly accustomed to confronting, as it is often the question that follows immediately after providing a new face with my name and the land from which I hail. Blonde hair and blue eyes that aren’t there just to vacation is not the most normal sight to … Continue reading So … Why are you here?
820 Days of Pura Vida 