I had a marathon day of classes and English conversation groups but I’m finished! My classes today were acceptable, not fantastic, but acceptable. I had to make a bunch of changes in my information to try to manage the student in my afternoon class who thinks he knows everything and won’t stop talking. So, I …
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Mid-week at TEC
I haven’t posted in the last few days because I haven’t done anything super interesting or I’ve been wiped out tired by the end of the day. I spent last weekend at Heliconias Nature Inn enjoying the beautiful area and the thermal pools. Above is the adorable towel elephant that the cleaning lady made. She …
Teaching at TEC
I had a crazy long day yesterday and a crazy day in general! I taught my first class at 9:30am and it went pretty well. The students seemed interested, they helped me with my Spanish, and the professor for the class also helped me when I needed it. It was a fun experience. There were …
Back at TEC!
I’m back at TEC! It’s been another interesting day. I left the hotel at noon. As you can see above, my accommodations are quite a bit different. The taxi driver who has been driving me is super nice and very safety conscious. He gets really upset about bad driving and people doing stupid stuff in …
Hiking
I had a pretty fun day, but I’m wiped out tired tonight! My favorite author has a new book out, so I read for a while this morning after breakfast. This restaurant has really good gallo pinto and pancakes! At 11am, I got a massage on the yoga deck near the thermal pools. The massage …
Heliconias Nature Inn
The clouds finally cleared yesterday and I got a good shot of the Arenal Volcano. The clouds had been so heavy that I didn’t realize how close I was. I sent this picture to my brother and told him this was my work trip. He’s in Ohio. He gets to do quite a few fun …
Universidad Technologico de Costa Rica
Hello All: I’m back in Costa Rica for a couple of weeks to visit the Universidad Technologico de Costa Rica. So far, my trip has been a bit challenging. The university made a lot of last minute changes to the work they want me to do, so things have been very unorganized for months, and …
Last Full Day
Well it’s time to wrap up this vacation! Probably just the right amount of time for being here. Emily got to do a lot of snorkeling and I did a lot of diving. I did 5 dives for my class, 8 regular and a night dive. I don’t know if I will do that many …
Snorkeling with Octopus!
The internet here dies every evening, so I’m getting my post done earlier today. We just finished a half day snorkeling trip, that was so so. We really wanted to swim in a location with starfish where we have been before, but our boat captain didn’t let us get out there. Not sure why. I …
Last Three for this Vacation!
Today was my last dive day, I had a morning dive that wasn’t too bad. We did some time around 80 feet but there wasn’t much going on. The DM keeps the dives 50+ minutes, the afternoon dive should have probably been just under 50. I think we may have turned a little late. We …
Traveling with Emily! 