Costa Rica was possibly the best experience of my life. Studying abroad with a group of wonderful people going to beautiful places was phenomenal, and I feel so blessed to have the opportunity to immerse myself into a completely different culture. I'm not sure if I would have had as wonderful of an experience if we didn't live with a host family and I know that I learned most of my Spanish in "Residencial Rio: La casa con tres pisos." I am very happy that Molly and I were able to become as close to our host family as we did, and I miss them terribly. I loved pretty much everything about the trip, from the food to the people! I adored La Paz waterfall gardens and Manuel Antonio national park. They were both beautiful and I would go back 20 times if I could.
That being said, I am reviewing my whole trip, and I should point out the parts that I probably wouldn't repeat. Pueblo Antiguo was eventually entertaining, but we got there so early it was just awkward. The food was great afterwards, but i wouldn't go back. I imagine that Poas volcano would have been amazing... if we could see anything. There was so much rain and fog that we literally just saw white, thick fog.
Overall I loved my experience and would recommend it to anybody! Studying abroad was amazing, and although I used to say that I would only want to do winter sessions abroad, I'm now considering a whole semester abroad in the spring of my Junior year.
