Travel Plans

It is official. I will be leaving for Costa Rica on May 16th and returning July 31st. Spending the summer doing a little school work, working, surfing, and mostly hanging out and enjoying life. Pura Vida! I don't think any phrase has ever spoken to me more than when I visited there last. As the epitome of an American who works too hard, I realized that there is a simpler way of living life, and I had the opportunity to seize it. So now I am moving to Costa Rica, to return in the United States for a month and then off to Alicante, Spain to spend a wonderful fall semester learning about Spanish language, politics, and culture. I don't think I could be more excited to immerse myself in a different culture, language, and way of living. In the advent of globalization, knowledge and experience with different cultures is becoming increasingly important, and I feel so lucky that I have the opportunity to do all these things.