901 Shelby Drive

Home Sweet Home has never been truer! I was so excited to come home and it hasn’t worn off yet. I flew into Memphis at midnight and my mom took me on one of our favorite traditions, midnight breakfast. Then I went home, took a shower in my own bathroom and went to sleep in […]

Santa Teresa and Tel Aviv

All right, my time here in Costa Rica is coming to an end and to be honest, I couldn’t be happier about it. That isn’t to say that I don’t love this country and most things about it. It’s not to say that I won’t be back. It is to say that I miss my […]

Cultured Cutie

So as activities go, I normally go toward more natural ones. While I am afraid of bugs, fish, and everything else, I really do love to explore nature. That means that quite a bit of my time here has been at beaches and in the mountains. I have had a few cultural experiences but none […]

Deep Fried Oreos and Dead Butterflies

So I have been a little MIA since the last post. In my defense, it was been one mega busy month! Besides the fact that Avanzado 1 is killing me, I have had a new thing to do pretty much all weekend, every weekend. After the first week (which did get a lot better), we […]

Such a Tease

Happy New Year, y’all! I hope everyone has had festive and very warm holidays because it is time to jump back in. After fourteen days back in the states, I have to say it wasn’t enough. While I definitely advocate for doing what is best in individual circumstances, I would not encourage someone to visit […]

Halfway

All right y’all, this is the final installment of the year and fair warning, we’re heavy on the photos. The past month has been slower than the rest and for the best. Slow does not mean empty though. After Monteverde, I had my only class get canceled and I decided to take a solo day […]

Heaven on Earth

I have seen heaven and it is the Monteverde Cloud Forest. Costa Rica is famous for its cloud forests, a phenomenon that happens when enough altitude and moisture combine to create a forest hidden between clouds. Monteverde, located midway between the northern border and San Jose, is the most famous of Costa Rica’s cloud forests. […]

Rachet Happy Birthday -Drake

Three cheers for 20 years, amarite? It is not escaping me that I am spending my 20th birthday in paradise so of course, I have to celebrate like it. Lucky for me, I got to celebrate over multiple days and events. It started with a shopping trip with my girls! While there was nothing extra […]

Pana-Mania

When I used to think of Panama, I thought of my mother. My mom is not Panamanian but she did spend the first years of her life there and I grew up hearing her tell me that she would go back one day. Due to this, going to Panama was towards the top of the […]

Pura Vida en Puerto Viejo

Before coming to Costa Rica, I distinctly remember being told by everyone I’d talked to that Puerto Viejo, Limon would be my favorite place. Wow, they were not kidding! We stayed in a locally famous hostel known as Rocking J’s. It is famous due to the fact that you sleep on the beach in hammocks […]