Day 8: Exploring Conservation

We had an early wake-up at 7 AM with breakfast at 7:30 AM, consisting of French toast, fresh fruit, and yogurt with granola. After breakfast, we walked to the elementary school and met a class of 4th and 5th-grade students. We said our names and where we were from in...

Day 7- Environmental Justice

We (Natalie and J.C.) woke everyone up with a pleasant wake-up call including the date (Sunday, July 31), time (7:30 am), and weather status (rainy). To begin the day, we enjoyed a nutritious breakfast of ham and bean quesadillas, eggs, yogurt, granola, cereal, fruit,...

Day 6: Community Day

We started our first weekend in Costa Rica at 7 AM, a little homesick but still enthusiastic enough to spend the day with the local community. After breakfast, we walked down the street to the local town houses and got divided into small groups of 4/5 students. Each...

Day 5: Fun Day

We started Friday fun day bright and early at 5 am – half of the glimpsers decided to watch the sunrise and others got some exercise in by running a few miles. After breakfast, we left for a beautiful nearby river. On the way there, we all stopped at the store...

Day 4: Global/Local Business Day!

Today we went to visit two local businesses – a coffee plantation and a dairy farm. We woke up at about 6:20 (an hour early because Roy mixed his times up!). We started waking people up at 7:30 by playing the cup song on their doors. After breakfast, we walked...