One extra little tidbit of information: Costa Rica, like many countries, has it's own version of Google. Today there was a special Independence Day masthead with a purple orchid, the national flower of Costa Rica. Made me smile, so I thought I would share :)
Senior journalism and English major at the University of Maryland goes on 12 week hiatus to do volunteer work in a small town in Costa Rica. Can she utilize her mediocre Spanish skills to make new friends and teach English to small children? Can she ingratiate herself with said children without the use of sugary bribes? Will she succumb to malaria (or be driven insane by lucid dreams brought on my anti-malarial meds)? And will she ever make it to the sloth sanctuary? Only time will tell...
ticos
Tico/a(s): Costa Rican(s). The name comes from the Costa Ricans' custom of frequently using the diminutive in their speech, (e.g., "momentico,"), formed by adding the variant "tico" to the end of words.
swanky
ReplyDelete