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Arianna Hakiman
International Studies Major
Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
 http://aricarmel.blogspot.com

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Ay, so much has happened! Blogging is intimidating, guys, but I’ll persevere.

So, from the time I got here last Sunday through this past Saturday, I was in study abroad orientation with the other 20 very nice ISEP students. We had lectures, signed up for classes, had tours of the Universidad Nacional’s campus, Heredia, and San Jose, and also went on a two night, three day “excursion” to the Selva Verde Lodge in Sarapiqui. It was a really nice retreat place in the jungle where they had nature walks and many retirees. On the trip we also went to a pineapple farm and ate the most delicious pineapple on the face of the planet, saw how chocolate was made and ate some muy muy rico chocolate, and went horseback riding for an unanticipated two and a half hours in the blazing sun, resulting in some major skin coloration/tanning/burning.

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