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Living like a Tico

By kristina29  |  Location: Costa Rica  |  02/16/08  |  Pics: 0

hi there!

     "Tico" is the term used that means a Costa Rican person.  People will often say, "it's on tico time", which means add about anywhere from hour to a few days to get what you need done actually done.  My boss was joking around and telling me which...

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update

By kristina29  |  Location: Costa Rica  |  01/26/08  |  Pics: 0

   Hola!

I thought I would mention that the reason why there have not been more pictures up is because the very next day after the first ones were taken, Katie's digital camera broke.  We, being the girls we are, tried propping it up on what we "thought" would be a steady apparatus,...

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"Teacher, you look like Mandy Moore"

By kristina29  |  Location: Costa Rica  |  01/20/08  |  Pics: 0

I just had to share with you a comment that two of my students shared with me as they were leaving my class on Thursday night.  For those of you who know me well, know that this is NOT the first time I've heard this. It just made me laugh and wanted to share. 

Well, I suppose it's about time...

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I am here!

By kristina29  |  Location: Costa Rica  |  01/12/08  |  Pics: 0

  Hi everyone!   I made it to Costa Rica just fine.  We arrived Tuesday January 8, 2008  around 2pm.  We waited for another teacher to arrive and then the three of us (katie, me and a guy named Peter from Kentucky) headed to the hotel.  There was a driver there to pick us...

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