Protecting the Lora Turtles of Ostional
Close to our Spanish school in Samara, turtles are making their way to lay their eggs in Ostional, Costa Rica, a phenomenon known in Spanish as “arribada” or a mass emergence from the ocean. Thousands of “tortugas lora,” or olive ridley turtles nest here each year in the refuge that was created in 1984. Prior to […]
Intercultura Spanish School Director Laura Ellington, from www.welovecostarica.com
I came to Costa Rica for the first time in the summer of 1990 to study Spanish and fell in love… with the language, the country, the people, the music, even the monsoon-like rains:). When I went home 6 weeks later I was determined to come back at some point, become fluent in the language […]
Who says there isn’t yoga in Heredia?
I’m at the end of my first week of studying Spanish in charming Heredia after taking a few weeks of classes at the Sámara Beach Campus and have tried to take advantage of being in a city again! Yogi I am not, but since trying yoga in Sámara, I decided to look for a class […]
The Bilingual Advantage, by Claudia Dreifus
May 30, 2011 – The New York Times The Bilingual Advantage By CLAUDIA DREIFUS A cognitive neuroscientist, Ellen Bialystok has spent almost 40 years learning about how bilingualism sharpens the mind. Her good news: Among other benefits, the regular use of two languages appears to delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease symptoms. Dr. Bialystok, 62, […]
Happy Costa Ricans top global list for the good life
By Simon Briscoe in London Published: July 4 2009 03:00 | Last updated: July 4 2009 03:00 Costa Rica, the country of fewer than 5m people sandwiched between Panama and Nicaragua, tops a new global ranking for combining a happy and long life with limited environmental degradation. The country blends beautiful countryside, a great diversity […]