Our Trip to Costa Rica!: Day 12: Adios from Costa Rica!

Hello for one last post! It's Marci again, and I'm a junior Biology major from Chateaugay, NY. After 12 amazing days in Costa Rica our group is safely back in the United States. Our flight didn't leave Costa Rica until 3:30 pm, which meant we got to sleep in and have one last typical Costa Rican breakfast at our hotel. At breakfast we sang happy birthday to Amanda because it was her 21st birthday!! Then we set out to explore San Jose for a few hours before departing for the airport. We all picked up some souvenirs for friends, family, and ourselves. These mostly consisted of multiple bags of coffee per person, chocolate covered coffee beans, and bottles of green sauce (my parents were especially excited to try the green sauce after reading all about it in our blog!). My group (the girls and Professor Hope) also stopped for some delicious ice cream, while the boys and Professor Lewins had their own adventures at KFC. After somehow fitting all our purchases in our luggage, we loaded up our favorite van for one last time and were off to the airport. Our traveling went very smoothly, and there were some pretty funny moments to keep us laughing on the long plane rides (especially one involving Jared, the flight attendant, and #classicbill). We also celebrated Eric's 21st birthday by singing to him at midnight on the plane as we arrived in Boston! We all went our separate ways once arriving in Boston, but will see each other again soon when we head back to Saint Mike's to begin the Spring semester!

I'll leave you with a few group photos courtesy of Professor Hope, which I think sum up our trip very nicely. One of my favorite parts of the trip was getting to explore Costa Rica, aka one of the coolest places on the planet, with such cool people. It made every adventure we had that much more enjoyable! As you can tell from our previous posts, we all had a great time in Costa Rica. Our group shared so many experiences, leaning opportunities, and laughs while taking this class. I know I will look back at these 12 days and remember all the amazing things I saw and learned about, and especially how much fun this trip was!