Blog Post 10: El Fin

Blog Post 10: El Fin

¡Hola a todos! We finally made it to the last week in Costa Rica. In this final blog post, I will be writing about my final two weekends as well as any final updates on my work at Establishment Labs. Highlights: Playa Conchal Pizza at Brasilito Successfully finishing...
Blog Post 9: CR = Czech Republic or Costa Rica?

Blog Post 9: CR = Czech Republic or Costa Rica?

So happy for you to join in and read my blog post for this week! This week was a very special one – starting with Raniyah’s birthday to getting to watch a surgery in ER. Alright, here we go!   Raniyah’s Birthday Celebration with a Tasty Czech...
Blog Post 9 – Approaching the End

Blog Post 9 – Approaching the End

Overview of the Week This week, we stayed in the San Jose/Escazú area over the weekend, and then continued working on our projects as usual for our internship. Birthdays and Goodbyes On Saturday, we met up with the San Jose group and went to Multiplaza Escazú to do...
The Three Lolitas

The Three Lolitas

BIRTHDAY SPECIAL We decided to stay in San Jose and have more of a relaxing, quality time kind of weekend. On Saturday, we woke up to a certain someone (Raniyah!) turning 22! So, we decided to spend the weekend celebrating at three different Lolitas. Lolita is close...

Torta Chilena y Camas!

A very low-key second-to-last week here in San Jose. We had a weekend filled with yummy eats and good company, and a week full of beds (camas) at Hospital San Juan de Dios. We celebrated Raniyah’s birthday with a walk around Multiplaza Escazu (the largest mall...

Blog Post 9: Food Galore

¡Hola a todos! This week I will be writing about my past weekend and updates on my projects at Establishment Labs. Highlights: Finally prototyping our solutions Finishing my IoT/Biosensor project The food options at El Mestizo Lowlights: Guanacaste trip getting...

Spontaneity is the best kind of adventure

From our trip to Irazu Volcano on Saturday to having a spontaneous movie night Sunday night to our busy but exciting work-week at the hospital, this week was one of the best ones yet!  Hace Frio!  On Saturday, the GMI cohort decided to head to Irazu. We all boarded...

Blog Post 8: Walking on Sunsh- I Mean An Arctic Freeze

This week was honestly one of the most exciting weeks I’ve had to date here in Costa RIca! I am very shocked about how much time has gone by, and how we have about 2 weeks left until we are back in the US. Irazu Volcano This weekend, our entire crew headed to...

I Lava You To The Moon And Back

WEEKEND ADVENTURE Our last week’s weekend adventure, as previously mentioned, was the Irazu volcano! This was a half-day trip rather than a weekend one, but nevertheless, we made the best of it. Early Saturday morning, the GMI group took the 8am bus to Irazu...