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Samara Language School's Blog – July 2011 Archive (3)

Want to Live Longer? How They Do It in Costa Rica's "Blue Zones"

The rugged, beautiful Nicoya Peninsula of Costa Rica was named one of the world’s Blue…

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Added by Samara Language School on July 29, 2011 at 10:02pm — 2 Comments

Costa Rica Celebrates the Annexation of Nicoya, July 25, 2011

On July 25, the Costa Rican province of Guanacaste celebrated the 187^th anniversary of the annexation of Nicoya. The people of Nicoya, in a public event called "cabildo abierto", the equivalent to modern referendums, decided to annex the Partido de Nicoya to the Republic of Costa Rica. On July 25, 1824, Nicoya was formally joined to Costa Rica. Since…

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Added by Samara Language School on July 27, 2011 at 9:33am — No Comments

In Samara, Costa Rica, Yoga and Spanish on the Beach

I began my Spanish courses at the Intercultura beach campus in Sámara, one of the most gorgeous places I’ve ever been. I took part in the dance classes, cooking classes, took a few surfing lessons and walked the beach. The one thing that I didn’t do my first week? Yoga.

So, I finally went. Reluctantly.

Years of playing…

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Added by Samara Language School on July 8, 2011 at 6:59pm — No Comments