{"id":1653,"date":"2023-06-01T07:22:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T19:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/?p=1653"},"modified":"2024-10-08T21:17:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T08:17:15","slug":"relax-intercultura-heredia-costa-rica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/relax-intercultura-heredia-costa-rica\/","title":{"rendered":"Relaxing Day At Intercultura &#8211; Heredia, Costa Rica"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Thank the lord for afternoon classes<\/strong>\u00a0! After waking up\u00a0surprisingly\u00a0not hung over I skipped breakfast in exchange for some cooking lessons at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interculturacostarica.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intercultura<\/a>\u00a0in Heredia. Thanks to my lack of general skills when it comes to food I stood back and \u2018helped\u2019 by occasionally touching the dough. They turned out yum though,\u00a0made even better by some\u00a0<strong>sweet fruit juice<\/strong><em>. I have had juice with nearly every meal here, Costa Ricans love their juice.<\/em><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/11046375_10153133699722605_4848797704928850980_n-min.jpg\" alt=\"Studing in Heredia, Costa Rica | Travel Central America | Learn Spanish | Hike | Hiking | Intercultura | Rainforest | Backpacking Costa Rica | San Jose | What to do | Where to sleep | Heredia | studying abroad | Backpackers Wanderlust |\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/11046375_10153133699722605_4848797704928850980_n-min.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/11046375_10153133699722605_4848797704928850980_n-min-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/11046375_10153133699722605_4848797704928850980_n-min-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/11046375_10153133699722605_4848797704928850980_n-min-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/11046375_10153133699722605_4848797704928850980_n-min-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/11046375_10153133699722605_4848797704928850980_n-min-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/11046375_10153133699722605_4848797704928850980_n-min-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/11046375_10153133699722605_4848797704928850980_n-min-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5258\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/10904605_10204391513761952_7763195192154597681_o-min.jpg\" alt=\"Studing in Heredia, Costa Rica | Travel Central America | Learn Spanish | Hike | Hiking | Intercultura | Rainforest | Backpacking Costa Rica | San Jose | What to do | Where to sleep | Heredia | studying abroad | Backpackers Wanderlust |\" width=\"1200\" height=\"786\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/10904605_10204391513761952_7763195192154597681_o-min.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/10904605_10204391513761952_7763195192154597681_o-min-500x328.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/10904605_10204391513761952_7763195192154597681_o-min-700x459.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/10904605_10204391513761952_7763195192154597681_o-min-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/10904605_10204391513761952_7763195192154597681_o-min-200x131.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/10904605_10204391513761952_7763195192154597681_o-min-400x262.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/10904605_10204391513761952_7763195192154597681_o-min-600x393.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/10904605_10204391513761952_7763195192154597681_o-min-800x524.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In\u00a0Spanish class I learned more words that I will never be able to pronounce correctly. Truth be told I am trying, it just doesn\u2019t seem to be translating when I speak Spanish. At lunch break something amazing happened! <strong>I saw my first squirrel<\/strong>, \u00a0I didn\u2019t actually know <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/top-to-do-costa-rica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Costa Rica<\/a> even had them! I saw a small animal squirming its way through the fences and surely it was a lovely little auburn squirrel!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After somehow lasting on only one empanada the entire day, a couple of us decide for dinner we would go and grab some <strong>Carls Jr<\/strong>. Already being sick of the typical beans and rice, plus what else is better than fast food after a night out. I grab a <strong>burger without meat<\/strong> and some chips, of course smothered in tomato sauce. The faithful\u00a0Heredia Walmart was next on our agenda stocking up on necessities for Saturday- <strong>Beer and Vodka<\/strong> of course. Arriving home with a food baby from the unhealthy meal I head to sleep early, allowing for a decent rest before the big day planned tomorrow.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5263\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/10924174_10204391508641824_6325457929176303344_o-min.jpg\" alt=\"Studing in Heredia, Costa Rica | Travel Central America | Learn Spanish | Hike | Hiking | Intercultura | Rainforest | Backpacking Costa Rica | San Jose | What to do | Where to sleep | Heredia | studying abroad | Backpackers Wanderlust |\" width=\"1200\" height=\"793\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/10924174_10204391508641824_6325457929176303344_o-min.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/10924174_10204391508641824_6325457929176303344_o-min-500x330.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/10924174_10204391508641824_6325457929176303344_o-min-700x463.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/10924174_10204391508641824_6325457929176303344_o-min-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/10924174_10204391508641824_6325457929176303344_o-min-200x132.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/10924174_10204391508641824_6325457929176303344_o-min-400x264.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/10924174_10204391508641824_6325457929176303344_o-min-600x397.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/10924174_10204391508641824_6325457929176303344_o-min-800x529.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\n<h2>Observations:<\/h2>\n<em>-Costa Rica is amazing and I love it even though I\u2019m at school every day.<\/em>\n\n<em>-I brought a litre\u00a0of vodka for $7 for Walmart.<\/em>\n\n<em>-Everyone and everything here is done in tico time, no one is in a rush.<\/em>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5290\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/sanjose4-min.jpg\" alt=\"Studing in Heredia, Costa Rica | Travel Central America | Learn Spanish | Hike | Hiking | Intercultura | Rainforest | Backpacking Costa Rica | San Jose | What to do | Where to sleep | Heredia | studying abroad | Backpackers Wanderlust |\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/sanjose4-min.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/sanjose4-min-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/sanjose4-min-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/sanjose4-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/sanjose4-min-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/sanjose4-min-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/sanjose4-min-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/sanjose4-min-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank the lord for afternoon classes\u00a0! After waking up\u00a0surprisingly\u00a0not hung over I skipped breakfast in exchange for some cooking lessons at Intercultura\u00a0in Heredia. Thanks to my lack of general skills when it comes to food I stood back and \u2018helped\u2019 by occasionally touching the dough. They turned out yum though,\u00a0made even better by some\u00a0sweet fruit [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,156,42],"tags":[67,74],"class_list":["post-1653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-costa-rica","category-topic-central-america","category-working-studying-abroad","tag-heredia","tag-san-jose"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backpackerswanderlust.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}