I just can’t get over the graciousness of Costa Rican culture. These people are truly salt of the earth. I love them so much! Today I took the bus in to Grecia to see if I could find another perezoso-in-Santa-hat-in-Christmas-tree cloth for Lisa. I was standing at the bus stop waiting for the […]
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During this morning’s meander, I walked 4000 steps and said hello to the traveling pack of neighborhood perros again. I will do the rest of my daily walking routine in Grecia before I go to lunch at the Futbol Club with Christine, Francisco and Jon. I need to get bloodwork at the Sanchez lab to
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Here’s my 3-Month Anniversary in Costa Rica Proclamation: If you can’t be happy in Costa Rica, You can’t be happy, period!” Yeah, I know, That’s a bold statement, since I haven’t been to all that many places in my life: Canada, Mexico, almost half of the United States (including living for various lengths of time
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Yesterday, before Jon and Francisco left for the beach, they showed me a small scorpion at their place. Scorpions are the only wee beastie that Jon won’t relocate outside ’cause they’re nasty. Not lethal here in CR unless one happens to be particularly vulnerable/allergic to the venom, just seriously ow-ee. Applied ice and (at times)
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I’ve seen keel-billed toucans twice in two days. These are the only times I have seen toucans in the wild here, and I think they were two different ones, because today’s looked decidedly smaller than yesterday’s. They are flighty and don’t stick around very long if I poke my head out of the casita to
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I’m just six days away from my three month anniversary of moving here to Costa Rica. That is AMAZING! A year ago on this date I was still reeling from the results of the federal election and busily putting my escape plan into action. I had let Jackie know that I was leaving because
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I’ll be late getting out the starting gate this morning for my walk. I’m waiting for my phone to charge to full strength so I can take it along. I always carry it so I can take pictures and in case I need it for other reasons: sprained ankle, some other personal or neighborhood crisis,
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Today I took another bus trip to Grecia to get a few groceries and a cardboard scratching board for Charli. I didn’t want to sit here all day doing nothing. My get-up-and-go was persistent today! I’ll ride in on the bus one more time this week for lunch with Brooke Bishop and my Costa
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Good morning! Buenos dias! I don’t have any outings planned for today. I did walk to the mini mart first thing this morning to get a few things. And I have a large order for MasXMenos but their website is hiccuping right now so I can’t get the order to go through. I
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By all appearances, Navidad is right around the corner. The tiendas are filling with Navidad treasures. Calle Esteban Salas vecinas (neighbors) and even the native foliage are getting into the spirit of the season: And my landlady Cat has a few remaining handmade Navidad items that are still up for grabs. Here is
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