This morning I opened the carton of Dos Pinos plain yogurt to discover that it isn’t anything like the yogurt in the U.S. And that’s a good thing! Esta mañana abrí el cartón de yogur natural Dos Pinos para descubrir que no es nada como el yogurt en los EE.UU. Y eso es algo […]
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OMG! The ice cream here is SOOOO GOOD!!! I ordered a carton of ice cream a week ago and just now got around to dishing myself about 3/4 cup of it. It is to die for. In fact, it is soooo to die for that 3/4 of a cup is 100% satisfying!
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A Cathoic radio station is helping me learn more Spanish. I recognize a lot of the songs from my church-going days. Very helpful! Yesterday afternoon, I pulled out the radio I bought a week or so ago and turned it on, looking for a radio station with DJ’s/emcees that spoke slowly and clearly enough
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I took the wet garbage to the waste receptacle at the main road this morning. Every time I walk Calle Estaban Salas, I am overtaken by the beauty that I find along the way. I’m not sure I’ll ever get over it. The sheer number of different plant and tree species blows my
I get a walking workout every time I leave this casita. Seriously! Both coming and going! It does a body good. I expect to become mountain goat buff soon! Going Out It all starts with the steps… Then there’s a precipitous drop of 20 feet or so in elevation from
I was just on a Facebook page for expats. A meme there asks, “What has been the most unexpected benefit of having moved to Costa Rica?” The answers were all over the place, and I agreed with all of them. Natural weight loss. No junk mail. (Hello, no mail at all yet
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Beunos dias!!! Es un dia magnifico! I took some pictures earlier this morning of the foliage that surrounds my casita so you can get a clearer appreciation for the immense variety of plant species that exist in this verdant volcano-enriched mountain soil. Coffee, cocao, bananas, plantains, and other foods familiar to most US and
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Good morning, dear ones! First thing this morning, early, I walked my bag of basura (trash) to the main road. Pickup is Mondays and Thursdays but the container for it is always sitting there, so it’s possible to put stuff in there on any day. And by pickup day it’s usually crammed full. This
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It’s a bright, beautiful Monday morning here in El Cajon Costa Rica, so I took a walk down our driveway to the main road, and then up a steep hill to the nearest Tico owned tienda. Here is what I saw on my way there: That’s Grecia off in the distance. Above it on
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WOO HOO! I made my first online order to Mas por Menos with Cat’s help. The total was $130.96 in USD but remember I’m building my food stash from scratch, so I was surprised that the cost wasn’t more. I tried three or four times on my own to order online, but couldn’t get the
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