Gabriel and I were up at 6 am making fresh pineapple juice for breakfast. To make fresh juices put fruit of choice (freshly picked) in blender with water or milk and push the button! We also made Gallo pinto, a breakfast staple in Costa Rica-it's rice and Pinto beans with flavourings and salsa-you need a special kind, we'll bring some back. Another version is made with coconut milk, we're told. I intend to learn to cook some authentic Costa Rican dishes.
After breakfast we locked everything tightly-you have to do this here. There is little storage in our house and no safe for our passports so we've had to get creative. And everything paper really needs to go into plastic or it will get pretty wet-kind of like the books I read in the bathtub...We had copies of our passports made in San jose at the Irazu with the stamp from customs on it. This we've tucked away just in case. We refuse to live paranoid and we really have nothing of huge value with us, other than our passports and our camera-although really just the chip. Memories...
We've stopped by the Kasha Hotel where we stayed last year. Our host, Louis, has hired an administrator and is no longer there. Genovie and Nico, Maria and Pueblo are gone as well. We are disappointed. Laura, the new administrator is lovely, and has turned it into more of a family oriented place. She has a little girl and we look forward to getting to know them both.
The kids are already beginning to use the Spanish we've been learning. Gabriel is a bit shy and then forgets himself and asks or answers using spanish words. Allie is a bit more confident. People are so lovely and welcoming and helpful here-they will teach and correct as we stumble through.
Allie got hives her first night-not surprising, she has many allergies. We brought her puffers for asthma so we should be good. Her hair is a riot of curls with the humidity and the red has deepened and is so vibrant. Beautiful!
After we did our schoolwork-we began at 7 am-it's vamoose a la playa! It's about a 20 minute walk to Punta Uva, our favourite beach, but so worth it! Allie and Gabriel take to the ocean like veritable fish. They are jumping through waves and body surfing after a little initial (healthy) fear at the enormity of this magnificent creation!
It is warm and balmy, and Michael and I feel like we are back in one of our most favourite places...like coming home!
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