Dec 25, 2006 | Festivals & Holidays
It’s a beautiful December 25th, 2006, here in Costa Rica, a few clouds, bright and sunny, gentle breeze. I don’t mean to rub it in, but this here’s perfect weather. Pura vida, indeed! Robert, Randi, Jacob (15) and Willow (5) arrived last Friday for a...
Dec 25, 2006 | Festivals & Holidays
1am. Turns out those partiers aren’t here to lean and chat, do the whole muffled voices thing. No. Turns out, they are here to set off fireworks from the empty lot in front of my house. Guys have a thing for gunpowder. Jeez, it sounds like gunfire. Sometimes...
Dec 25, 2006 | Festivals & Holidays
It’s 12:30am Christmas morning and I’m off to bed to listen to the POPOPOP and that bomb-whistling noise from there. Starting at 11:59pm, the fireworks reached frenzy status, and still going strong. Even my next door neighbor is in on the act. We can see...
Dec 24, 2006 | Festivals & Holidays
It’s 9:30pm, I have It’s A Wonderful Life on TV. But I can hardly hear it because the sound of fireworks exploding all around me is deafening. I have perhaps occasionally exaggerated on this blog, but I am not exaggerating now. I swear. This pounding has...
Dec 24, 2006 | Festivals & Holidays
Yesterday, when I went to Cemaco, the big home store here, all their Christmas decorations were 50-70% off… I saw this globe and had to have it. Only $2 and I’m ready for Christmas. You know, so just in case there is a Santa Claus, he won’t skip our...
Dec 24, 2006 | Expat, Festivals & Holidays
A year ago, when we first got the idea to run away to Costa Rica for a year, the Bortmans of P.A. had already spent months planning and packing in preparation for their year-long sabbatical in Costa Rica. That’s the oddest thing, right? Planning a move to a...
Dec 22, 2006 | Driving, MORGAN, Teenagers
Since Mo turned 15, there has been much talk of getting a learner’s permit. In Costa Rica, the driving age is 18 so parents here have awhile to face this. But if Mo wants, he can get a learner’s permit in the states and drive here with it, I guess…...
