Music in Costa Rica

Feb 19, 2007 | Cost of Living, Moving-To, Music

In our frenzy of packing to move here, we sold and gave away most of our CD/DVDs, bringing only the essentials, thinking we could replace what we wanted once we were here. Bringing them was just too much: we had hundreds! Sorting through them would have taken too long...

A Month On The Caribbean Side

Jan 30, 2007 | Caribbean, Moving-To, Travel Tips

David is a regular Costa Rica Living Group contributor. He and his wife, Charlotte, recently spent a month on the wild side. Yesterday, he wrote to the group about it. Since my family has not been, I was captivated by his story. Can’t wait to go – as soon...

A Note From New Jersey

Jan 6, 2007 | Company, Culture Shock, Expat, Medical Care, Moving-To

Remember Robert, Randi, Jacob and Willow? We had communicated online for several months till we practically felt like octuplets separated at birth… Robert has been gung-ho on Costa Rica for a long time – in fact, he’s put together a great website...

Back To Our Future

Dec 20, 2006 | Moving-To

We are finally home in our empty glass house high above the hills of Escazu, Costa Rica, and it is heavenly. I ran thru a million names for this post. Like "Re-Arrival" because, like our first arrival, stepping off the plane at the San Jose airport was heavy...

Finding The Time

Nov 10, 2006 | Moving-To, Time

We don’t know what frickin’ time it is in our own house because we don’t have any cloCKS THAT WORK. $&@)(%#(&$!&!~!!! Oh, we’ve bought clocks. I bought two at Hipermas. That’s the only place I’ve seen them – even...

Moving Day

Nov 7, 2006 | Cost of Living, Living-In, Moving-To, Real Estate

Saturday we moved into our new house. It was a pretty simple affair, really, because our previous landlord bought most of the furniture and appliances we’d bought for that house. (You know, the house we rented "furnished"… don’t get me...