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A couple of posts back I mentioned a cafe going down the mountain with incredible views. As it happens, the van that picked us up to take us to our horses, stopped at this very cafe. The view was better this time and Luca got to see his cats which he was thrilled about 🙂 …

It has been a while since I posted! We have had some friends visiting from Canada and have been off exploring Costa Rica together, so have had no time to post, but here I am back 🙂 We have been waiting for these particular friends to arrive to do some of the tourist things around …

After civic week it was a long weekend, (the kids had Monday off), it was a social, busy one, and ended where Luca ends most evenings here… How lucky is he to have this space??!!!!!! Tuesday Rich and I went up to the school to help a new teacher move into her house, which happens …

The trek home from the airport to Monteverde was grueling. We opted for local transport, as private is just so much more expensive, but it meant a wait for buses and they are much slower. We did meet 3 teachers from Luca’s school on the bus, who had been in San Jose for the weekend, …

As sad as we were to leave Antigua, the breakfast view from our accommodation in Atitlan had us feeling so much better! 🙂 The journey down into the crater of the volcano ,(which is Lake Atitlan), the night before was treacherous and arduous. Seriously you don’t want to think too much about it as you …

We are back from Guatemala and what a time we had! We were blown away by the beauty, the warm, friendly people, and the history of this amazing country. We knew we would like it, but were surprised just how much we did! The day before we left was a parents volunteer day at the …

Here we are at the end of yet another week! Here are Luca and Pica midweek hanging out, chilling 🙂 This will be my last post until we are back from Guatemala. We leave at 0400 on Sunday. We are all very excited for this trip. Rich and I picked Luca up from school and …

Another week has come and gone. Rich, Pica and I have done a couple of hikes, usual domestic things and the week seemed to disappear! People ask us what we do, since we are not working, well we don’t seem to have any trouble filling our time, it flies by! Edwin has been landscaping our …

On Sunday, 4 police officers showed up at our door, looking rather intimidating I have to say, and not a word of English between them. I however got the general gist it was about Martin, who at that time was playing in our back yard with Pica, along with numerous kids. Luckily Greyvin was visiting …

I have 3 young guys who call in every week, supplying us with the majority of our fruit. They are so sweet, if a little crazy with the driving of their truck!!!!! This week I had no change, but they gave me the fruit anyway, 3 mangoes, 1 watermelon and 2 pineapple for 3000c ,(about …