Last night we decided we all felt like pizza! There just happens to be a pizza place, with an authentic wood fired oven, about 10 minutes walk away, so off we went. It felt very decadent and it was! This is not the sort of place locals eat at, all the customers were clearly expats …

We have had 2 days of rain, and then today was lovely. The rain days are warm, so it does not stop you getting out, but it was nice to be dry today 🙂 Yesterday we did a market shop,, and Luca. who loves watermelon, carried one home and has almost devoured the entire lot. …

As most of you will be aware FIFA world cup is on, and Rich a fan. He has found a place in town to watch it, (we have no TV), so he has been popping down there for a couple of hours if there is a game on he wants to watch. Luca and I …

Yesterday we headed off to do some climbing. Luca has always loved to climb, even from before he could walk. Rich and I found him climbing up a ladder once, onto the roof, before he was one! We learned fast to lie ladders down after we used them! We went to the grove near the …

Last night Luca announced we were having a dance party to celebrate being here in Costa Rica. We do have spontaneous dance parties as a family periodically so not so unusual for us 🙂 Anyway Luca set it all up including the admission sheet.. and arranged for the snacks… and the apple bobbing, (because that …

As I filled the jug this morning to wash the dishes I realized I had not mentioned we do not have hot water, only cold comes out of the taps. Anytime we need hot or warm water we boil the jug. Our shower is what’s casually known as a “suicide shower”. Those of you who …

Yesterday Rich and I had a lazy morning, went for a jungle walk with Pica, and then walked up to Luca’s school to meet him. I took advantage of the opportunity to take some photos. The grounds are huge, it is 106 acres in total, really hard to capture in photos how awesome it is, …

There are moments where I am filled with self doubt about our choices, yesterday was one of them. I was anxious that we were pushing Luca too much, we had been here a week, and here we were sending him off to a place by himself, where he knows no one, does not know the …

The last couple of days have been busy but productive, we are feeling more and more at home. Luca has started school summer camp, he came home last night exhausted,filthy and happy – wonderful! 🙂 He has made friends and spent the day outside exploring and being taught out there. The school has its own …

Monkeys freak Pica out 🙂 Yep, going to take a bit for her to get used to them. We went for a jungle walk close to home and ran into a whole troop of them. They were very vocal and curious. Not a great photo but you get the idea, they are pretty darn cute! …