Q: Why go to another country at all? Why a month? Why Costa Rica? A: We didn’t have any particular connection to Costa Rica, nor did we have a particular reason to live in another country for a month. We just love trying new things, love learning about other cultures, love/hate getting outside of our comfort zones, and we had […]
Category: Adventures, not Vacations
Ode to Sonia
Our first rental house in Costa Rica was in the beautiful Orosi Valley, a sleepy, lush area that is definitely not on the typical tourist routes. The house we rented was an old coffee plantation. It was rustic and full of butterflies, cockroaches, and decades of old National Geographic magazines. It had an open-to-the-outside kitchen, no heating or cooling, no […]
Hard Can Be Epic: Our Summer Road Trip (Part 3 of 3)
Read part 1 of this list here. Read part 2 of this list here. 7. Old Friends Are Gold We were lucky enough to see old friends in several different states along the way. It was an absolute pleasure to accept their warm hospitality and donated socks. I wasn’t kidding when I said socks kept going missing on this trip! […]