Spanish – No comprendo! No se! Tengo una pregunta! Repita, por favor! We had four hours of lessons this week, and learned a lot. CSI is a full immersion program, so the instructors don’t speak English and we don’t learn the language from the “ground up.” Matt and I are in a semi-private class withKeep Reading!
Who knew??!?!?! Yoga was supposed to be my comfort spot, my familiar terrain, my home base. But, I got rocked on Thursday. Completely stripped down and removed from my comfort zone all over again. I found a studio just down the road – Ser Om Shanti. It’s a nice spot – small, with a tileKeep Reading!
This past week has been quite a struggle with the internet in Costa Rica. Our hotel provides us with a connection, but the reliability is about as solid as using a t-shirt to carry water. For the last three days, we’ve been virtually disconnected. Connections have been limited to less than an hour per day.Keep Reading!
Today was a big day for Jacob. We planned a skype meeting with his class before we even left Colorado, and today was the day we got to make the call. We’ve been having a really hard time with our connection at the Luna Llena, so we walked up to the Costal Spanish Institute toKeep Reading!
We had a great morning today. We had a “day off” from the surf institute, so we decided to head out on our own and surf. The tide was pretty low, so instead of our usual area, we headed toward Witches Rock and surfed there. The waves were a great size for Erin and I,Keep Reading!
I’m tired of feeling like a newbie. After spending my entire life skiing, and watching the clueless tourists, it is my turn to find some serious humility and patience and accept the fact that I am going to look like a newbie until I’m not a newbie. 🙂 It hurts, in so many ways.Keep Reading!
I’m not going to try to pretend that there is any excuse to turn on a t.v. in Tamarindo one week in, HOWEVER, we have a t.v. here and the kids have needed a little downtime. We quickly found some old favorites, like Higglytown Heroes, Imagination Movers, Agent Oso and of course Mickey, on theKeep Reading!
We have been encouraging the kids to try something new every day, and of course I keep pushing for fish, since it is fresh, delish, local, healthy and could create a life long love. Since we arrived, I am happy to get fish into as many meals as I can – from fish tacos toKeep Reading!
Today we graduated to the next size of waves, and it was intense! We headed out to the water around 7 am. It was quiet, peaceful and not too hot. We turned right down the beach today (instead of our usual left turn) and surfed outside Witches Rock, which is actually not Witches Rock, butKeep Reading!
Yesterday was a really fun day. It was Sunday, we didn’t have any school to attend, so we had a casual morning. Went out to breakfast at Nogui’s which is the kids favorite place on the beach. We’ve been eating most breakfasts at the hotel so it was nice to branch out and try somethingKeep Reading!
When Erin and I lived in Maui a short 15 years ago (was it really that long ago?!), it took us months to find a community there. We met people here than there, mostly at work, but it wasn’t until we met Becky that we felt like we had met someone that would remain inKeep Reading!
We did a little “housekeeping” this morning, since we weren’t scheduled for anything. We rolled our suitcase of laundry down to the Backwash, which is the only laundromat in town. I separated it into three baskets and came back at noon to pick it up. It cost about thirty dollars and was folded when weKeep Reading!
I woke up this morning at 5 am and had to breathe a sigh of relief, it’s the weekend. No school today. Funny to be saying that since school is Surfing and playing. Regardless though, no matter what we are doing, non stop learning, physical activity and action is tiring. Our day today should beKeep Reading!
Yesterday began with our first monkey sighting – actually 12 of them – in the tree above us during our morning yoga session. We have been hearing them in the morning from our room – (a surprisingly odd sound, more similar to a growling bear than I was expecting) – but hadn’t seen any beforeKeep Reading!
We are all a little more tired, sunburned and sore today but content after watching the sun go down from a hill above Playa Langosta. Surfing was great today. We have an amazing team working with us, and not only are we learning to stand up on a surf board, but also absorbing a tonKeep Reading!
Surfing is not easy for a big guy. I know that the transition from belly to feet is tough for everyone, but for a big guys like me, it’s exceptionally hard. “Popping Up” is not something my body does. After two days of attempting to get up, today was my day and I rode quiteKeep Reading!
I found out tonight that we are a “beta test” month long family surf camp experience. I am guessing that might explain the “I don’t know” answers for the last month or so. We still “don’t know,” because our experience will be a work in progress for all involved. We settled in at midnight lastKeep Reading!
Our new little “home” for the next month is perfect. It was very hot when we walked in and the lighting is awful, (Matt and I are admitted snobs about it), but other than that, it is everything we wanted and hoped for. The beds are slabs, we have a pet gecko and some yellowKeep Reading!
OMG we love Costa Rica. I’m not even sure where to start, so I’ll just tell you about our last 24 hours.. The travel portion was a piece of cake. Really not much to say. Flight were seamless, connections perfect. We arrived in CR late last night around 9pm. We are definitely at a dis-advantage not knowingKeep Reading!