Our First Month in Costa Rica
It’s been over 3 weeks since my last post. Sorry for the delay but we’ve been quite busy settling in, moving and working. So here’s what we’ve been up to the last few weeks.
Puerto Viejo
A couple of weeks ago we made our first trip to the beach. With neither of us really being beach going people we didn’t really know what to expect. The drive out was amazing and had us driving through a rain forest, through banana and pineapple plantations and along the caribbean coast. The coast there is full of beaches and although the waters were a bit rough we still had lots of fun, Maggie included. We can’t wait until our next beach trip where we plan on checking out the Pacific coast.
Moving
The week after our trip to Puerto Viejo we finally got to move into our new house. We are now living in an area called Belen very close to the Marriot Hotel. It’s a brand new 3 bedroom house with a nice yard for Maggie. The house is so new we’re the first people to live here. But because we’re the first people to live here there’s a lot of little things that need doing like blinds(next week), cable & internet (done, yaaaa!). And not only is our house super nice, it’s close to work too! It’s only a 10 to 15 minute drive each way.
+ One
Last week I took Wednesday afternoon off to take Jennifer over to Hospital Cima. The hospital is about 20 minutes away in Escázu. There are closer facilities but we’ve been told this was the best hospital for us. After waiting an hour because our doctor had an emergency surgery we were finally able to confirm what we already new. Jennifer is pregnant and it looks like we’re going to be having a Costa Rican baby sometime in early November. Hopefully we’ll be able to sort out a passport and a place for Maggie to stay before Christmas so we can come and visit everyone with our new family member.
Farmers Market
Yesterday we made our first trip to a farmers market. Every community here has their own market so for our first trip we decided to visit our local market even though we heard it’s a little small. So at 7:00am yesterday we headed to the Belen open market. We were greated by about a dozen different stalls on the street where we got everything we need for the week including the best pineapple I’ve ever had. Next week we plan on checking out one of the larger markets in Alajuela or Santa Ana.
