Finca La Florita is a dairy in Esterillos, Costa Rica (very close to Jaco) that makes their own yogurt, milk, cheeses, chile sauce, sour cream, and cream. Oh I had the most beautiful pictures of this place and our experience, just picture it! I have figured out how to do screen shots of my video
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We had heard that there was a beautiful little town high up on a mountain where the breezes were cool, farms were there, and a good place to eat. So one day we decided to head on up and check it out. On the way up it started getting steeper and steeper and we soon
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We were looking for something else for the girls to do and checking out surf instructors that give kid lessons. But then Tyler thought well hey why not I try to teach them first. The first lesson went really well. Abby got up at least four times and it made her ecstatic. Cameron got up
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Tyler’s parents were here last week and we had such a great week. We of course had to take them to see the crocodiles. It is a fun thing to do because it is COOL (climate wise) and easy enough to do with four little ones. Sadly it was the worst tour we had been
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La Iguana Chocolate Farm in Costa Rica is beautiful! It really is in the middle of no where and hard to find due to no one giving real accurate directions. “Just further down that road” they say. “How much longer?” we ask. “Oh 15 minutos mas o menos” they answer. Thirty minutes later we ask
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I remember when we came out here last year to vacation that I thought everyone loved SODA! It was odd because every single little restaurant advertised that they carried SODA. How weird, we thought. We soon learned that “sodas” were the name for just small, inexpensive, local food, family run restaurants. Something to that effect…some are quite popular
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About 3 weeks ago I woke up wanting to be in America. I just wanted to take the kids somewhere like Color Me Mine or Thanksgiving Point and veg out. Then I wanted to go get a sub par sandwich and cup of soup at a busy restaurant. Why? I have no idea. It reminds
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Los Suenos is in Herradura Costa Rica, just 10 minutes away from us. I see it in travel articles all the time. Once and awhile we get visitors at church from America and they always are staying there. There is a higher end Americanized grocery store in Herradura where I go to get whole grain
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We have this sweet woman coming to the house to help 20 hours a week. Mainly it is for the girls and I to learn Spanish faster. But she also helps me keep up on cleaning the kitchen, an extra hand during crazy times during the day, etc. When I want to go somewhere fun
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People back home always ask to hear me speak Spanish. I have lived here four months, I should be speaking it fluently, no? Well no. I am not. Learning a language is not something a foggy new baby stage mommy brain does too well. Which doesn’t mean I am trying, oh I am trying. But
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