Happy birthday Jake + Merry Christmas + Happy Hanukkah + Atenas

miss you jake. also i think you should wear that costume every Halloween from now on.

I’m sitting out on the balcony at our newest residence looking over a beautiful valley with San Jose in the distance and the weather here in Atenas is finally living up to it’s reputation as ‘la mejor clima del mundo’. The sun is out making it warm enough to swim in our pool, which I did 1 hour ago, and there is a slight breeze so sitting here on the balcony is also very pleasant.

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We spent the last 10 days staying at my Uncle’s house and being wonderfully spoiled with espresso in the morning ready when we woke up, top notch meals, insider tips on all of the best places in and around Atenas and much more. We also got visas and tickets to Brazil and will probably be getting our tickets from Buenos Aires to Bangkok today too. So if anyone wants to meet us.. the plan is to be in Brazil in January and February, Argentina in March and April and South East Asia starting May 6th.

I'm guessing we were the only ones in Costa Rica to have eggs florentine with smoked salmon on this particular Sunday morning..

We are now moved into our new huge pad with pool in another part of Atenas, where we’ll be until we leave Costa Rica on January 3rd. Haley is in Phoenix for the week doing some work things and getting to see her family. I’m going to go out to the beach tomorrow and spend Christmas with my good friend Olin and family and hopefully get some good surf around Playa Hermosa.

Other notes:

We are both healed from our minor illnesses and feeling healthy.

I went for a walk today and ended up in a field with 4 horses. When they saw me they all came trotting toward me. I was a little scared that they did not like me in their field, but when they got to me they just came gently over and said hi. I must have looked like someone with horse food because they kept following me around as I was leaving.

Friendly horse.

Our neighbors here are very nice. They gave me some tamales to heat up for lunch, which were delicious and they keep asking if I need anything.

We have all the fresh eggs we can eat here and lots of early rising roosters to go along with them.

We are taking care of a cat here who sleeps in the sink.

Isn't there a website where they make up captions for cat pictures? Any suggestions?