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A trip to the finca

By Grant On March 1, 2014 · Add Comment
Our good friends here in Grecia invited us out to their farm they own in Naranjo which is about 30-45 minutes from Grecia. Farms are referred to as fincas;  my friends’ parents live at this finca. The amount of stuff growing is amazing. They make their own coffee, have tons of fruits and vegetables, banana [...]
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Costa Rica Sights and Sounds

By Grant On February 14, 2014 · Add Comment
Ok, I recently watched a video on Ted.com, it was: Matt Cutts: Try something new for 30 days. I thought it was a pretty interesting concept. I wrote down a few things I wanted to do for 30 days straight, and have been keeping to it. One of the things I decided to do was [...]
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We love our visitors – Part 2

On February 9, 2014 By Grant
We were lucky enough to have my parents visit Costa Rica recently, my dad was also able to convince his sister (Aunt Sally) to come along on the adventure. Their visit was for 9 days, so we wanted to try to cover as much ground as possible. We planned to visit La Fortuna (Arenal) area, [...]
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We love our visitors – Part 1

On January 21, 2014 By Gigi
The last month has been such a great one. We’ve had visitors almost the entire time, and have loved every minute of it. My cousins Yazmin and MN were our first visitors. They arrived on Christmas day, which was an awesome gift. The kids were so excited to see their cousin. They were also excited [...]
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A trip to Puerto Viejo

On December 28, 2013 By Grant
It has already been another 90 days here in Costa Rica. Crazy how time has been flying bye. We have been wanting to visit the Caribbean side of Costa Rica. We were planning a trip to Panama so this was a perfect time to spend a few days along the Caribbean coast. After researching we [...]
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Merry Christmas and another visitor!

On December 8, 2013 By Grant
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all our friends and family. We hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable holiday season. While were are at a beach in Panama we thought it would be nice to build all of you a beach snowman, so here it is: Of course right after the pictures, the kids [...]
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Happy Thanksgiving

On November 28, 2013 By Grant
Happy Thanksgiving! We woke up this morning in the Manual Antonio area to what we thought was someone working on the porch. However, it was a pack of about 20 monkeys! They were very friendly and would get really close. The kids were amazed! We are off to the beach but will post more later. [...]
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What we’ve been up to

On November 22, 2013 By Gigi
Well I should start by apologizing to all of you who have been waiting to hear from us, it’s certainly been a while! It seems that after being here for over four months now, we’ve settled into a routine, and we’ve been doing pretty good. Our New Home Once TM and MK started school/preschool in [...]
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A vacation from a vacation – Los Lagos

On October 19, 2013 By Grant
A close friend of ours made a funny response when  I was telling her about our trip to Los Lagos Resort in the La Fortuna area, she said “Ah, so it is vacation from a vacation.” I thought it was catchy and pretty funny, however we all know this is not a “one year” vacation. [...]
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Running a business from Costa Rica

On October 19, 2013 By Grant
I did a previous “office” post and it is kinda funny how similar they are. Both are in rocking chairs and have small tables as desks. Here is the new office. I have amazing views and this balcony is located right near the router. I get a lot of questions about how I stay connected [...]
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