Contessa in Costa Rica

As many of you know, we have moved to Heredia before setting off to Potrero. One of the things I was most excited about was the central market.  I was there once when I was traveling to Costa Rica for the first time, but didn't have much of a chance to really explore on my own time.  So on our first full day we decided to go for a stroll to the market.  So we took a lovely walk to the market. Do you remember when we used to make fun of older people who would complain about how bad their lives were growing up compared to ours?  "We walked to school in the snow up hills both ways....."  Well, they must have been in Costa Rica, except for the snow.  I come from Indiana where the world is mostly flat.  There are a few hills, we will call them bumps. Those bumps make up a slight incline into softly rolling bumps at best.  They do have bumps in Costa Rica but those are speed bumps. My first experience with the central market was going down a hill and up a mountain then do

I am now a resident of Costa Rica.  Well, I am a here on a visitors visa until it expires in 90 days and then I will be visiting the lovely nation of Nicaragua approximately 1.5 hours, but close enough.  It has been a whirlwind of experiences that I will attempt to sum down to a few short hours of reading for you.   The Flight We flew out of Fort Wayne because we were bringing two cats and the extra expense of flying out of Fort Wayne was well worth having to listen to two cats sing the heart breaking song of "of the agony and pain" two hours in the car. Yes they were drugged and it might have been fine, but we were not taking any chances.  We also decided to upgrade to first class since we got two free bags up to 70 pounds and the cost difference was close to the same. So, we arrive at the airport at the ungodly hour of 4 am - credit to my amazing mom who picked us up at 3:30.  We arrived before the Delta people were already at the counter, so we were the first

What way is up? On Saturday, Eduardo, my awesome brother and nephew, and some great friends packed a 20 foot shipping container with all my worldly goods and watched them drive off into the ether. Ok, I just looked up the definition of "ether" and no my property did not take flight into the upper sky beyond the cl ouds nor did it travel through  a pleasant-smelling colorless volatile liquid that is highly flammable.  But it's still a nice word!  I did discover that someone grabbed a bag and packed it that shouldn't have gone in the shipping container that will take 4 to 6 weeks to reach us, but who really needs 80% of the underwear ??  While it was wonderful to get that massive item checked off our list, it wasn't the highlight of my day.  The highlight was when EVERYTHING we were taking with us fit in the container and I got the glorious moment to look my husband in the face, in front of witnesses no less, and give him a giant "I TOLD YOU SO."  Ke