Welcome to our Costa Rican Blog!

We arrived in San José, Costa Rica last night about 7 pm. We got through immigration and customs without any problems. We bought some "time" for our Costa Rican cell phone and left the airport in our pre-arranged rental car. We certainly won't be obvious as gringos in that thing! Love the feel of being on the road again with all those crazy Costa Rican drivers. They are the nicest people, but they drive like maniacs. We managed to find the house we'll be living in for the next month. Our new landlords gave us excellent directions and we arrived just in time before the rains started. And, boy, did it rain! And rain. And rain. And this is just the beginning of the rainy season! We woke up this morning to cloudy skies that gave way to fog! But before we left for our first foray out into our new settings, the clouds and fog gave way to sun and warmth. We went with our new landlord/neighbors to the Maxibodega (supermarket) to stock up on supplies and then they treated us to lunch. We had a typical Costa Rican dish called casado. It had chicken, rice, potatoes, beans, pico de gallo and fried plantain. It was yummy! And very filling, for about $5! We have settled in nicely to our new home. We have a one bedroom house with a wonderful view of a very steep hillside and coffee plantation across from us. In fact we are completely surrounded by the coffee plantation. We have seen some different birds and are using our Costa Rica bird book to figure out what they are. We are looking forward to our adventures in Costa Rica. We'll add pictures as we take them, so you can see what we see. Hopefully our posts will get more and more interesting and colorful.

Hasta luego,
Tina and Jerry