Well, here I am. It’s our last full day in Costa Rica. Appropriately, it’s storming – thundering and lightening. I’m going to take a picture from my computer of what I’m looking at right now…..

We’re at a hostel in San Jose. It’s 7am and I’m drinking coffee and watching backpackers from around the world sleepily make breakfast: corn flakes, coffee, and bread and butter. 

I hear French, German, Dutch, and English around me. Some of us here are just beginning a journey, some of us are ending one.

I’m going to attempt to spend my day visiting the United Nations University of Peace, which is a 40 minute bus ride outside the city. I’m looking into the sustainable development masters program there….I’ll write more on that later.

It’s hard to put it into words what we’ve learned from our time in CR. I’ve relaxed (somewhat) for probably the first time in 10 years. It was a really good chance for us to talk about our future together. We gleaned some insight into a different part of the world and that always changes the way you think. There will be images permanently burned into my imagination: a mother with 4 children and a dalmation on the beach, the views at Arenal Lake, a man pushing a red fruit cart up a steep hill, breakdancing on the street in San Jose, families flying kites in the park, sunsets from a rock jutting into the ocean, Gabrielle’s laughter in Spanish class, children making up little skits, a street vendor who’s wife died 2 years ago, empanadas and churros through glass windows, cards on the porch with Dana, the screeching howls of monkeys above us, beautiful dreads, bikes on dirt roads, rain, rain, rain, starfish in crystal clear ocean water, a border crossing on foot, cumbia all night long on an outdoor patio, coconut palms, horses walking in the street, people’s faces – floating in and out of our lives seemlessly. And all of these things have changed us in indescribable ways….

Tomorrow, we fly to the US for 7 weeks.  And Costa Rica, which feels so large and so immediate right now, will begin feel far away again….

We’ll be in Magnetic Springs OH from Aug 10-17.

Miggy is going to Florida from Aug 17-24.

Sam and Chris’s wedding is Sept 27.

Unfortunately, we’re not going to make it to DC this time. The rest of the time is for — WEDDING PLANNING!!!!!! As you can imagine, it’s a little hard to plan a wedding from Central America. We hope to have everything done by the time we leave on Sept 30. 

See you in the States!!!!!!!

- Sara

 

I’m really going to miss my morning coffee, nature and writing on my computer at 6am…. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It’s still gorgeous even when it rains.

 

 

 

 

ps – Miggy just woke up – he wants to say hi too!

My busy corporate bee – he’s always working! (and always has that cute smile on his face. That’s why I loooooooove him!!!)