Besides the visit from the Fettigs last November, we had three other really great sets of visitors while we were in Costa Rica. The first was our good friends the Eversons (Lori, Terry and their son Peter) in February. We were thrilled to hear that Terry had been invited to conduct the brass section of the National Symphony and that they decided to make a family trip of it, since his hotel was paid for by the symphony. We were able to have them over for dinner once, meet them for dinner in San Jose once, and spent the day on Saturday seeing Volcan Poas (which we were able to see – it doesn’t always happen) and La Paz Waterfall Gardens, where there is a lot of Costa Rican wildlife and some beautiful waterfalls. The week was crowned by Terry conducting the brass at the National Theater and included a solo (trumpet) performance by Terry. It was great to hear him play again (I think the last time was at our wedding). An added bonus was that our kids had a GREAT time together.
Our next set of visitors was my sister Lisa and her family, during Semana Santa (Holy Week). We went to a beach which we had visited on one of our vacations. It was in a great little town called Samara, where you can walk to the restaurants and the beach. It also has calm surf (which is rare in Costa Rica), so we were able to enjoy the water with our kids. We headed back to San Jose on Easter, and I took the day off from school on Monday, so I could go back to La Paz Waterfall with them. The kids didn’t like the LONG trip to the beach (about 4 hours), but they didn’t complain much and otherwise had a great time.
Our last visitors were John’s parents, who came to see us very soon after they arrived back from almost a year in Ireland. We were delighted that they were willing and able to make the trip to come see us. We spent our time in the Central Valley, but John’s parents rented a car (for John to drive), so we were able to see some attractions that we never had seen even though they weren’t far away. One was the town of Sarchi, where they make the traditional Ox Carts. Another was Volcan Arenal, which we went to see on a Sunday afternoon in the rainy season, and had a spectacular view. (It is not usually clear enough to see it in the afternoon during the dry season, so needless to say I was pretty excited). We also went to tour a wood factory (that produces most of the wood products that are sold as souvenirs), which John and I had seen on school field trips, but the kids had not, so we all enjoyed that.
Thank you all of you who were able to visit and make our year even more special!
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