Thursday, January 8, 2015

Where in the world?

At first I was avoiding writing this post. And then I felt ready to write it, but couldn't make the time. Now I've got about 3 posts I want to write, and I just need to get this out of the way! So, while Colm naps beside me and Aedan is quietly watching t.v., I'll fill you in.

After 2 weeks of Costa Rica, we decided it just was not the right time or place for our family to be experimenting with the ex-pat lifestyle. We made a radical change to our plans, and came back to Ontario in time for the holidays. Costa Rica is absolutely beautiful, and it is a place to which I will return. There is so much more of it to be explored, and when the kids are older, maybe we'll see it all. The beach we stayed at was wonderfully low-key, almost undiscovered really, and we've got some great memories of it. Aedan discovered that he loves to play in the waves and to devour mangoes in the sand. And Colm never showed a moments hesitation with the water! He even tried taking his first real steps in the surf. I guess he thought it would be easier to enjoy from a slightly higher vantage. 

We relaxed, we soaked up the sun, we ate our combined weight in fruit, we dispatched no less than 6 scorpions from our house (and one enormous, hairy black spider), we watched a group of 10 howler monkeys move through the trees at our back deck, we played in the waves and watched the sun set over the Pacific ocean every night.

I felt so guilty, so ungrateful, when we first made the decision to come back to Ontario so soon. But I know now it was the right one. Spending the holidays with family felt like exactly the thing we should have been doing, and the boys are loving all the time with grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. 

Without any further ado, here are some of my favourite photos from Costa Rica. Enjoy!


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6 comments:

  1. Wow, what a beautiful set of photos. I have heard lots about the beauty of Costa Rica seems that was correct! I kinda guessed you had left Costa Rica after you posted a picture I remmbered you had left the connector for your iPad behind so there would be no pictures till you got back to Ontario. I hope you enjoy your time there.

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  2. That beach looks amazing! How close was your place to the beach?

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    1. The ad for the house claimed it was 900 meters from the beach...but that was up a very windy, rutted dirt road. So about a 7 minute drive! Not bad!

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  3. Beautiful! Costa Rica is my happy place! We're working on plans to relocate there permanently in the not too distant future!

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    1. Awesome! Where in Costa Rica are you hoping to land?

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  4. These are just beautiful! What a beautful place, and I am sure, beautiful memories.

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