Sorry it has been quite awhile since we've written. We are getting settled in our life here, and it's slower than our lives have ever been. Tico time must be contagious. The excitement here this week is a bull riding festival in Santa Cruz, the biggest town in our area. For nine days they have our equivalent to the State Fair, just with 8 hours of bull riding every day, and it never really closes down. We saw people camping in the streets and others just passed out where they were last standing. Apparently every town in the area will have a similar festival over the next several months.
Slow as our time these days might be, it hasn't been without excitement. For example, we recently learned the word for flat tire (llanta ponchada). Then we learned it again, just two days later...when we were further away from our hometown than we had ever ventured. Fortunately we also learned how to ask for a tire repair shop, etc. So in the end, it all worked out and we discovered quite a bit as a result.
Spanish has been going well. Yesterday we drove to Liberia with some of our friends here and they only spoke spanish with us for about six hours. Though we're pretty sure they were talking to us at the pace they'd normally use for a four year old, our comprehension was good. We'll chalk that up as a victory for the good guys.
It looks like - after legally dividing the plots and acquiring the building permits - we'll hopefully get to start building the first development sometime early this summer. We'll keep you guys posted with photos of that for sure.
Make a snowman for us,
TeamWander
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