What? A real vacation? What is that?

Getting ready for our canopy tour (on suspended bridges) in the rain forrest!

Well, after many years, I actually took a real vacation, albeit only three days...but let me tell you, we had some fun in three days! Costa Rica was our destination. Kim, Veronica, and I flew from Honduras and Carlos flew in from Nicaragua - we had a great time....we headed to the volcano area, a 3.5 hour drive up this winding, ever turning road (thanks for driving, Carlos)....how Kim and Veronica fell asleep I will never know - maybe it was to prevent becoming car sick! The road was crazy! I understand two things: 1) what they mean by the cloud area - we were literally driving in the clouds....and 2) why it is recommended not to drive after dark!

Our hotel was fantastic - the Hotel Royal Corin in La Fortuna....

We stayed here, at the Royal Corin, the pools were all fed from water (hot) from the volcano. Some were so hot we couldn't even get in! The pool was complete with swim up bar, which of course we had to try out prior to trekking through the rain forrest....though I may rethink the order of events on my next trip!

Peering into the hole of a tarantula! Yikes! It was fun until he moved!

So, we signed up for a canopy tour - the rain forrest was beautiful! We saw tarantulas, a sloth, and a viper! We had a great guide Alan who was very patient with our picture taking and ooh-ing and aaahhhh-ing.

It was so green and all of the sudden there would be this contrast of colors....

After our tour, we packed up and headed back to San Jose. Stayed at another great place (though it took us an hour driving around the city to find it- even with asking multiple "locals", who all sent us in a different direction!) - and relaxed....Kim and Veronica left at the crack of dawn the next morning and Carlos and I stayed one more day - relaxing, catching up on work and school, and just hanging out.

Then....back to work....but not for long....next stop, Czech Republic to do some training on sensory integration at a school and some case consults....stand by for that trip, as I am on my way now, headed to Munich then a car ride to the Czech......until next time......