Our new home & the surrounding area

Here is our house in Costa Rica!  Don't you love the blue and white colors!  We enter through 2 gates before entering our front door.  And each lock has a different key.

This is our street looking from the park just north of our house (Parque el Bosque).  If you look closely in the picture below, you can see our house in the distance on the left of the street.

 

 Here are a few pictures of Parque el Bosque (Forest Park).  It is a very beautiful park.  In the second picture you can hopefully see the mountains in the background.

 Here is a map of the area.  It shows how far we walk to school each day.

In the back of our house, we have a small open area where our clothes lines are located.

On our way here from the airport, we stopped and bought some food.  We found out quickly that cereal is very expensive here.  But, it was worth it to have some Cheerios.  David couldn't wait to try out our toaster.

Then, we needed to do some shopping.  We found their version of Sam's Club, which is called Price Smart.

We also found Walmart!  We had to ride the bus to get there, but we found it.  But, it is very expensive here compared to some other stores.  So, we only try and go there when they have something we cannot find anywhere else.

 

From several places in the city, you can see the mountains in the background.  We learned that the San Jose area is surrounded by mountains.

 We also found where the nearest McDonald's is located!  David is very happy about that.  It is pretty far away, so we will only eat there on special occasions.  His Happy Meal comes with pineapples instead of apples.  But, we were happy that we were able to get our order correct (with lots of pointing at the menu, of course).

On Saturday mornings, there is a farmer's market (called "feria") about a 15 minute walk away.  We found lots of fresh fruits and vegetables. 

There is a free Zumba class next to the market.  The people are really into it.  Just in case you are wondering, we have not tried to get out there yet.  Maybe later we could try to keep up with them.

Walking on the sidewalks here is an adventure in itself.  You never know when the sidewalk will suddenly change height, a hole will be there, or other "landmines" such as dog poop or garbage will be in the way.  Also, here in Costa Rica, the cars have the right-of-way over the pedestrians.  So, even crossing the road is an adventure.

We hope you are enjoying these updates.  Thanks for your continued prayers and support.  We could not be where we are today without your many prayers.  We pray for you also.  Please contact us if you have any specific prayer requests that we can pray for.  God Bless!