Thirteen Years!

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As I have done every year on this day since we moved to Costa Rica, I post this photo that I took:

This crossword puzzle was completed on our plane travelling from Dallas, Texas, to Juan Santamaría Airport, Alajuela. We touched down around 8:30 pm I believe and taxied to Hotel Aranjuez in San José. There we stayed for a week seeing our lawyer regarding our residency applications and getting to know some of the city.

We came down with seven suitcases and our cat, Genny. Genny was sent ahead of us with World Pet Travel and boarded in a vet office until we picked her up a week later. We taxied to Finca Huetares in Atenas where we stayed for a month while looking for a house to rent in the Atenas area.

Instead of flying right to Costa Rica, we chose a leisurely trip via train from Vancouver, British Columbia on the Amtrak Cascades and then to San Francisco on the Amtrak Coast Starlight. There we stayed for a few days enjoying that city.

On our way - San Francisco to Dallas to Alajuela airport. And the rest is history. 

Some photos:

Champagne on the train in our roomette.

Goodbye!

First breakfast in Costa Rica at the Hotel Aranjuez.

Off Topic Item

Here is the latest issue of El Residente magazine, published by the Association of Residents of Costa Rica, of which we have been members for many years. They did our initial residency applications and renewals.