Hi Friends,
We are off on our next adventure. It will take us all day to get to Costa Rica flying from Sacramento to Dallas and then on to San Jose on American Airlines. Even though I do not need much in the way of clothes, my bag still weighs 35 pounds. Don’t think I will ever learn how to pack light.
Unlike other trips, we have done nothing to prepare for this one, except buy a map. We could barely find the places we are going on it and cannot tell you where they are. Pretty bad. All I can tell you is that we are going to 4 different locations where few tourists visit. We stay tonight near the airport at San Jose and then drive to our first lodge in a jungle an hour and a half north of San Jose. Supposedly we will have wifi in three of the locations. When I get on the plane, I will look up our itinerary and try to fill you in more. I know some of you have been to Costa Rica and may be able to send comments telling us about your experiences. That would make for fun reading, so I hope you do.
Need to board now. More later.
Adventures with Julia 
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Safe travels, Julia and Mark? Andy
Enjoy and I am looking forward to your comments.
Ann
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Bon Voyage, have a wonderful time, sure you will love it!
Thanks, Julia! Look forward to reading your blog as you travel around and hopefully, the wifi will work well enough to post! What adventurers you both are! Have fun and enjoy the beauty of the country!
Hi Julia, It appears we will not be having lunch soon and you will probably miss the Beethoven concert this Friday. Yes, we have been in Cost Rica once. While you are in San Jose, do try to find an Argentinean restaurant, do not remember the name, but it was excellent. I ordered the beef heart dish and it was delicious, Norman liked it as well. The one and only museum was a huge disappointment. First of all no one could tell us how to get there and where exactly it was located. After fighting thick throngs of people in the worst part of town we found it and it was rather bare and poorly kept. The walk to the busy market place was rather interesting, my back pack was unzipped several times, I had my valuables against my body to which they could not get access to. It was mostly women who worked in pairs. Compared to you and Mark we are amateurs but did do some traveling alone and together, but never been robed or attempted to be robed before. Not the most pleasant experience. Experienced several climate zones, some rather cold and damp. Walked into the lobby behind a coral snake at the upscale Arenal Volcano Hotel. Have a wonderful trip and look forward to reading about your adventures. Safe journey, Annamaria