Today was our last full day here in Monteverde and we leave tomorrow at 8am. These next two weeks will be our 'traveling time' in Costa Rica. We are spending one night in San Jose to pick up a rental car and go over to the Pacific Peninsula of Guanacaste and spend some time at Nossara Beach. Then (and this is what I am looking forward to most) we will head over to Arenal Volcano and meet up with Emily (one of my closest friends from High School) and her parents Bob and Amy Finkel! We will spend about 4 nights in Arenal and then head together to Manuel Antonio National Park for another 4 nights. It will be so nice to have company to come along with us...one of my complaints about Costa Rica is the loneliness/isolation I feel. Obviously mom and abba are great company, but since we had each other we did not integrate into our surrounding community. I think we have been plagued with this disconnected feeling that has floated along with us for the past two months. I think having friends along will really liven up our adventures. It's going to be especially nice to connect with the Finkels who have uprooted from their Oakland home, and for the past two years, have been living in Aix, France. I think Emily and my parents will have a LOT to commiserate about living abroad.
Anyways today we went to visit the San Luis Waterfall. A couple of kilometers down the hill from Monteverde seemed like a world of difference. The short hike reminded me of Yosemite as we traipsed across erratic boulders to cross a river multiple times. The day was gorgeous, the sun was shining but it was not too hot. The hike culminated at this impressive waterfall that was two teared like a small version of Yosemite falls. We sat in front of the falls and ate a picnic 'lunch.' And I put lunch in quotes because as is mom's style we have been working on eating all the food left in the house
so as not to have to cart it around/throw it away. Lunch consisted of one potato per person, and 'sandwiches' consisting of a slice of bread with a slice of tomato. It may sound a bit bland and starchy but it was in fact delicious.
We walked back all the way home which meant climbing this HUGE mountain to get back up to Monteverde. Luckily I am used to hills these days...The views were also stunning since there was not a cloud in the sky. At the top we treated ourselves to Monteverde's own special ice cream mmm mmm.
Anyways today we went to visit the San Luis Waterfall. A couple of kilometers down the hill from Monteverde seemed like a world of difference. The short hike reminded me of Yosemite as we traipsed across erratic boulders to cross a river multiple times. The day was gorgeous, the sun was shining but it was not too hot. The hike culminated at this impressive waterfall that was two teared like a small version of Yosemite falls. We sat in front of the falls and ate a picnic 'lunch.' And I put lunch in quotes because as is mom's style we have been working on eating all the food left in the house 
so as not to have to cart it around/throw it away. Lunch consisted of one potato per person, and 'sandwiches' consisting of a slice of bread with a slice of tomato. It may sound a bit bland and starchy but it was in fact delicious.
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Daniela, I have been loving your blogs and the photos were indeed fantastic!! and we are honored to be mentioned in your latest and can't wait to be there with you living the next blog-to-be. See you soon.
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