We posted few posts in 2022, even less in 2023 and not a single one in 2024. It seems to say it all. It does and it does not. It seems to say that our project to start a new life in Costa Rica was not working out. It is the case that it hasn’t … More Going back to Europe
As 2023 comes to an end, it feels like the righ time to think about our second year in Costa Rica. If 2022 was the landing year, 2023 has definitively been the consolidation year. Most of the paperwork is now done, we have not moved for a year (yipiiiiiiieeeee) and we have had steady flow of … More Second year of our new life in Costa Rica
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Testing the external microphone. Take II … More Testing the external microphone. Take II
It is now three months ago that we ‘started farming’. I can say: it has not gone very well, but it could have been worse. More importantly, it is a lot of fun and a great experience. And we are learning a lot. Here is what happened to all the little big projects. … More Farming update
A couple of weeks ago, I was walking Kika in the forest, as I do every afternoon when something caught my attention. I am always looking at the floor to avoid stepping on a snake. They are usually curled up and are hard to spot, so I have taken the habit of walking very carefully … More As Tweety would say “I thought I saw a Pussy-Cat” || Como diría Piolín…”Me pareció ver un lindo gatito”
We are hoping to buy a plot where we not only can enjoy the rain forest, but also plant new trees and do some vegetable and fruit farming. Well, since we now found a rental house where we are planning to stay until such plot is found – or until we have to decide to go back to Europe – we can start preparing and practicing. … More We started farming
This weekend marks one year of our new life in Costa Rica. We landed in Costa Rica on the 28th of January of 2022, with a luggage full of dreams and hopes…plus a dog, a cat, and 8 kilos of Lego. We landed with the excitement of a second-life opportunity. An open book to write. So, … More The first year of our new life
Picture this. It is friday after a loooooong week of work. I am exahusted. It is 9 pm, I am in bed and about to switch off the light. I can hardly keep my eyes open. Frank has just taken Kika for the last wee for the night. In the haze of sleepiness I hear, … More Tropical adventures
THE FLIP FLOP LIFE 