Journey With Children

For 3 days this past weekend, there were big festivities in Sabana Larga (an area 8 minutes drive from where we live). Getting ready for t...

The Vancouver Olympics are taking place a mere 69 Km (43 miles) from our house in Victoria but we have missed so much of the action becaus...

Last year, we struggled a bit with the food options in this area of Costa Rica. Unlike the capital, San José, with its larger international ...

I don’t want to sound like a wuss but I nearly puked when the kids pointed out this bug on the screen door right next to our dining room tab...

Vultures have the unfortunate reputation of being dirty. The truth is that they not only clean up everybody else’s mess by consuming carc...

When we moved to Costa Rica 8 months ago, Gabriel was very nervous around water. I wouldn’t say that he was scared the way that he was when ...

There is nothing like a homemade crêpe to Frenchify your Costa Rican morning.