The long awaited trip to Costa Rica has finally happened and I thought I’d use the opportunity to revive this blog. You’ll have to bear with me a bit because my WordPress skills are very rusty.

I flew with Iberia and had a lovely view of the alps from the plane, followed by a view of more arid Spanish countryside. On the long flight I watched all the films I had missed at the cinema. I thought I should watch one in Spanish and chose Llena de Gracia -which translates as Full of Grace. Turns out it is the true story of some famous Spanish footballer.

I spent the first few days in Santa Ana near the school my niece attends to get used to the heat and adjust to the time zone. I love a market, so my first outing was to the San Jose central market.

On Sunday there is a farmers market in Santa Ana around the church, so I wandered along at 6am for a look.