Costa Rica, One Year Later
I promised to write a post that provides a financial breakdown detailing how much a sabbatical costs. This will be that post. Before I get into the minutiae of budgets and spreadsheets, however, let me offer a general perspective one…
What I Learned in Costa Rica
As our sabbatical is coming to a close, my wife has expressed the desire to offer her own perspective on this experience. Instead of detailing it in 17 posts, she has summarized it in 1. Therein lies the difference between a lawyer and…
The Complete List of Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Visit Limón
I had been meaning to write about our trip to Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast for a while. It sounds laughable to me even as I’m composing this thought (and even more laughable to you if you’re reading this in the…
Traveling to Nicaragua from Costa Rica
We viewed the requirement for non-residents to leave Costa Rica every 90 days more as a blessing than as a curse. As folks who are always up for an adventure, we wanted to visit neighboring countries anyway. Having already driven…
Christmas in Costa Rica
My parents, sister, and her children visited us during the holidays. In a country that is about 90% Christian (of one denomination or another), Christmas and Easter are Costa Rica’s two most important holidays. As such, Heather and I were…
Costa Rica – A Cautionary Tale (Part 2)
I intended to publish Part 2 of A Cautionary Tale shortly after Part 1. But I was too busy planning for my family’s holiday visit (and subsequently too busy having fun with them) to sit down and write. We had…
Costa Rica – A Cautionary Tale (Part 1)
If you examine just about any destination in the world, you will find it has both desirable and undesirable qualities. As we began our inquiries into Costa Rica, we were somewhat surprised at the amount of discouraging information we discovered….
Crossing the Costa Rican Border into Panama
One of the excellent questions we have been asked throughout this process is how we are able to stay in another country for one year without being citizens or residents of that country. If you are a U.S. citizen, or…
Buying a Car in Costa Rica
One of the aspects of this sabbatical I fretted over the most was what to do about transportation for the year we would be in Costa Rica. If we were going to have a car, it was important that it…
Happiness
Today is my birthday. As I write this, Heather is reminding me that I should step away from the computer and have fun instead of focusing on a blog that “no one is making me write” anyway. Since I am…
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