PVCR: Day 13- MONTEVERDE MAGNIFICIENCE

I am sitting on the huge patio of our B & B in Monteverde.  It is 18 degrees Celsius.  I am wearing my Lululemon hoodie and I couldn't be H-A-P-P-I-E-R than a clam at high tide.

Much as we LOVED Tamarindo, the heat was debilitating at times.  We didn't do anything other than sleep, eat, read, swim and socialize with the other guests. But then... isn't that what you are supposed to do on vacation? Time to move on though!

We took our shuttle at 8:00 am, walking down the hill with our backpacks on. Aren't we tough?  LOL
A fellow passenger was a Canadian from Toronto.  There are LOTS of Canadians in Costa Rica.  Our driver, a very young Mike, was so sweet.  He is going to be a first time father in four days!  He is so excited. Desafio is the company we book our shuttles with the most, and they are very, very professional.  They give excellent service, and THEY have WIFI in the shuttle.  We transferred shuttles and drivers, in a little village, for the one and a half hour drive up, UP, UP AND UP this mountain, with rough terrain, narrow dirt roads, and plunging ravines.  Not to mention panoramic vistas.

MONTEVERDE is a pretty little touristy town, where you can do all kinds of CRAZY, extreme activities, if you are young and foolish.  Fortunately, I am old and wise.  That being said, I can still be s-t-u-p-i-d!  I have just paid my last $50 US, to go zip lining tomorrow morning!  I AM TOTALLY OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE PEOPLE!!!  DO YOU HEAR ME?  HERMANITA is definitely OUT of hers as well, but we are doing this!  (I already ziplined across the top deck of the largest cruise ship in the world, but that doesn't really count because it only lasted eight seconds!). Because there are seven zip lines, I have to get used to it sooner or later, I figure.  Furthermore, I have been assured that a very strong, handsome employee will attach himself to ME, if I am too afraid to go it on my own.  Very good insurance, I would say.  Plus it doesn't cost me a penny more. :)

Now d-r-i-n-k-i-n-g  moonshine less than an hour after our midday arrival, with the wonderful owner Marcos, of the Soda (diner) next door to our B & B ...  now THAT is totally normal behaviour for me.  Actually, I drank mine and Lou's because she didn't like this mix of honey and local cherries.  It is a LOT better tasting than grappa, let me tell you.  We ate at "Soda Bonanza" on the recommendation of my nephew JP, and he was SPOT ON!  Where we went for supper as well, "TACO, TACO", was what TICOS call "BUENO, BONITO, BARATO!"  It was also on JP's recommendation.  From now on, I am only eating where HE has eaten. Gracias sobrino!

IF I don't blog Day 14, you will know that I had a HUMONGOUS heart attack while ziplining. I want someone to sing Leonard Cohen's "HALLELUIAH" at my funeral.  Total Karma today... as we checked in, THAT song was playing here at Camino Verde.

Bonne nuit tout le monde - sweet dreams!