Time for Relaxation

July 5^th

Forecast called for thunderstorms, but we awoke to chirping birds and the golden rays of another sunny day. After waking from a twelve-hour slumber, we felt refreshed and quite certain we have properly adjusted to our one-hour time difference from home.

We slowly wandered down to the resort restaurant this morning after stopping off at the concierge office where we made our appointments for tomorrows adventures. A small bite to eat, we satisfied our morning hunger with delicious granola, creamy yogurt, and a blend of tropical fruits topped off with a tasty smoothie (minus the bananas).

Today’s plan was to take it easy and fully relax ourselves in the Costa Rican sun. We took a romantic walk on the beach after breakfast splashing our toes in the warm ocean waters. Hand in hand we walked observing the locals surfing trying to absorb as much as we could. Later in the week we will be making our own attempts at standing on a floating piece of foam as Mother Nature crashes down her mighty waves undoubtedly knocking us out of balance. We’ll be sure to video Callie’s attempts at surfing.

Returning to the resort after our walk, we laid in the sun, basking our pale skins. Had it not been for the periodic cooling breezes, it would have been futile to remain in the heat for any amount of time. Trying to pace ourselves for this tanning process, after flipping once to evenly tan our hot bods, we headed deeper into the resort away from the ocean to take a dip in the pool. Numerous iguanas and lizards joined us while we swam in the resort two-tiered pool. Our plan of relaxation was easy to accomplish.

By two o’clock it was time to eat. We made our way back to our Villa #4 to prepare ourselves for lunch. Our “outdoor” bathroom shower called to us, reminding us that we haven’t bathed since after the morning of our wedding. Taking a shower is refreshing… taking a shower outside is doubly refreshing.

Walking back to the restaurant we came across our first monkey! High in the trees, Callie followed the trails of small objects being dropped from above and through the leaves and branches we spotted it. Very exciting. At the restaurant, Callie continued to fully delve herself in the culture and ordered a lunch special with prawns. Greg…. got a cheeseburger with fries. Both meals were amazing as expected.

As the day continued to get hotter and hotter we took a quick refuge in our air-conditioned room. Stealing a nap for a short while, we later decided to walk down to the beach to read. Barely missing the sunset, we were awed once again at the still lingering golden-red horizon. The reading session was short lived as Greg felt a small drop of rain on his shoulder and the presence of storm was making itself known.

We headed back to the restaurant that was opened to the surrounding jungle and ocean views. For dinner we treated ourselves to a creamy goat cheese cake and chocolaty chocolate soufflé with ice cream. Tempted by the words “cheese cake”, Greg longed for his Philadelphia cream cheese triple thick cheesecake, but was satisfied by what this creamy goat offered.  By this time, the jungle was flashing with lightning and heavy rain drops had the resort surrounded. We ran back to our room as the warm falling rain wet our clothes as if someone was spraying us with warm… well… you know… warm water.

The clashing sounds of thunder, reminded us that maybe we could check in our dog, Olivia. Not exactly sure on how we were going to make contact with our families back home, we came to the conclusion that skype might be the answer! But alas, for skype to work well, we needed someone online on the other end. As I drug our computer and iphone out of the electronic safe in our room, a missed skype call from Valerie on Greg’s phone was a little eerie. The missed call only lit up the iphone for a minute, so we had missed her call by only seconds. Which means Callie and Valerie have superhuman telepathic communication skills that could possibly rival the superduperhuman triplet telepathic abilities. Yes…. okay… one second… Chris just told me to tell anyone reading this, “Hello”.

We skyped for a little while with Valerie, which was pretty cool considering our international communicating was FREE. We then had Valerie call Kim so that we could check in on how Olivia was doing. Kim and Angela skyped with us for a little while and we were informed that Olivia does not like fireworks but was doing just fine digging in the backyard flower bed and hanging out with Angela.

As the evening continues to rain, we remain quite cozy in our outdoor living room and entertain ourselves to the tropical sounds of the animals and falling rain. Day two felt very relaxing and we can’t wait for our adventures tomorrow.

LaLa

G & C