This is a beautiful country! So much green and the mountains are georgous. We have a one bedroom apartment, fully furnished with "grandma's deco's", and a nice landlord who lives next door. He is from N.York but has lived here with his Costa Rican wife for 47 years. Her mother also lives with them, and will turn 101 next week!
The city really reminds us of Monterrey, except the streets are all hilly (we're high in the mountains), and there are no...no street names! We took a taxi to the store today, and to get home we had to tell the taxi driver that we are "300 meters south of the bank and 50 meters east"...then you just look till you find your street and house! We live about 1-1/2 miles from the school, so will be taking taxis everyday since I (Debbi) can't walk that far with my knees. The weather is absolutely wonderful....just a bit windy from the downdrafts of the mountains (makes the windows rattle all night:), and even a bit chilly at night!
Today we'll take a tour of the city with the school, then start orientation & classes on Monday (took our placement tests yesterday). I'll take photos of our house and post them soon.
Sure miss our kids and dog....and all of our friends, but soon we'll have our Vonage phone hooked up (about a week) and we'll be using our old cell number, so it'll be a call to McAllen, TX!
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So your neighbor is a NYer! God is good!!
AC
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