festivals and cruise ships

This weekend was quite a whirlwind...here is a summary.

FRIDAY: San Jose
SATURDAY: Puntarenas and Caldera
SUNDAY:  Puntarenas and rest

Friday I left Esparza early and met with my Mama Tica in Heredia, and after a quick breakfast we went by bus to San Jose to start the application for residency, which includes having totally updated and authenticated documentation. We went to the Civil Registry (Registro Civil) for marriage certificates, to the Yellow House (Casa Amarilla) to authenticate my birth certificate, and then to the Ministry of Public Security (Ministerio de Seguridad Publico) to get fingerprinted. Then we got lunch and went shopping to get my extended family birthday gifts, as my step-son, mother-in-law and niece all have February birthdays. It was a success in the end, and I finally got back to our casita around 9pm. My two sisters-in-law(B and I) and birthday niece (G) happened to be in Esparza this night, and I went to spend it with them at a nearby hotel (note: there aren't any actual hotels here in Esparza, but there are various "cabinas" that you can rent for a night or days at a time.). It was great to see them!! I hope to go to Upala and se my mother-in-law next weekend, it's been ages!!!

On Saturday I got to see E finally, after 3 weeks. My sister-in-law (B) dropped me off at the port of Caldera and E came to pick me up and take me on board...the ship is really a large sailboat, and falls into the luxury category...!! I was impressed at every turn, with the dining room and handrails and staff, and everyone was very friendly and had nothing but good things to say about E. It was very impressive!! What a treat it would be to go on a cruise with that company Windstar Cruises . I am glad E likes what he is doing, and that everything is going so well. We will see each other again on March 3rd.
Saturday afternoon I went to the Festivals in Puntarenas, and I met up with Adrian, Muni's hubby in the bus and we hung out, and it was really cool! We saw Ziggy Marley in concert. The next day he went back to Monteverde and I went back to Puntarenas to meet up with some other friends, who I was never able to get in touch with. Thus I went home and realxed the rest of the day.

Today I have been running errands for E and in a moment will head home for lunch...
This week I hope to go to immigracion and get all my paperwork in. That would be ideal.

Pura Vida.