Tuesday morning walks with Alan

Our resident Baha'i Octogenarian, Alan Pringle, enjoys any company he can get these days, so we made an agreement that we'll take walks together every Tuesday morning. The plan is for the two of us to have time to chat about all the events in our lives during the past week, as well as to get some good excercise and to visit friends in town. Last week we stopped by to visit our German friend, Gunter, who has lived in Costa Rica almost the same number of years as I (32!--Alan's been here way longer). Gunter lives alone and has been taking care of an amazing, almost city-block sized property, and house, for practically all the years he's been here. The property belongs to a German friend of his who lives full-time in South America somewhere. Anyway, we've arranged to meet with him every week on our rounds around town. The following picture is of the three of us old fogies sitting around on his porch.


Then, this week Alan, Julie and I attended a great cultural event which is one of the first in our new cultural plaza in town. They've converted the old market place into an open salon which is perfect for outdoor concerts, dramatic presentations and dance. This particular one was a typical Costa Rican folk dance group (various groups were represented--some coming from as far away as Cartago and Escazu). Check it out by clicking on the link below: (It takes awhile to load--wait for that before hitting "play".)
Video of Costa Rican Folk Dancers