<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746</id><updated>2012-02-18T21:01:11.085-05:00</updated><category term='Pour plus d&apos;autonomie...'/><category term='Cuisine'/><category term='Table des saisons'/><category term='Laine feutrée'/><category term='Spiritualité'/><category term='http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif'/><category term='Mes créations'/><category term='Alimentation traditionnelle'/><category term='Tricot'/><category term='Notre vie'/><category term='Jardinage'/><category term='Célébrations et festivals'/><category term='Recettes'/><category term='École à la maison'/><category term='Voyage'/><category term='Animaux'/><title type='text'>Catherine et les fées</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>498</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-7497588776405166146</id><published>2012-02-17T21:30:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-17T21:33:13.795-05:00</updated><title type='text'>And the winner is...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ryYqSAXbQjo/Tz8NbwdQtEI/AAAAAAAALqk/asDibqHoDBg/s1600/DSC_0020.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ryYqSAXbQjo/Tz8NbwdQtEI/AAAAAAAALqk/asDibqHoDBg/s320/DSC_0020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710297623044338754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mary, leave me your e-mail address in the comments below and I will have Kathy send you a copy of her &lt;a href="http://whiletangerinedreams.typepad.com/while-tangerine-dreams/2012/01/the-bliss-filled-mama.html"&gt;e-book and MP3 audio version&lt;/a&gt;! Congrats! Thank you all for your comments on &lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/02/self-care-for-travelling-mom.html"&gt;self-car&lt;/a&gt;e! Keep it blissful!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-7497588776405166146?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/7497588776405166146/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=7497588776405166146' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/7497588776405166146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/7497588776405166146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/02/and-winner-is.html' title='And the winner is...'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ryYqSAXbQjo/Tz8NbwdQtEI/AAAAAAAALqk/asDibqHoDBg/s72-c/DSC_0020.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-1097748604743482104</id><published>2012-02-13T17:38:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-13T17:38:48.598-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Self-care for a travelling mom</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0y3boJAf90U/TzbmSJhhkvI/AAAAAAAALpc/ehtXh4HFyfE/s1600/DSC_0010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0y3boJAf90U/TzbmSJhhkvI/AAAAAAAALpc/ehtXh4HFyfE/s320/DSC_0010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708002777207247602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My sweet friend Kathy just published her first e-book, &lt;a href="http://whiletangerinedreams.typepad.com/while-tangerine-dreams/2012/01/the-bliss-filled-mama.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Bliss Filled Mama: Self-Care for Soulful Mothering&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, (she also includes an MP3 audio version, which I LOVE). &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Today,  she is offering a free copy of her e-book and MP3 audio version to one  of my readers! Keep reading and leave a comment to enter the draw!&lt;/span&gt; If you have been following &lt;a href="http://whiletangerinedreams.typepad.com/"&gt;her blog&lt;/a&gt;,  you would know how funny this gal is and how creative too! I knew I  could learn a thing or two from her... To be honest, a part of me felt a  bit reluctant to read it because I was worried that it would make me  feel like I was not taking good care of myself lately, because you know,  I am not sewing my own clothes or knitting anything for my twins'  upcoming birthday... But you know what? Kathy made me realize that I was  in fact filling my own cup differently than I was before (when I was a  perfect little Waldorf mom...).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok, I know, some of you will say  that traveling is in itself self-care, and part of it is true. However,  it can also be very intense since you don't have much in terms of help  or community. Grandparents are thousands of kilometers away and friends  are only reachable through Skype...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before reading Kathy's book, I  felt a bit guilty for not spending much of my time in creative  activities, like I used to back home. Maybe because of my Waldorf  background, I thought those were really the best way to recharge my  vital energy, but what I realized reading her e-book is that the  simplest things are also self-care... I don't need to knit solstice hats  for my girls (especially here in Costa Rica!!) of sew myself a dress  (anyways, I came to the conclusion that sewing makes me more stressed  than recharged) to fill my batteries. Actually, whatever I feel like  doing when I don't force myself to do something to keep up with the  Joneses (or rather in my case the amazingly creative blogging  community!) is what naturally recharges me since I gravitate around it!  How simple and liberating is that!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So ready or not, and as Kathy says embarrassing or not, here is my list of self-care activities right now :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Photography&lt;br /&gt;-Writing (as in blogging)&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/01/food.html"&gt;Going to the market in Costa Rica&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Reading in the hammock&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H9BulxPop_Y/TzbmRNpxGgI/AAAAAAAALpE/GxWTNEk8ICY/s1600/DSC_0027.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H9BulxPop_Y/TzbmRNpxGgI/AAAAAAAALpE/GxWTNEk8ICY/s320/DSC_0027.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708002761135692290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Reading inspiring blogs and listening to inspiring YouTube videos&lt;br /&gt;-Drinking the amazing smoothies I make with the &lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/couleurs-du-marche.html"&gt;delicious Costarican fruits I have access to&lt;/a&gt; here&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/02/our-morning-walk.html"&gt;My morning walks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o_Th5kM2oB0/TzbmSSrCzaI/AAAAAAAALpo/4jMho_npgog/s1600/DSC_0002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o_Th5kM2oB0/TzbmSSrCzaI/AAAAAAAALpo/4jMho_npgog/s320/DSC_0002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708002779663093154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/playa-ventanas.html"&gt;Playing in the sea with my family&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/after-working-bit-this-morning-we-left.html"&gt;Boogieboarding&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/two-waterfalls-in-day.html"&gt;Swimming in waterfalls&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Coloring mandalas with my girls&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Mjp0551APNQ/TzbmQ2GH4SI/AAAAAAAALo4/lT8vuU6XcZY/s1600/DSC_0030.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 217px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Mjp0551APNQ/TzbmQ2GH4SI/AAAAAAAALo4/lT8vuU6XcZY/s320/DSC_0030.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708002754812174626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/home-for-christmas.html"&gt;Living in Costa Rica&lt;/a&gt; for 5 months&lt;br /&gt;-Planning more travels with my partner&lt;br /&gt;-Clean sheets&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/01/en-route-vers-samara-nicoya-peninsula.html"&gt;Discovering a new area of Costa Rica&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Skyping with friends that I dearly miss&lt;br /&gt;-Telling Aesop fables to the girls&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/01/en-route-vers-samara-nicoya-peninsula.html"&gt;Hearing a toucan or a howler monkey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/01/equator-sunsets.html"&gt;Watching the sunset on the beach&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-A hug from my amazing partner&lt;br /&gt;-Making coral necklaces with Mathilde&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K-jM_HVbr2I/TzbmRXsE-7I/AAAAAAAALpQ/mZABhqbUt0Q/s1600/DSC_0026.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 205px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K-jM_HVbr2I/TzbmRXsE-7I/AAAAAAAALpQ/mZABhqbUt0Q/s320/DSC_0026.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708002763829738418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-An outing way too late at night with my girls and partner to have deserts at a local restaurant on full moon night&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/02/la-cigale-et-la-fourmi.html"&gt;Doing less in a day&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Hearing my girls laugh together&lt;br /&gt;-Sunbathing. Every. Single. Day&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And  just acknowledging that I do some of these things everyday makes me  feel more recharged! And when I take care of myself, I am much less  stressed out and I can be a better person, a better mom, a better  partner... This is a work in progress, friends!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to leave you with this wonderful quote from Genevieve, at &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The way of the Peaceful Parent&lt;/span&gt; on Facebook.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"Our  children literally resonate with us. They're downloading our state all  the time; our emotions, our beliefs, our values. Their stress rises with  ours and comes down with ours. When we smile with them, play with them,  laugh with them, kindly care for them, the sun shines brightly in their  world and starts to melt the cold scared places inside them, their  fairytale experience become full of fun, magic and happiness again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;We  make conscious choices to manage our stress and anxiety levels, while  our children are dependent on the energetic and emotional environments  that we create. To tell a child to be reasonable or to calm down while  we feel negative towards them, is like telling them to go outside and  play while we restrain them tightly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Not  only is it not selfish to care for your emotional needs, to find ways  of reducing your stress, to access more support, more comfort, more  kindness and empathy for your struggles, these are responsible mature  proactive choices that bring more balance and support to your whole  family system." &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;So, to win a copy of &lt;a href="http://whiletangerinedreams.typepad.com/while-tangerine-dreams/2012/01/the-bliss-filled-mama.html"&gt;Kathy's e-book and MP3 audio version&lt;/a&gt;,  leave a comment down here telling me what is you favorite self-care  activity these days. I will randomly select a winner on Friday, the 17th  and announce it here on the blog. To double your chances of winning,  write a post on your blog with a list of your favorite self-care  activities and link to Kathy's book (don't forget to mention it in your  comment here too!).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Je  suis désolée à mes lecteurs francophones, mais il s'agit d'un billet  annonçant la parution du livre d'une bonne amie qui est en anglais  seulement...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-1097748604743482104?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/1097748604743482104/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=1097748604743482104' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/1097748604743482104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/1097748604743482104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/02/self-care-for-travelling-mom.html' title='Self-care for a travelling mom'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0y3boJAf90U/TzbmSJhhkvI/AAAAAAAALpc/ehtXh4HFyfE/s72-c/DSC_0010.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-6516377984967741778</id><published>2012-02-12T22:08:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-12T22:22:15.952-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>Dinner on the roof</title><content type='html'>We are just back from an amazing evening with a great homeschooling family that lives in such a cool artsy house with a 180 degree view of the sea (and mangroves). We had a delicious potluck dinner on the roof of their house (they had made calamari - that they themselves cleaned today - pasta!). It was such a heartwarming encounter!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;On revient tout juste d'une superbe soirée avec une sympathique famille qui fait l'école à la maison et qui habite dans une maison d'artistes vraiment originale avec une vue 180 degrés de la mer (et des mangroves). Nous avons partagé un repas sur le toit de leur maison (elles avaient fait des pâtes aux calmars qu'elles avaient elles-mêmes nettoyés aujourd'hui!). Quelle belle rencontre qui nourrit l'âme et le cœur!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-I9n_bO8_Oi4/Tzh_a8W1ouI/AAAAAAAALqM/kqpRaeh_AQo/s1600/DSC_0005.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-I9n_bO8_Oi4/Tzh_a8W1ouI/AAAAAAAALqM/kqpRaeh_AQo/s320/DSC_0005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708452628547347170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OwIwUUyH1ms/Tzh_ac3cNHI/AAAAAAAALp0/5NGcJn9CoNg/s1600/DSC_0003-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OwIwUUyH1ms/Tzh_ac3cNHI/AAAAAAAALp0/5NGcJn9CoNg/s320/DSC_0003-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708452620094157938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: The girls got to borrow nice vintage books and dolls!/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Les filles ont eu l'occasion d'emprunter des livres et des poupées antiques!&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C-1jg16GgvY/Tzh_bXYlH1I/AAAAAAAALqc/0eZKVvjFBJ4/s1600/DSC_0005-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-6516377984967741778?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/6516377984967741778/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=6516377984967741778' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/6516377984967741778'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/6516377984967741778'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/02/dinner-on-roof.html' title='Dinner on the roof'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-I9n_bO8_Oi4/Tzh_a8W1ouI/AAAAAAAALqM/kqpRaeh_AQo/s72-c/DSC_0005.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-7235433401032317977</id><published>2012-02-11T15:03:00.009-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-11T16:49:08.919-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>Visages du marché...</title><content type='html'>Since some of you seemed to have enjoyed coming with us for our morning walk, I tought I would bring you with us to the Uvita Feria, where we go every Saturday morning. I t&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/feria-de-uvita.html"&gt;alked about it&lt;/a&gt; during our first couple of weeks here. Yes, it really is an expat market but after being here almost 3 months, it feels great to have a bit of a sense of community... What I love there is that I speak Spanish at one table, turn around, speak English at the next and walk 5 feets and speak French at the other one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Étant donné que certains d'entre vous semble avoir aimé venir faire la ballade matinale avec nous l'autre jour, j'ai pensé vous amener à la Feria de Uvita, où nous allons tous les samedis matins. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/feria-de-uvita.html"&gt;J'ai parlé de ce marché&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt; au cours des premières semaines de notre séjour ici. Oui, c'est vraiment un marché d'expats, mais après 3 mois ici, j'aime bien ce sentiment de communauté que j'y retrouve... J'adore parler espagnol à une table, me retourner et parler anglais à l'autre, puis marcher quelques pas et parler français à une autre.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My first stop is always Maoren's table. She has a wonderful organic farm (that I hope we will have a chance to visit soon) and has the most amazing greens I have seen in Costa Rica (kale, 2 or 3 types of spinach, purslane, arugula, bok choy, many types of lettuce and more greens that I have never seen before), she also has great tomatoes, cucs, herbs, farm fresh eggs and today she even had some organic watermelons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Mon premier arrêt est toujours la table de Maoren. Elle a une ferme bio (que j'espère avoir la chance de visiter un jour) et elle vend les plus belles verdures que j'ai vu au Costa Rica (du kale, 2 ou 3 types d'épinards, du pourpier, de la roquette, du bok choy, plusieurs types de laitue et d'autres verdures que je n'ai jamais vues auparavant), elle a aussi de délicieuses tomates, des concombres, des fines herbes, des œufs de la ferme et aujourd'hui elle avait même des melons d'eau bio.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YRuo8IFZDD8/TzbRezRCpAI/AAAAAAAALok/YGvKvKIqPMU/s1600/DSC_0049-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 206px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YRuo8IFZDD8/TzbRezRCpAI/AAAAAAAALok/YGvKvKIqPMU/s320/DSC_0049-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707979904826647554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Maoren ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e1tPP-cu7u0/TzbRSV-IX_I/AAAAAAAALn4/z8ZOGb3BwJA/s1600/DSC_0046-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e1tPP-cu7u0/TzbRSV-IX_I/AAAAAAAALn4/z8ZOGb3BwJA/s320/DSC_0046-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707979690804273138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Some of her delicious organic greens/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Quelques-unes de ses délicieuses verdures bio&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Next to her, is Maria's table (the  temptation table!). Maria makes the best tzaziki from her homemade bulgar yogurt that she serves with homemade spicy plantain chips (yum!); shea also makes delicious smoked spicy sauce, mango and blackberry jams, raw nut butters, banana vinegar, homemade cheeses - her basil chèvre is delicious! She also sells local organic fair trade coffee, chocolate, coconut oil, raw nuts, raw honey... You get the idea!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Juste à côté, il y a la table de Maria (la table des tentation!). Maria fait le meilleur tatziki à partir de son yogurt bulgare maison qu'elle sert avec des chips de plantain épicées (miam!); elle fait aussi de la confiture de mangues ou de mûres, une délicieuse sauce épicée fumée, des beurres de noix crus, du vinaigre de bananes, des fromages maison - son chèvre au basilic est délicieux! Elle vend aussi du café, du chocolat, des noix crues, de l'huile de coco, du miel cru, tous locaux, équitables et bio... Ça vous donne une idée!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e38MlN3z-Uw/TzbRR1z8UcI/AAAAAAAALnw/HhxGubLrnqg/s1600/DSC_0045-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 284px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e38MlN3z-Uw/TzbRR1z8UcI/AAAAAAAALnw/HhxGubLrnqg/s320/DSC_0045-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707979682171605442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Maria ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ybaIggZ3AwI/TzbRRFXo7QI/AAAAAAAALnk/Bk9MmQoo5Fo/s1600/DSC_0044-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ybaIggZ3AwI/TzbRRFXo7QI/AAAAAAAALnk/Bk9MmQoo5Fo/s320/DSC_0044-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707979669167992066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Some of her wonderful fare/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Quelques-unes de ses tentations! &lt;/span&gt;::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then I go to this man to get fruits. He just sold us his last cacao fruit today (I think the season is over), some good melons, mangoes, pineapples, papayas, bananas... He also sells cacao beans and rambutan wine (remember the &lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/11/day-in-life.html"&gt;hairy litchees&lt;/a&gt;?), pretty exotic stuff!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Puis, je vais voir cet homme pour acheter des fruits. Il m'a vendu son dernier fruit de cacao ce matin (je crois que la saison est terminée...), de bons cantaloups, des mangues, des ananas, des papayes, des bananes... Il vend aussi des graines de cacao crues et du vin de ramboutans (vous vous souvenez des &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/11/day-in-life.html"&gt;litchis chevelus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;?), plutôt exotique, n'est-ce pas?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cEzEP-fLzVY/TzbRSqoypYI/AAAAAAAALoM/mso-1_OqzOo/s1600/DSC_0043-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 162px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cEzEP-fLzVY/TzbRSqoypYI/AAAAAAAALoM/mso-1_OqzOo/s320/DSC_0043-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707979696351913346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: The fruit guy (I will ask his name next week...)/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;L'homme des fruits (je vais lui demander son nom la semaine prochaine...&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By then, we are pretty warm and thirsty and stop at this table for one or two glasses each of freshly pressed orange juice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;À ce stade, on a pas mal chaud et on a soif, alors on s'arrête à cette table pour boire un ou deux verres de jus d'orange fraîchement pressé chacun.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lOOGy7oo3ak/TzbZphqENeI/AAAAAAAALos/PqxPlKOgy9c/s1600/DSC_0040-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 232px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lOOGy7oo3ak/TzbZphqENeI/AAAAAAAALos/PqxPlKOgy9c/s320/DSC_0040-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707988885171353058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cathy's table is just beside her and we chat a bit, because when you sweat like a mad woman doing Pilates with someone 3 mornings a week, you bond, you know!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;La table de Cathy est juste à côté, alors on échange quelques mots, parce que quand on transpire à fond en faisant du Pilates avec quelqu'un 3 matins par semaine, on crée des liens!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iWSa-RFBu20/TzbRQw8bj6I/AAAAAAAALnY/NnZjfEyA7WA/s1600/DSC_0038-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iWSa-RFBu20/TzbRQw8bj6I/AAAAAAAALnY/NnZjfEyA7WA/s320/DSC_0038-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707979663685160866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And we finish with Gilles's table. His table was pretty empty this morning already (and Gilles did not want to be in the photo), but he makes delicious chocolate bread, cookies, bagels, focaccias and did I say chocolate bread? He even makes maple butter from maple syrup he imports (don't ask the price...).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Et on finit par la table de Gilles. Sa table était déjà plutôt vide ce matin (et Gilles ne voulait pas être dans la photo), mais il fait du délicieux pain au chocolat, de succulents biscuits, des bagels, des foccacias et est-ce que j'ai dit du pain au chocolat? Il fait même du beurre d'érable à partir de sirop d'érable qu'il importe (ne demandez pas combien ça coûte...).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VRO5tJSsLs8/TzbRe7x6X_I/AAAAAAAALoU/fZGS-dDMn8U/s1600/DSC_0036-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VRO5tJSsLs8/TzbRe7x6X_I/AAAAAAAALoU/fZGS-dDMn8U/s320/DSC_0036-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707979907112001522" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And we go home all sweaty, jump in the pool, cut a watermelon in half, eat it with a spoon and call it lunch! I love this tropical life!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Et on retourne à la maison en nage, on saute dans la piscine, on coupe un melon d'eau en deux, on le mange à la cuillère et on a un dîner! J'adore cette vie tropicale!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cEzEP-fLzVY/TzbRSqoypYI/AAAAAAAALoM/mso-1_OqzOo/s1600/DSC_0043-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-7235433401032317977?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/7235433401032317977/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=7235433401032317977' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/7235433401032317977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/7235433401032317977'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/02/visages-du-marche.html' title='Visages du marché...'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YRuo8IFZDD8/TzbRezRCpAI/AAAAAAAALok/YGvKvKIqPMU/s72-c/DSC_0049-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-7826044423967926380</id><published>2012-02-10T13:13:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-13T07:38:32.430-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Self-care for a travelling mom</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0y3boJAf90U/TzbmSJhhkvI/AAAAAAAALpc/ehtXh4HFyfE/s1600/DSC_0010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0y3boJAf90U/TzbmSJhhkvI/AAAAAAAALpc/ehtXh4HFyfE/s320/DSC_0010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708002777207247602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My sweet friend Kathy just published her first e-book, &lt;a href="http://whiletangerinedreams.typepad.com/while-tangerine-dreams/2012/01/the-bliss-filled-mama.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Bliss Filled Mama: Self-Care for Soulful Mothering&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, (she also includes an MP3 audio version, which I LOVE). &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Today, she is offering a free copy of her e-book and MP3 audio version to one of my readers! Keep reading and leave a comment to enter the draw!&lt;/span&gt; If you have been following &lt;a href="http://whiletangerinedreams.typepad.com/"&gt;her blog&lt;/a&gt;, you would know how funny this gal is and how creative too! I knew I could learn a thing or two from her... To be honest, a part of me felt a bit reluctant to read it because I was worried that it would make me feel like I was not taking good care of myself lately, because you know, I am not sewing my own clothes or knitting anything for my twins' upcoming birthday... But you know what? Kathy made me realize that I was in fact filling my own cup differently than I was before (when I was a perfect little Waldorf mom...).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok, I know, some of you will say that traveling is in itself self-care, and part of it is true. However, it can also be very intense since you don't have much in terms of help or community. Grandparents are thousands of kilometers away and friends are only reachable through Skype...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before reading Kathy's book, I felt a bit guilty for not spending much of my time in creative activities, like I used to back home. Maybe because of my Waldorf background, I thought those were really the best way to recharge my vital energy, but what I realized reading her e-book is that the simplest things are also self-care... I don't need to knit solstice hats for my girls (especially here in Costa Rica!!) of sew myself a dress (anyways, I came to the conclusion that sewing makes me more stressed than recharged) to fill my batteries. Actually, whatever I feel like doing when I don't force myself to do something to keep up with the Joneses (or rather in my case the amazingly creative blogging community!) is what naturally recharges me since I gravitate around it! How simple and liberating is that!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So ready or not, and as Kathy says embarrassing or not, here is my list of self-care activities right now :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Photography&lt;br /&gt;-Writing (as in blogging)&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/01/food.html"&gt;Going to the market in Costa Rica&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Reading in the hammock&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H9BulxPop_Y/TzbmRNpxGgI/AAAAAAAALpE/GxWTNEk8ICY/s1600/DSC_0027.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H9BulxPop_Y/TzbmRNpxGgI/AAAAAAAALpE/GxWTNEk8ICY/s320/DSC_0027.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708002761135692290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Reading inspiring blogs and listening to inspiring YouTube videos&lt;br /&gt;-Drinking the amazing smoothies I make with the &lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/couleurs-du-marche.html"&gt;delicious Costarican fruits I have access to&lt;/a&gt; here&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/02/our-morning-walk.html"&gt;My morning walks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o_Th5kM2oB0/TzbmSSrCzaI/AAAAAAAALpo/4jMho_npgog/s1600/DSC_0002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o_Th5kM2oB0/TzbmSSrCzaI/AAAAAAAALpo/4jMho_npgog/s320/DSC_0002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708002779663093154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/playa-ventanas.html"&gt;Playing in the sea with my family&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/after-working-bit-this-morning-we-left.html"&gt;Boogieboarding&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/two-waterfalls-in-day.html"&gt;Swimming in waterfalls&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Coloring mandalas with my girls&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Mjp0551APNQ/TzbmQ2GH4SI/AAAAAAAALo4/lT8vuU6XcZY/s1600/DSC_0030.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 217px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Mjp0551APNQ/TzbmQ2GH4SI/AAAAAAAALo4/lT8vuU6XcZY/s320/DSC_0030.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708002754812174626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/home-for-christmas.html"&gt;Living in Costa Rica&lt;/a&gt; for 5 months&lt;br /&gt;-Planning more travels with my partner&lt;br /&gt;-Clean sheets&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/01/en-route-vers-samara-nicoya-peninsula.html"&gt;Discovering a new area of Costa Rica&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Skyping with friends that I dearly miss&lt;br /&gt;-Telling Aesop fables to the girls&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/01/en-route-vers-samara-nicoya-peninsula.html"&gt;Hearing a toucan or a howler monkey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/01/equator-sunsets.html"&gt;Watching the sunset on the beach&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-A hug from my amazing partner&lt;br /&gt;-Making coral necklaces with Mathilde&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K-jM_HVbr2I/TzbmRXsE-7I/AAAAAAAALpQ/mZABhqbUt0Q/s1600/DSC_0026.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 205px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K-jM_HVbr2I/TzbmRXsE-7I/AAAAAAAALpQ/mZABhqbUt0Q/s320/DSC_0026.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708002763829738418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-An outing way too late at night with my girls and partner to have deserts at a local restaurant on full moon night&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/02/la-cigale-et-la-fourmi.html"&gt;Doing less in a day&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Hearing my girls laugh together&lt;br /&gt;-Sunbathing. Every. Single. Day&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And just acknowledging that I do some of these things everyday makes me feel more recharged! And when I take care of myself, I am much less stressed out and I can be a better person, a better mom, a better partner... This is a work in progress, friends!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to leave you with this wonderful quote from Genevieve, at &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The way of the Peaceful Parent&lt;/span&gt; on Facebook.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"Our children literally resonate with us. They're downloading our state all the time; our emotions, our beliefs, our values. Their stress rises with ours and comes down with ours. When we smile with them, play with them, laugh with them, kindly care for them, the sun shines brightly in their world and starts to melt the cold scared places inside them, their fairytale experience become full of fun, magic and happiness again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;We make conscious choices to manage our stress and anxiety levels, while our children are dependent on the energetic and emotional environments that we create. To tell a child to be reasonable or to calm down while we feel negative towards them, is like telling them to go outside and play while we restrain them tightly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Not only is it not selfish to care for your emotional needs, to find ways of reducing your stress, to access more support, more comfort, more kindness and empathy for your struggles, these are responsible mature proactive choices that bring more balance and support to your whole family system." &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;So, to win a copy of &lt;a href="http://whiletangerinedreams.typepad.com/while-tangerine-dreams/2012/01/the-bliss-filled-mama.html"&gt;Kathy's e-book and MP3 audio version&lt;/a&gt;, leave a comment down here telling me what is you favorite self-care activity these days. I will randomly select a winner on Friday, the 17th and announce it here on the blog. To double your chances of winning, write a post on your blog with a list of your favorite self-care activities and link to Kathy's book (don't forget to mention it in your comment here too!).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Je suis désolée à mes lecteurs francophones, mais il s'agit d'un billet annonçant la parution du livre d'une bonne amie qui est en anglais seulement...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-7826044423967926380?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/7826044423967926380/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=7826044423967926380' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/7826044423967926380'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/7826044423967926380'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/02/self-care-for-traveling-mom.html' title='Self-care for a travelling mom'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0y3boJAf90U/TzbmSJhhkvI/AAAAAAAALpc/ehtXh4HFyfE/s72-c/DSC_0010.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-419464986460530535</id><published>2012-02-08T11:51:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T13:21:02.732-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif'/><title type='text'>La cigale et la fourmi</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Je me souviens de ce moment comme si c'était hier... Été 2009, nous sommes à la fameuse plage des Enfants de la Terre (une école Waldorf du coin), à North Hatley. Je discute avec mon copain Martin qui passe lui aussi une grande partie de son été ici, à s'amuser avec ses enfants et sa blonde. JF, lui, est à la maison, en train de s'occuper de la ferme ou d'un projet qui s'y rattache (faire du fromage ou du pain entre deux contrats de traduction, refaire une clôture, semer du pâturage, je ne sais plus...). Je lui parle de tout le travail que nous avons à faire, nous qui pensions nous créer une vie simple de retour à la terre à la campagne... Il m'écoute et finit par me dire : Moi, j'ai choisi d'être la cigale, et vous, les fourmis.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div id="gt-res-content" class="almost_half_cell"&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="zoom:1"&gt;&lt;span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;I remember&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;that moment&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;like it was&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;yesterday&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Summer 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;we are at&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;the famous beach&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;of the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Children of the Earth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; (a local Waldorf school),&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;in North Hatley&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;I am talking to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;my friend&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Martin&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;who spends&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;much of&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;his summer&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;playing with&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;his children&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;his partner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;JF&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;is&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;at home&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;taking&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt; care of&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;the farm&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;or a related project&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps atn"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;making cheese&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;or bread&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;between two translation&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;contracts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps atn"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;working on the fences&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;planting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;pasture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;I don't remember&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;I tell him about&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;all the work&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;we&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;do,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;we wanted to create&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;a simpler life,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;back to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;land in the countryside&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;He listened to me&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;finally said&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;I&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;chose to be&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;the grasshopper&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;, the ants&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xiUMAQDNC-0/TzK6yaq6kJI/AAAAAAAALmo/PiJ5xs1wRBI/s1600/cica.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xiUMAQDNC-0/TzK6yaq6kJI/AAAAAAAALmo/PiJ5xs1wRBI/s320/cica.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706829053147386002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Cigale&lt;/span&gt;/Cicada (but it is a grasshoper in the English version of the story...), photo credit: http://photos.linternaute.com) ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-radeCoyG-k4/TzK6y99p8hI/AAAAAAAALnA/40IGLBsX5uM/s1600/leaf.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-radeCoyG-k4/TzK6y99p8hI/AAAAAAAALnA/40IGLBsX5uM/s320/leaf.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706829062621229586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Leaf-cutter ants/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Fourmis coupeuses de feuilles, crédit photo&lt;/span&gt; : http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Cette image m'est toujours restée, et depuis lors, beaucoup de décisions ont été prises dans notre vie pour devenir un peu plus « cigales»... Quand les filles étaient petites, mes amies admiraient ma facilité à mener plein de projets de front, elles m'appelaient gentiment la petite fourmi ouvrière. Depuis plusieurs années déjà, je travaille à en faire moins, à réellement simplifier notre vie, afin d'être plus présente et surtout, moins stressée, ce qui a un impact énorme sur la qualité de ma présence auprès de ceux que j'aime. J'en ai déjà parlé &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2009/12/full-moon-day.html"&gt;ici&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt; et &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2010/03/change-of-heart.html"&gt;ici&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;, notamment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div id="gt-res-content" class="almost_half_cell"&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="zoom:1"&gt;&lt;span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;This image&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;has always stayed with&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;and since then&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, many&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;decisions have been made&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;in our&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;life to become&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;a little more&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;like grasshopers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;When the girls were&lt;/span&gt; little&lt;span class="hps"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;my friends&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;admired&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;my ability to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;accomplish&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;lots of&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;projects simultaneously&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;, they&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;called me&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;sweetly&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;the little&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;worker ant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;For several years now&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;I work&lt;/span&gt;ed on doing&lt;span class="hps"&gt; less&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;really simplify&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;our lives&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;be more present&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;and more importantly,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;less stressed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, which&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;has&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;a huge impact on&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;the quality of&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;my presence&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;with&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;those I love&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;I&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;have already mentioned&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;it &lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2009/12/full-moon-day.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2010/03/change-of-heart.html"&gt; here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;, among other posts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;En 2010, on vendait la ferme et on &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2010/06/may-adventure-begin.html"&gt;partait au Yukon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt; pour &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2010/08/on-road-again.html"&gt;tout l'été sur la route&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;... Et nous voici au Costa Rica pour 5 mois. Et le plus rigolo, c'est qu'en arrivant ici, à notre première maison, il y avait des chemins de fourmis coupeuses de feuilles juste dans notre entrée qui travaillaient constamment... Si vous vous souvenez bien, c'était pendant cette période de transition que la petite fourmi ouvrière en moi trouvait la vie de cigale un peu &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/blessing-of-boredom.html"&gt;inconfortable&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div id="gt-res-content" class="almost_half_cell"&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="zoom:1"&gt;&lt;span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;In 2010&lt;/span&gt;, we&lt;span class="hps"&gt; sold&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;the farm and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2010/06/may-adventure-begin.html"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;left for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;the Yukon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;the &lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2010/08/on-road-again.html"&gt;summer,&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2010/08/on-road-again.html"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2010/08/on-road-again.html"&gt;on the road&lt;/a&gt; ...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;And&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;here we are&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;in Costa&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Rica&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;five months&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;And&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;the funniest&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;thing is that&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;when we arrived &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;here in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;our first home&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;there were&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;loads of leaf-cutting ants&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;in our&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;entry way&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;working&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;constantly&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;If&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;you recall&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;it was during&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;this transition period&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;that&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;the little working ant&lt;/span&gt; in me found this grasshopper life a &lt;span class="hps"&gt;bit &lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/blessing-of-boredom.html"&gt;uncomfortable&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Depuis que nous sommes arrivés à la nouvelle maison, la saison sèche a débuté et les cigales sont sorties. Elles chantent toute la journée et on en voit partout le soir... Leur présence à ce stade-ci de ma vie me fait sourire. Quelle belle analogie! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div id="gt-res-content" class="almost_half_cell"&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="zoom:1"&gt;&lt;span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;Since&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;we arrived at&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;the new house&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;the dry season&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;has started and the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;cicadas&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;are&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;out&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;They sing&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;all day and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;you see them everywhere&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;in the evening ...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Their presence at&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;this stage&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;of my life&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;makes me smile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;What a great&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;analogy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-USPfr2d2yGs/TzK6ymyqRsI/AAAAAAAALm0/g40KKbOzfF8/s1600/cica2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-USPfr2d2yGs/TzK6ymyqRsI/AAAAAAAALm0/g40KKbOzfF8/s320/cica2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706829056401098434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Cigale&lt;/span&gt;/Cicada, photo credit: http://photos.linternaute.com) ::&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Nous sommes vraiment passés en mode &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2010/08/true-freedom-and-some-thoughts-on.html"&gt;unschooling&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt; et nous nous en portons tous très bien! Cette incroyable liberté nous rapproche, nous permet de mieux nous écouter et de nous respecter... Nos journées sont remplies de bonnes idées, de projets spontanés, de ballades et beaucoup de baignades... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;We're really&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2010/08/true-freedom-and-some-thoughts-on.html"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;unschooling&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2010/08/true-freedom-and-some-thoughts-on.html"&gt;mode&lt;/a&gt; now&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;and we&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;all are very happy about it&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;This&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;brings us&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;incredible&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;freedom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;we can better&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;listen to each other and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;respect each others&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Our days are&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;filled with good&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;ideas, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;spontaneous&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;projects&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"&gt;&lt;span&gt;, ballads&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;and lots of swimming&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BFzEhvxgApA/TzK6zOHchuI/AAAAAAAALnI/7Uo9cOjaSmg/s1600/leaf-cutter-ant_604_600x450.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BFzEhvxgApA/TzK6zOHchuI/AAAAAAAALnI/7Uo9cOjaSmg/s320/leaf-cutter-ant_604_600x450.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706829066957260514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Leaf-cutter ant/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Fourmi coupeuse de feuilles, crédit photo&lt;/span&gt; : http://animals.nationalgeographic.com ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;La chaleur des tropiques m'a beaucoup aidée à ralentir et à en faire encore moins. Je bouge moins vite ici, je marche plus lentement, je lis dans le hamac aux heures les plus chaudes, je joue dans la mer ou dans la piscine avec les filles, je dessine avec elles à l'ombre sous la brise de la vallée, je cuisine peu (on se contente d'une majorité d'aliments crus vitement préparés et de quelques repas cuits le soir; il fait beaucoup trop chaud pour faire fonctionner le four!). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div id="gt-res-content" class="almost_half_cell"&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="zoom:1"&gt;&lt;span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;The heat&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;of the tropics&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;has helped me&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;to slow down and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;do even less&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;I move&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;more slowly&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;I walk&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;more slowly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;I read&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;in the hammock&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;during&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;the hottest part of the day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;I play&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;in the sea&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;or in the pool&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;with the girls&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;I draw&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;with them&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;in the shade under&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;the breeze&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;of the valley&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;I don't cook much&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps atn"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;we are all&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt; satisfied&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;with a&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;majority&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;of raw foods&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;quickly&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;prepared&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;a few cooked meals&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;in the evening&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;it's much&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;too hot to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;use the oven&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Je crois que je peux enfin dire que j'ai troqué mon  rôle de fourmi pour celui de cigale... Et je me sens tellement bien!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;I&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;think I can&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;finally say that&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;I swapped&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;my ant's role&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;that of&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;grasshopper&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;And it&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;feels so good&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-419464986460530535?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/419464986460530535/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=419464986460530535' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/419464986460530535'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/419464986460530535'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/02/la-cigale-et-la-fourmi.html' title='La cigale et la fourmi'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xiUMAQDNC-0/TzK6yaq6kJI/AAAAAAAALmo/PiJ5xs1wRBI/s72-c/cica.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-4525532945683602618</id><published>2012-02-05T10:28:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-05T10:59:43.964-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>Our morning walk</title><content type='html'>If you would come with us on our morning walk, here is the view you  would get after climbing the steep hill right after our house... It  would be only 7 o'clock (or earlier if the howler monkeys woke you up that morning...) and the sun wouldn't be really bright yet, but  you could see the sea in the distance...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Si  vous veniez avec nous faire notre ballade matinale, voici la vue que  vous auriez après avoir grimpé la pente prononcée juste après notre  maison... Il serait seulement 7 h (si les singes hurleurs vous avaient réveillés ce matin-là) et le soleil ne serait pas encore très  fort, mais vous pourriez voir la mer au loin...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-juABPT_qJfY/Tyy0Bl1H4EI/AAAAAAAALmQ/8xEtHyeYmm4/s1600/DSC_0006-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-juABPT_qJfY/Tyy0Bl1H4EI/AAAAAAAALmQ/8xEtHyeYmm4/s320/DSC_0006-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705132767399370818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then you would walk past beautiful houses with fan palm trees in the entrance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Puis vous passeriez à côté de superbes maisons avec des palmiers éventail dans l'entrée.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s5FPLFeig9w/Tyy0BFwFGnI/AAAAAAAALmI/a0SHflqYZjc/s1600/DSC_0012.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s5FPLFeig9w/Tyy0BFwFGnI/AAAAAAAALmI/a0SHflqYZjc/s320/DSC_0012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705132758788282994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6iAhYN8xLwc/Tyy0A-0XdGI/AAAAAAAALl4/vAFk4rgmvpU/s1600/DSC_0015-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6iAhYN8xLwc/Tyy0A-0XdGI/AAAAAAAALl4/vAFk4rgmvpU/s320/DSC_0015-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705132756927214690" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You would see lots of For sale signs and probably wonder, just like we did at first, how come there were so many. Then, you would find out that half of Costa Rica is for sale... as long as you offer the right price (so they can build another one and do the same thing again)...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Vous verriez beaucoup de maisons à vendre, et vous vous demanderiez sans doute, comme nous au début, pourquoi il y en a tant. Puis, vous comprendriez que la moitié du Costa Rica est à vendre... tant que vous offrez le bon prix (pour qu'ils puissent reconstruire une autre maison et recommencer)...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dax7X846GuQ/Ty6gaUIH3qI/AAAAAAAALmc/KAXQ7p7w_L0/s1600/DSC_0017.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dax7X846GuQ/Ty6gaUIH3qI/AAAAAAAALmc/KAXQ7p7w_L0/s320/DSC_0017.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705674151864819362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If  you would stop five minutes, you could collect blue-green clay that you  could pound and dry to use therapeutically afterwards. I would tell you  that I actually was told that there are many veins of blue, green and  purple clay in the area...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Si  vous vous arrêtiez cinq minutes, vous pourriez ramasser de l'argile  bleue-verte que vous pourriez réduire en poudre au mortier et sécher  pour une utilisation thérapeutique par la suite. Je vous confierais  qu'on m'a dit qu'il y avait plusieurs veines d'argile bleue, verte et  mauve dans les environs...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OpLsiuTm30k/Tyyz0Crj6DI/AAAAAAAALlg/Sh63MVt17Ic/s1600/DSC_0023.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OpLsiuTm30k/Tyyz0Crj6DI/AAAAAAAALlg/Sh63MVt17Ic/s320/DSC_0023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705132534625724466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then the road would start to turn and you could see where you are coming from, on the other side of the valley. A dog from a local hotel would probably join you for the rest of the 5 km loop...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Puis, la route commencerait à tourner et vous pourriez voir d'où vous arrivez, de l'autre côté de la vallée. Le chien d'un hôtel du coin se joindrait sans doute à vous pour le reste de la boucle de 5 km...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yK3S-CVHADc/Tyyzzz-GzqI/AAAAAAAALlU/WjWaRUI6nrc/s1600/DSC_0024-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 223px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yK3S-CVHADc/Tyyzzz-GzqI/AAAAAAAALlU/WjWaRUI6nrc/s320/DSC_0024-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705132530676977314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6Mc0W3lrLIs/TyyzRXkEbhI/AAAAAAAALj0/0-PiSYZefVk/s1600/DSC_0035-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6Mc0W3lrLIs/TyyzRXkEbhI/AAAAAAAALj0/0-PiSYZefVk/s320/DSC_0035-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705131938936024594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And you would get closer to the sea. you could even start to smell it in the air...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Et vous vous approcheriez tranquillement de la mer, vous pourriez même commencer à la sentir dans l'air...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TE8VqcxgthY/Tyyzy0GsqWI/AAAAAAAALk8/E5ezzUbTaBQ/s1600/DSC_0027.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TE8VqcxgthY/Tyyzy0GsqWI/AAAAAAAALk8/E5ezzUbTaBQ/s320/DSC_0027.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705132513533143394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And you would walk past banana trees...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Et vous passeriez à côté de bananiers...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Zhd-4XM8NJg/TyyzizbSJ5I/AAAAAAAALkw/oTZlG7LYFdY/s1600/DSC_0019.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Zhd-4XM8NJg/TyyzizbSJ5I/AAAAAAAALkw/oTZlG7LYFdY/s320/DSC_0019.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705132238473144210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... of coconut trees...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;... de cocotiers...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cEZK7bn9cSo/TyyzicXg5tI/AAAAAAAALkk/3vVQPne4wiM/s1600/DSC_0020.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cEZK7bn9cSo/TyyzicXg5tI/AAAAAAAALkk/3vVQPne4wiM/s320/DSC_0020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705132232283317970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... and of ginger plants.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;... et de plants de gingembre.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LzvEqVAc6C0/TyyziLXfc9I/AAAAAAAALkY/xQtr23AZ8xc/s1600/DSC_0029.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LzvEqVAc6C0/TyyziLXfc9I/AAAAAAAALkY/xQtr23AZ8xc/s320/DSC_0029.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705132227719820242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the sun would start to be brighter and it would get ever warmer and the sky would be bright blue...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Et le soleil commencerait à briller plus fort, et ça réchaufferait encore plus et le ciel serait d'un bleu éclatant...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1x0azdOCaGw/TyyzhRsPEOI/AAAAAAAALkQ/HyZsM3znaMc/s1600/DSC_0030.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1x0azdOCaGw/TyyzhRsPEOI/AAAAAAAALkQ/HyZsM3znaMc/s320/DSC_0030.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705132212237570274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You would go down and up and down and up on the curvy road... And some mornings, depending on where the wind was coming, you could start hearing the sea...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Vous descendriez et remonteriez et redescendriez et remonteriez sur le chemin sinueux... Et certains matins, tout dépendant d'où viendrait le vent, vous pourriez commencer à entendre la mer...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k90S_0xhdC8/TyyzhM0UUJI/AAAAAAAALkA/4Uqbm7hyLIg/s1600/DSC_0031.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k90S_0xhdC8/TyyzhM0UUJI/AAAAAAAALkA/4Uqbm7hyLIg/s320/DSC_0031.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705132210929291410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And would be amazed to notice the red earth and the lush green ferns meet the sky...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Et vous auriez le souffle coupé de voir la terre rouge et les fougère d'un vert luxuriant qui rejoignent le ciel...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q2553tf9AGQ/TyyzPvaHfyI/AAAAAAAALjE/PqCro3Fp04Q/s1600/DSC_0053.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q2553tf9AGQ/TyyzPvaHfyI/AAAAAAAALjE/PqCro3Fp04Q/s320/DSC_0053.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705131910976995106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AOr9YQUHbvs/TyyzQuGIJDI/AAAAAAAALjs/oW1IR-w6-bQ/s1600/DSC_0038.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AOr9YQUHbvs/TyyzQuGIJDI/AAAAAAAALjs/oW1IR-w6-bQ/s320/DSC_0038.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705131927804585010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And finally, another reward: a beautiful window on the sea...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Et finalement, une autre récompense : une magnifique fenêtre sur la mer...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rPyi9GYY_AU/TyyzQArW7DI/AAAAAAAALjc/2eAybFRfLhw/s1600/DSC_0049.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 208px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rPyi9GYY_AU/TyyzQArW7DI/AAAAAAAALjc/2eAybFRfLhw/s320/DSC_0049.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705131915612711986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... and you would know that there are good chances that you would swim right there that afternoon...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;... et vous sauriez qu'il y aurait de bonnes chances que vous vous y baignez cet après-midi...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LQfWASO21_g/TyyzPg-m8MI/AAAAAAAALjQ/b8UnLUMbJqo/s1600/DSC_0052.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LQfWASO21_g/TyyzPg-m8MI/AAAAAAAALjQ/b8UnLUMbJqo/s320/DSC_0052.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705131907103518914" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then you would go down and walk 2 minutes of the side of the highway...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Puis, vous redescendriez et marcheriez 2 minutes le long de l'autoroute...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kn4BsxqFG9s/Tyyy9R5YccI/AAAAAAAALi4/xDrUPybQYjU/s1600/DSC_0055.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kn4BsxqFG9s/Tyyy9R5YccI/AAAAAAAALi4/xDrUPybQYjU/s320/DSC_0055.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705131593817420226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And you would come into the village...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Et vous rentreriez au village...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6oHYwyE8oos/Tyyy8l2QzuI/AAAAAAAALiw/ViSni6l_h6A/s1600/DSC_0056.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6oHYwyE8oos/Tyyy8l2QzuI/AAAAAAAALiw/ViSni6l_h6A/s320/DSC_0056.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705131581993176802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If it would be a Tuesday or a Friday, you could get some nice fresh fish right here... And on any day, you could stop at the Pancito to get delicious Integral bread and much more delicious treats!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Si c'était un mardi ou un vendredi, vous pourriez acheter du bon poisson frais juste ici... Et tous les jours de la semaine, vous pourriez arrêter au Pancito acheter du délicieux pain intégral ou d'autres succulentes gâteries!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mZcMiO7XL5Q/Tyyy8TIVCfI/AAAAAAAALig/8xCU-ThSsWc/s1600/DSC_0058.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 252px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mZcMiO7XL5Q/Tyyy8TIVCfI/AAAAAAAALig/8xCU-ThSsWc/s320/DSC_0058.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705131576968677874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then, when you would see the bridge, you knew you had about 1 km left to climb to get to the house... You would surely spot some Blue Morpho butteflies flying around you...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Puis,  quand vous arriveriez au pont, vous sauriez qu'il vous resterait  environ 1 km de montée avant d'arriver à la maison... Vous pourriez sans doute apercevoir des papillons Morpho bleus voler autour de votre tête...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M5TSXE_PN8I/Tyyy7_hvJwI/AAAAAAAALiY/osSDD4GwGPc/s1600/DSC_0067.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M5TSXE_PN8I/Tyyy7_hvJwI/AAAAAAAALiY/osSDD4GwGPc/s320/DSC_0067.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705131571706537730" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And  by then, the sun would be almost unbearably warm at this time of year  (it would only be 8:30...), and this is usually where children get whiny  and sweaty adults get water dripping down their legs... but there is the song of the Toucan that would greet you (and we can pretty much always spot one at this place, which is rare... you hear Toucans much more than you see them in Costa Rica) and there is  the promise of a cool pool and if lucky, a papa-made-with-love smoothie  waiting...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Et  rendu-là, le soleil serait presque insupportablement chaud à ce  temps-ci de l'année (il serait seulement 8 h 30...), et c'est là que les  enfants se mettent à râler habituellement et les adultes baignés de  sueur ont de l'eau qui commence à leur couler le long des jambes... mais  il y a le chant du toucan qui vous encouragerait (et qu'on peut presque toujours apercevoir à cet endroit, ce qui est rare... on entend les Toucans beaucoup plus qu'on ne les aperçoit au Costa Rica) et la promesse d'une piscine fraîche et si on est chanceux, d'un  smoothie fait avec amour par papa qui nous attend...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aG82WBH_YvY/Tyyy7jB5wVI/AAAAAAAALiI/m6rIwBD3pXU/s1600/DSC_0070-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aG82WBH_YvY/Tyyy7jB5wVI/AAAAAAAALiI/m6rIwBD3pXU/s320/DSC_0070-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705131564056822098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-4525532945683602618?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/4525532945683602618/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=4525532945683602618' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/4525532945683602618'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/4525532945683602618'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/02/our-morning-walk.html' title='Our morning walk'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-juABPT_qJfY/Tyy0Bl1H4EI/AAAAAAAALmQ/8xEtHyeYmm4/s72-c/DSC_0006-3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-5099089269849301619</id><published>2012-02-04T09:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-04T09:38:21.802-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>Samara... encore!</title><content type='html'>Our plan was to spend our last day with my Mom near Playa del Coco,  since it was the closest beach to Liberia. When we arrived there, we  found it so depressing (we also went to nearby Playa Hermosa and Playa  Panama, a beach frequented mostly by locals, but they were equally  depressing) that we decided to drive all the way to Samara! We had such a  good time there! We even ended the day at our favorite italian  restaurant in Costa Rica, Al Manglar, where Rosa told us she had some  day-old lasagna for us (we all know lasagna is even better the next  day). We had our Pprosciutto crudo pizza with her amazing spicy oil and  topped it with her homemade Tiramisu! It was a big challenge to switch  from Italian to Spanish! Che fatica!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Notre  plan était de passer notre dernière journée à Playa del Coco, étant  donné que c'était la plage la plus proche de Liberia. Quand nous sommes  arrivés là, nous avons trouvé l'endroit tellement déprimant (et nous  sommes aussi allés voir Playa Hermosa et Playa Panama, une plage de  locaux près de là, mais elles étaient toutes deux tout aussi  déprimantes) que nous avons décidé de parcourir la route qui nous  séparait de Samara! Nous y avons passé une magnifique journée! Nous  avons même fini la journée dans notre restaurant italien préféré au  Costa Rica, Al Manglar, où Rosa nous a tout de suite dit qu'elle avait  de la lasagne fraîche de la veille (tout le monde sait que la lasagne  est encore meilleure le lendemain). Nous avons aussi mangé notre pizza  au prosciutto crudo avec son huile piquante incroyable et avons couronné  le tout par son excellent tiramisù. C'était tout un défi de passé de  l'espagnol à l'italien! Che fatica!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HDOvoqtoT94/TymCIuhnx1I/AAAAAAAALgY/L-ZghtpvhvI/s1600/DSCN1379.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HDOvoqtoT94/TymCIuhnx1I/AAAAAAAALgY/L-ZghtpvhvI/s320/DSCN1379.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704233489481058130" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Fishing boat arriving at the end of the day/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Un bateau de pêche qui arrive à la fin de la journée&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZClv2GKsrd8/TymCIX7bIBI/AAAAAAAALgI/hGYxMVE5fOo/s1600/DSCN1383.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 196px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZClv2GKsrd8/TymCIX7bIBI/AAAAAAAALgI/hGYxMVE5fOo/s320/DSCN1383.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704233483415265298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Mara and Mamie playing in Samara's perfect waves/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Mara et Mamie qui s'amusent dans les vagues parfaites de Samara&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-12SqRThfsfE/TymCJFaC1sI/AAAAAAAALgg/tGbnKSNXMRI/s1600/DSCN1375.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-12SqRThfsfE/TymCJFaC1sI/AAAAAAAALgg/tGbnKSNXMRI/s320/DSCN1375.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704233495623292610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5Gh5X-wQAlM/TymCRH4z9UI/AAAAAAAALgs/eCI4a79ICik/s1600/DSCN1374.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5Gh5X-wQAlM/TymCRH4z9UI/AAAAAAAALgs/eCI4a79ICik/s320/DSCN1374.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704233633728165186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p1lbbrv7_7I/TymCHqkWwFI/AAAAAAAALgA/rT1nfzd5DgM/s1600/DSCN1384.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p1lbbrv7_7I/TymCHqkWwFI/AAAAAAAALgA/rT1nfzd5DgM/s320/DSCN1384.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704233471238914130" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YIhKDrNW1Xo/TymCHT1mNHI/AAAAAAAALfw/aS5FibBHHkc/s1600/DSCN1391-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WA3qXDtCR80/TymB271bYcI/AAAAAAAALe8/bb5ylmG78io/s320/DSCN1402.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704233183816147394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SArMB57kRTE/TymB24z5vSI/AAAAAAAALew/4ud9yU1np6Q/s1600/DSCN1407.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SArMB57kRTE/TymB24z5vSI/AAAAAAAALew/4ud9yU1np6Q/s320/DSCN1407.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704233183004441890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-5099089269849301619?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/5099089269849301619/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=5099089269849301619' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/5099089269849301619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/5099089269849301619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/02/samara-encore.html' title='Samara... encore!'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HDOvoqtoT94/TymCIuhnx1I/AAAAAAAALgY/L-ZghtpvhvI/s72-c/DSCN1379.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-6827678801828501281</id><published>2012-02-01T13:20:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-03T12:25:03.274-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>El Punto hotel, Liberia</title><content type='html'>We stayed two nights in Liberia during our trip with my mom in this &lt;a href="http://www.elpuntohotel.com/"&gt;really cool hotel&lt;/a&gt;. It is right in the middle of town, so it is a bit noisy, but it really stands out from other Costan Rica hotels.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Nous avons passé deux nuits à Liberia dans cet &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://www.elpuntohotel.com/"&gt;hôtel vraiment sympa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt; pendant notre voyage avec ma mère. Il est situé au centre-ville, alors c'est un peu bruyant, mais il se démarque vraiment des autres hôtels du Costa Rica.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FUF5SuKvgAY/TymC4OADKvI/AAAAAAAALh8/1RTbDH342Ms/s1600/DSC_0028.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FUF5SuKvgAY/TymC4OADKvI/AAAAAAAALh8/1RTbDH342Ms/s320/DSC_0028.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704234305384033010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many outside areas (library, lounge, TV area) and there is even a great kid corner that kept the girls busy while we worked.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Il y a plusieurs aires extérieures (bibliothèque, aire de repos, coin télé) et il y a même un super coin pour les enfants qui a bien occupé les filles pendant que nous travaillions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VFMnpFrTRO4/TymCyAyXsMI/AAAAAAAALho/8nkmKFa8IXU/s1600/DSC_0036.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VFMnpFrTRO4/TymCyAyXsMI/AAAAAAAALho/8nkmKFa8IXU/s320/DSC_0036.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704234198757781698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YPJqPaCiUUs/TymCxqVSuNI/AAAAAAAALhc/_c-xl4CPRKk/s1600/DSCN1417.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YPJqPaCiUUs/TymCxqVSuNI/AAAAAAAALhc/_c-xl4CPRKk/s320/DSCN1417.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704234192730241234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L77su9YeiYI/TymCwMXi6rI/AAAAAAAALhU/vy_RdRZ6iAs/s1600/DSCN1420.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L77su9YeiYI/TymCwMXi6rI/AAAAAAAALhU/vy_RdRZ6iAs/s320/DSCN1420.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704234167506758322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: The hotel is surrounded by a beautiful garden with amazing flowers and birds (here: hanging lobster claw)/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Il y a un magnifique jardin avec de superbes fleurs et des oiseaux tout autour de l'hôtel (ici, des héliconies rostrées)&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GdUlwdTVnrY/TymCvCoDmOI/AAAAAAAALhE/iC6WplK67-g/s1600/DSCN1429.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GdUlwdTVnrY/TymCvCoDmOI/AAAAAAAALhE/iC6WplK67-g/s320/DSCN1429.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704234147711785186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: The hotel has been created in an old school building. There are &lt;a href="http://www.elpuntohotel.com/#en/the%20bed%20and%20breakfast/rooms"&gt;lofts in most of the rooms&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;C'est en fait une ancienne école qui a été transformée en hôtel. Il y a même &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://www.elpuntohotel.com/#en/the%20bed%20and%20breakfast/rooms"&gt;des lofts dans la plupart des chambres&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SOEWxtLc4RE/TymCuk2jZ9I/AAAAAAAALg4/itrF5b5FXKc/s1600/DSCN1431.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SOEWxtLc4RE/TymCuk2jZ9I/AAAAAAAALg4/itrF5b5FXKc/s320/DSCN1431.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704234139719526354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just beside there are really cool art galleries (also in the old school building), as well as a pretty good restaurant (Casa Verde). I would fly to Liberia and stay there instead of San José anytime!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Juste à côté de l'hôtel, il y a des galeries d'art vraiment mignonnes (aussi situées dans l'ancien bâtiment de l'école), ainsi qu'un bon resto (Casa Verde). J'arriverais à l'aéroport de Liberia et je resterais ici au lieu de rester à San José n'importe quand!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VFMnpFrTRO4/TymCyAyXsMI/AAAAAAAALho/8nkmKFa8IXU/s1600/DSC_0036.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-6827678801828501281?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/6827678801828501281/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=6827678801828501281' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/6827678801828501281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/6827678801828501281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/02/el-punto-hotel-liberia.html' title='El Punto hotel, Liberia'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FUF5SuKvgAY/TymC4OADKvI/AAAAAAAALh8/1RTbDH342Ms/s72-c/DSC_0028.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-6671545643242167172</id><published>2012-02-01T13:12:00.009-05:00</published><updated>2012-02-02T22:11:54.844-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>Lac Arenal, Bijagua et le travail sur la route...</title><content type='html'>We drove around beautiful Lake Arenal with little girls that had spent way too much time in the car already... Traveling with children can be tricky and moving everyday or every two days is just too much for little souls... and then, it becomes unpleasant for all the adults involved. My Mom has been such a good sport!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Nous avons fait la route qui fait le tour du Lac Arenal avec de petites filles qui commençaient à avoir leur voyage de faire de la route... Voyager avec des enfants peut être difficile et changer de place tous les jours ou tous les deux jours est trop exigeant pour de petites puces... puis, ça devient désagréable pour les adultes aussi. Ma mère a été une vraie championne de la tolérance!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bfMmpTeShhE/TymBNDqBqYI/AAAAAAAALeY/-c2KCo7286w/s1600/DSC_0004-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bfMmpTeShhE/TymBNDqBqYI/AAAAAAAALeY/-c2KCo7286w/s320/DSC_0004-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704232464361302402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-h4KOmOHLnd4/TymBMgIldFI/AAAAAAAALeM/fii9NL2dyfw/s1600/DSC_0006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-h4KOmOHLnd4/TymBMgIldFI/AAAAAAAALeM/fii9NL2dyfw/s320/DSC_0006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704232454825800786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ILj574KqA0E/TymBNSF01II/AAAAAAAALek/VBXwjdF0YcI/s1600/DSC_0001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ILj574KqA0E/TymBNSF01II/AAAAAAAALek/VBXwjdF0YcI/s320/DSC_0001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704232468235998338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know many of you wonder how come we can spend 5 months in Costa Rica, if we inherited a crazy amount of money or if we ever work... We do work! We have days without work, but it is rather rare. We just finished a very intense rush where the both of us had to be working around the clock... which makes for grumpy children... But this is our life and we love the flexibility it gives us. We feel pretty blessed we can work and travel. It really feels like there is no separation between work and play and this is a great feeling...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Je sais que plusieurs d'entre vous se demandent comment on fait pour passer 5 mois au Costa Rica et si on travaille parfois ou si on a juste hérité d'une grosse somme d'argent... Bien sûr qu'on travaille! Il y a parfois des journées sans travail, mais c'est plutôt rare. On vient juste de terminer un gros rush pendant lequel on devait tous les deux travailler en temps plus que plein... ce qui n'est pas facile pour les filles qui deviennent irritables... Mais c'est la vie que nous avons choisie et on ne la changerait pas pour rien au monde. On adore la flexibilité que cela nous procure. On se sent vraiment choyés de pouvoir travailler tout en voyageant. C'est comme s'il n'y avait pas de séparation entre la vie/le plaisir et le travail et c'est un sentiment extraordinaire...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_YlhypWgGJg/TymBMBl2fUI/AAAAAAAALd0/KALdZdjUBtI/s1600/DSC_0011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_YlhypWgGJg/TymBMBl2fUI/AAAAAAAALd0/KALdZdjUBtI/s320/DSC_0011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704232446627052866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Working at the German bakery, on the shore of Lake Arenal/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Je travaille à la boulangerie allemande, sur les berges du Lac Arenal&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0W8kMRn3m0Y/TymA9WwbpDI/AAAAAAAALds/9ADHS8Ol_WA/s1600/DSC_0012.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0W8kMRn3m0Y/TymA9WwbpDI/AAAAAAAALds/9ADHS8Ol_WA/s320/DSC_0012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704232194610537522" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On this trip with my mom, we worked in different hotels and cafés. Sometimes we have to drive up to an hotel where there is free unsecured wi-fi and work in the lobby... or in the truck! For those who followed our road-trip to the Yukon 2 years ago, you will remember that we also worked mainly in RV park camping laundromats and that we even got kicked out by angry Germans! We sure live dangerously!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Pendant ce voyage avec ma mère, nous avons travaillé dans différents hôtels et cafés. Parfois, il faut se rendre à un hôtel où il y a du wifi gratuit non sécurisé et travailler dans le lobby... ou dans le camion! Pour ceux qui ont suivi notre voyage au Yukon sur la route il y a deux ans, vous vous souviendrez que nous travaillions principalement dans les laundromats de camping et qu'on s'est même fait jeter dehors par de furieux Allemands! On aime vivre dangereusement!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JyNEwzmuMLs/TymA8zAxY3I/AAAAAAAALdc/oEAWiTq5AEs/s1600/DSC_0018.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JyNEwzmuMLs/TymA8zAxY3I/AAAAAAAALdc/oEAWiTq5AEs/s320/DSC_0018.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704232185015395186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Lake Arenal. On clear days, you can see the volcano from the other side of the lake/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Lac Arenal. Par temps clair, on peut apercevoir le volcan de l'autre côté du lac&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On our way to Liberia, we stopped to visit some friends who have bought a piece of land, just beside Tenorio national Park, in Bijagua. It is an amazing spot and they see two volcanoes from their house!! We wanted to go hike along the Rio Celeste (an amazing blue river in which, according to the legend, the Gods dipped their paintbrushes when they were painting the sky) in the Tenorio national Park, but we were too rushed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;En route vers Liberia, nous nous sommes arrêtés pour visiter des amis qui ont acheté une terre tout près du parc national Tenorio, à Bijagua. C'est un endroit incroyable et ils ont une vue sur deux volcans de leur maison!! On voulait faire la rando le long du Rio Celeste (une superbe rivière bleue, dans laquelle les Dieux auraient trempés leurs pinceaux tandis qu'ils peignaient le ciel, comme le veut la légende) dans le parc national Tenorio, mais nous n'avions pas le temps.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PalJr-yZI_g/TymA8HcBYeI/AAAAAAAALdA/TJoUDSd3kqo/s1600/DSC_0020-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PalJr-yZI_g/TymA8HcBYeI/AAAAAAAALdA/TJoUDSd3kqo/s320/DSC_0020-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704232173318529506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: The biggest Ceiba of the area is right at the end of our friends' property. It is incredibly impressive! &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Le plus grand Ceiba (kapokier) de la région est juste au bout de la terre de nos amis. Il est vraiment majestueux! &lt;/span&gt;::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IBZ1QXhzKmI/TymA75t1s7I/AAAAAAAALc4/1Q4JHXgS2O4/s1600/DSC_0024.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IBZ1QXhzKmI/TymA75t1s7I/AAAAAAAALc4/1Q4JHXgS2O4/s320/DSC_0024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704232169635165106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This trip really made us realize the amazing biodiversity of Costa Rica. There are 17 micro-climates and you can litterally drive through many of them in a matter of hours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Ce voyage nous a vraiment permis de constater l'incroyable biodiversité du Costa Rica. Il existe 17 micro-climats et on peut littéralement en traverser plusieurs en quelques heures de route.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-6671545643242167172?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/6671545643242167172/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=6671545643242167172' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/6671545643242167172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/6671545643242167172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/02/lac-arenal-bijagua-et-le-travail-sur-la.html' title='Lac Arenal, Bijagua et le travail sur la route...'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bfMmpTeShhE/TymBNDqBqYI/AAAAAAAALeY/-c2KCo7286w/s72-c/DSC_0004-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-5588425750773108441</id><published>2012-01-28T10:20:00.010-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-31T19:00:06.470-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>La Fortuna et le volcan Arenal</title><content type='html'>We set up to do a hike to go as close as possible to the Arenal volcano (that has been dormant for the past couple years, so we can't see lava flowing at night as it used to be), but I had to turn around with Mara and Mathilde because it was a more strenuous hike than we thought (and there were lots of stinging ants, Mathilde freaked out, started running in the trail to not walk into them - there was a good 20 meters stretch COVERED in ants - and fell and got stung in many places, let's just say it was not a good way to start a hike).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Nous voulions faire une rando qui nous amènerait le plus près possible du volcan Arenal (qui est en dormance depuis quelques années, et donc on ne peut plus voir de lave couler la nuit comme c'était le cas auparavant), mais j'ai dû revenir sur mes pas avec Mara et Mathilde parce que ça s'est avéré plus difficile que nous pensions (et il y avait beaucoup de fourmis piquantes, Mathilde a paniqué, s'est mise à courir pour les éviter - il y avait un bon 20 mètre de sentier COUVERT de fourmis - et elle est tombée et s'est fait piquer à plusieurs endroits, disons juste que ce n'est pas une très bonne façon de commencer une rando).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p1niJ4yJ_2w/TyQSnO834VI/AAAAAAAALZg/pACDkTYkJoY/s1600/-0006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p1niJ4yJ_2w/TyQSnO834VI/AAAAAAAALZg/pACDkTYkJoY/s320/-0006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702703493395505490" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My Mom, JF and Aïsha did the whole trail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Ma mère, JF et Aïsha ont fait tout le sentier.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UFi_b264TeQ/TyQSoBlr5SI/AAAAAAAALaA/BQfGapQWSCs/s1600/DSC_0013.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UFi_b264TeQ/TyQSoBlr5SI/AAAAAAAALaA/BQfGapQWSCs/s320/DSC_0013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702703506988459298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;:&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;: Mamie impressed us all!/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Mamie nous a tous impressionnés! &lt;/span&gt;::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AHnIvyGHwlA/TyVXgc--TmI/AAAAAAAALbg/BVvs4ul7IBM/s1600/DSCN1345.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AHnIvyGHwlA/TyVXgc--TmI/AAAAAAAALbg/BVvs4ul7IBM/s320/DSCN1345.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703060718182354530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dBZp3gZxrgM/TyQSoRHgDPI/AAAAAAAALaQ/NlteuEGX6HI/s1600/DSC_0016.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dBZp3gZxrgM/TyQSoRHgDPI/AAAAAAAALaQ/NlteuEGX6HI/s320/DSC_0016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702703511156821234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: A proud little hiker!/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Une fière petite randonneuse! &lt;/span&gt;::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zlt4UeldMic/TyQTOI-rYjI/AAAAAAAALac/J4L4phd2UT8/s1600/DSC_0024.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zlt4UeldMic/TyQTOI-rYjI/AAAAAAAALac/J4L4phd2UT8/s320/DSC_0024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702704161807360562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: The clouds moved for 30 seconds, so  they could see the top/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Les nuages se sont tassés 30 secondes pour leur laisser voir la cime&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Bmt4KtAMGBk/TyQTODSY4gI/AAAAAAAALao/oeXs2tIavyE/s1600/DSC_0037.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 296px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Bmt4KtAMGBk/TyQTODSY4gI/AAAAAAAALao/oeXs2tIavyE/s320/DSC_0037.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702704160279421442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: JF spotted a white hawk/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;JF a aperçu une buse blanche&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They went back down right in the lava trail of the 1992 eruption.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Ils sont redescendus par le sentier de lave datant de l'éruption de 1992. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IYUit4nU380/TyVYpYC-GUI/AAAAAAAALcU/IVO5E30AEcI/s1600/DSCN1353.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IYUit4nU380/TyVYpYC-GUI/AAAAAAAALcU/IVO5E30AEcI/s320/DSCN1353.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703061970987391298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3J8g09auKcU/TyQSnl88rzI/AAAAAAAALZ4/ngzWNh4AzSo/s1600/DSC_0008-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3J8g09auKcU/TyQSnl88rzI/AAAAAAAALZ4/ngzWNh4AzSo/s320/DSC_0008-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702703499569835826" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JyeQAaWo2cQ/TyQTOusUJ8I/AAAAAAAALa4/JtBOKLyEkCk/s1600/DSC_0042.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JyeQAaWo2cQ/TyQTOusUJ8I/AAAAAAAALa4/JtBOKLyEkCk/s320/DSC_0042.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702704171930888130" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BH3FalP4g7I/TyQTQdE5R5I/AAAAAAAALbA/UkQP4AS7i-I/s1600/DSC_0043.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BH3FalP4g7I/TyQTQdE5R5I/AAAAAAAALbA/UkQP4AS7i-I/s320/DSC_0043.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702704201561884562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: In the meantime, we calmed our bites in the cold river (also in a lava trail)/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Pendant ce temps, nous avons apaisé nos piqûres dans la rivière froide (aussi dans une coulée de lave)&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9-rFsdFi1s4/TyQSnPgOaXI/AAAAAAAALZs/aBdYceXB6TU/s1600/DSC_0004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9-rFsdFi1s4/TyQSnPgOaXI/AAAAAAAALZs/aBdYceXB6TU/s320/DSC_0004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702703493543782770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: A howler monkey, right on the side of the road!/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Un singe hurleur sur le bord de la route!&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then, we ended the day in the hot springs. The owner of &lt;a href="http://www.arenalcabinaslostucanes.com/"&gt;our hotel in El Castillo&lt;/a&gt; (a little town just out of Arenal) told us of a spot where locals go enjoy the hot springs for free (instead of paying the exorbitant price in the luxurious lodges). We all had a blast!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Puis, nous avons fini la journée dans des sources thermales. La propriétaire de &lt;a href="http://www.arenalcabinaslostucanes.com/"&gt;notre hôtel à El Castillo&lt;/a&gt; (un petit village juste à côté d'Arenal) nous avait parlé d'une endroit où vont les locaux pour profiter des sources gratuitement (au lieu de payer les prix exorbitants dans les refuges luxueux). Nous avons adoré!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-D9moaiTmzNQ/TyVY7vzlWGI/AAAAAAAALcs/wTZWTVH_RSs/s1600/DSC_0075.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-D9moaiTmzNQ/TyVY7vzlWGI/AAAAAAAALcs/wTZWTVH_RSs/s320/DSC_0075.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703062286602950754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kpz6DQL9t-g/TyQTQuWWewI/AAAAAAAALbM/nsifK4aowtY/s1600/DSC_0053.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 248px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kpz6DQL9t-g/TyQTQuWWewI/AAAAAAAALbM/nsifK4aowtY/s320/DSC_0053.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702704206198504194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: More lava rocks/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Encore des roches de lave&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Zgbv9xRQv7Y/TyVXhS1e9BI/AAAAAAAALcI/rT4PbkQh9_Y/s1600/DSC_0064.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 201px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Zgbv9xRQv7Y/TyVXhS1e9BI/AAAAAAAALcI/rT4PbkQh9_Y/s320/DSC_0064.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703060732638065682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VRbkaQ9Jujo/TyVXgVG9fJI/AAAAAAAALbw/1u6cl8l4wy8/s1600/DSC_0085.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VRbkaQ9Jujo/TyVXgVG9fJI/AAAAAAAALbw/1u6cl8l4wy8/s320/DSC_0085.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703060716068371602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: The girls had such a good time sliding there (there were two pools, one up top and the other down and there was a pretty strong current between them. After seeing some Ticos turn it into a waterslide, they gave it a go! ::&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;:: Les filles se sont vraiment amusées à glisser entre les deux bassins (un plus haut et un plus bas), car il y avait un assez bon courant entre les deux. Après avoir vu des Ticos l'utiliser comme glissade d'eau, elles ont essayé à leur tour! ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-5588425750773108441?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/5588425750773108441/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=5588425750773108441' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/5588425750773108441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/5588425750773108441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/01/la-fortuna-et-le-volcan-arenal.html' title='La Fortuna et le volcan Arenal'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p1niJ4yJ_2w/TyQSnO834VI/AAAAAAAALZg/pACDkTYkJoY/s72-c/-0006.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-9159267795683514348</id><published>2012-01-25T12:14:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-29T09:24:28.433-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>Le volcan Poas</title><content type='html'>We arrived just before dinner at the &lt;a href="http://www.poaslodge.com/"&gt;Poas Lodge&lt;/a&gt; (not to confuse with the &lt;a href="http://www.poasvolcanolodge.com/welcome_to_poas_volcano_lodge.html"&gt;Poas Volcano logde&lt;/a&gt;, which is in another price range). The view is just AMAZING! It is a 270 degree view of the Central Valley at 2 100 meters of altitude, 3 km from the top of the Poas volcano (so you are right ON the volcano).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Nous sommes arrivés juste avant souper au &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://www.poaslodge.com/"&gt;Poas Lodge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt; (à ne pas confondre avec le &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://www.poasvolcanolodge.com/welcome_to_poas_volcano_lodge.html"&gt;Poas Volcano logde&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;, qui est dans une autre fourchette de prix). La vue est INCROYABLE! Il y a une vue à 270 degrés de la vallée centrale à 2 100 mètres d'altitude, à 3 km seulement du sommet du volcan Poas (on est carrément SUR le volcan).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IVj4OqAdQIU/TyP7F7TGnoI/AAAAAAAALXM/-3gUsmEcf5M/s1600/DSC_0003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IVj4OqAdQIU/TyP7F7TGnoI/AAAAAAAALXM/-3gUsmEcf5M/s320/DSC_0003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702677632416915074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Night view of the central valley from the Poas Lodge/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Vue de nuit de la vallée centrale à partir du Poas Lodge&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The lounge atmosphere of the restaurant was unlike any place we had seen in Costa Rica. This place was truly our magic moment of the trip.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"&gt;L'atmosphère lounge du restaurant ne ressemblait à rien de ce que l'on avait vu au Costa Rica. Cet endroit est vraiment notre coup de cœur du voyage.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KE1gI4E4mQs/TyP7GA6mHkI/AAAAAAAALXU/yMr1ttE29VU/s1600/DSC_0006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KE1gI4E4mQs/TyP7GA6mHkI/AAAAAAAALXU/yMr1ttE29VU/s320/DSC_0006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702677633924734530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ICRJO7xE14E/TyQQtg-dp9I/AAAAAAAALY4/pRxj0ejXlqQ/s1600/DSC_0033.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QBzDAjW8dSg/TyP7GeKPa7I/AAAAAAAALXk/LMq1dYR8Fbs/s1600/DSC_0007-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QBzDAjW8dSg/TyP7GeKPa7I/AAAAAAAALXk/LMq1dYR8Fbs/s320/DSC_0007-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702677641774984114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: And there were tons of games and puzzles for children/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Et il y avait une tonne de jeux et de casse-tête pour les enfants&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BHxpgjqJr_c/TyP7HAg6QxI/AAAAAAAALXw/MVoDpy0_rgU/s1600/DSC_0008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BHxpgjqJr_c/TyP7HAg6QxI/AAAAAAAALXw/MVoDpy0_rgU/s320/DSC_0008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702677650996871954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SE76MhsUQvE/TyP7Hs1CC1I/AAAAAAAALYA/TluZ9GA-hNI/s1600/DSC_0011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SE76MhsUQvE/TyP7Hs1CC1I/AAAAAAAALYA/TluZ9GA-hNI/s320/DSC_0011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702677662892428114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Rising sun, view from our room at the Poas Lodge/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"&gt;Soleil levant, vue de notre chambre au Poas Lodge&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bAWfR1WPtig/TyQRaL1mT4I/AAAAAAAALZY/LTzycwaSBXA/s1600/DSCN1320.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bAWfR1WPtig/TyQRaL1mT4I/AAAAAAAALZY/LTzycwaSBXA/s320/DSCN1320.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702702169709760386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Just a bit later/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;juste un peu plus tard &lt;/span&gt;::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tJh91tdE-0s/TyA4qE_bKCI/AAAAAAAALV0/YT_V_u6SwqU/s1600/DSC_0329.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tJh91tdE-0s/TyA4qE_bKCI/AAAAAAAALV0/YT_V_u6SwqU/s320/DSC_0329.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701619423796471842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Breakfast with a view/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Déjeuner panoramique&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Right after breakfast (at 8 am), we went to see the volcano. You have to arrive early, because at around 10 everyday, the crater is already covered with clouds. It was stunning!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Tout de suite après déjeuner (à 8 h), nous sommes allés voir le volcan. Il faut arriver tôt, parce que vers 10 h tous les jours, le cratère est déjà couvert de nuages. C'était magnifique!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LHW6IUNCOhs/TyQQsmu31kI/AAAAAAAALYQ/CrF27fCHhRU/s1600/DSC_0019-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LHW6IUNCOhs/TyQQsmu31kI/AAAAAAAALYQ/CrF27fCHhRU/s320/DSC_0019-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702701386655323714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then we kept hiking to a volcanic lake.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Puis, nous avons continué notre rando jusqu'à un lac volcanique.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CqL6XvmUBjc/TyQQsyV9SmI/AAAAAAAALYg/0zhTFZ7KBR4/s1600/DSC_0022.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CqL6XvmUBjc/TyQQsyV9SmI/AAAAAAAALYg/0zhTFZ7KBR4/s320/DSC_0022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702701389772048994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZB8Abpl3xbU/TyQQtbeNQSI/AAAAAAAALYs/52Bpvvq48Ns/s1600/DSC_0026.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZB8Abpl3xbU/TyQQtbeNQSI/AAAAAAAALYs/52Bpvvq48Ns/s320/DSC_0026.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702701400812503330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We returned to &lt;a href="http://www.chubascos.co.cr/"&gt;Chubascos&lt;/a&gt; for lunch and enjoyed their wonderful Tasting plate, as well as their &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;sopa negra&lt;/span&gt; (black bean soup) with their famous &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;batidos&lt;/span&gt; (smoothies) and desserts. Afterwards, we drove through Villa blanca, that seems like it is always in the clouds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Nous sommes retournés chez &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://www.chubascos.co.cr/"&gt;Chubascos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt; pour dîner et nous avons pris leur délicieuse assiette dégustation, ainsi que leur &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;sopa negra&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt; (soupe aux haricots noirs) avec leurs fameux &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;batidos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt; (smoothies) et desserts.  Par la suite, nous avons pris la route qui passe par Villa blanca, un endroit qui semble être perpétuellement dans les nuages.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ICRJO7xE14E/TyQQtg-dp9I/AAAAAAAALY4/pRxj0ejXlqQ/s1600/DSC_0033.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ICRJO7xE14E/TyQQtg-dp9I/AAAAAAAALY4/pRxj0ejXlqQ/s320/DSC_0033.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702701402289973202" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GEL804IagWM/TyQRZ3BA7II/AAAAAAAALZI/MNYeLph__8Y/s1600/DSC_0034.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GEL804IagWM/TyQRZ3BA7II/AAAAAAAALZI/MNYeLph__8Y/s320/DSC_0034.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702702164120497282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Children were playing soccer (can you see them in the photo?) in that thick mist. I guess that when you grow up in it, you develop really good eyesight!/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Les enfants jouaient au soccer (vous pouvez les voir dans la photo?) dans cette brume épaisse. J'imagine que quand on vient au monde dans un  tel endroit, on développe une vue incroyable! ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-9159267795683514348?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/9159267795683514348/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=9159267795683514348' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/9159267795683514348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/9159267795683514348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/01/le-volcan-poas.html' title='Le volcan Poas'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IVj4OqAdQIU/TyP7F7TGnoI/AAAAAAAALXM/-3gUsmEcf5M/s72-c/DSC_0003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-8980144203501187024</id><published>2012-01-24T22:58:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-27T21:53:05.375-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Animaux'/><title type='text'>La Paz Waterfall Gardens</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Des amis nous avaient dit que si nous devions choisir un seul endroit à visiter au Costa Rica (pour les animaux), c'était celui-là! Ils avaient bien raison! Je suis bien contente que nous ayons pris toute la journée (et non seulement l'après-midi comme le font plusieurs qui se rendent au Poas le matin). C'était très tranquille en avant-midi et le dîner-buffet était vraiment bien. Les sentiers sont magnifiques et les animaux époustouflants. J'ai par contre trouvé le personnel parfois un peu blasé... Notre plus grande déception a été qu’il n’y avait que très peu d’information, souvent même le nom des animaux n’était pas indiqué sur les cages, les insectes n'étaient pas identifiés, etc. Si vous allez visiter &lt;a href="http://www.waterfallgardens.com/"&gt;La Paz Watefall Gardens&lt;/a&gt;, apportez avec vous les fameux &lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/all-life-around-us.html"&gt;petits dépliants plastifiés&lt;/a&gt; qui se vendent partout afin d’identifier vous-mêmes les animaux. Et si quelqu'un découvre une erreur d'identification (ou si vous connaissez le nom en français, notamment pour les colibris) des animaux plus bas, s.v.p. laissez un commentaire et je le changerai.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div id="gt-res-content" class="almost_half_cell"&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="zoom:1"&gt;&lt;span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;Friends&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;had told us that&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;if we were to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;choose&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;only one place&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;to visit in&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Costa&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Rica&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;(to see animals&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;), that was&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;the one!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;They&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;were right&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;I am glad&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;that we took&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps atn"&gt;all day (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;and not only&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;the afternoon&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;as do&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;many&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;who go to the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Poas volcano&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;in the morning)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;It was very&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;quiet&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;in the morning&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;and the dinner&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;buffet was&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt; good.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;The trails&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;are beautiful and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;animals are amazing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;However,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;I&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;found the staff&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;sometimes a little&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;jaded&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Our&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;biggest disappointment&lt;/span&gt; was&lt;span class="hps"&gt; that there was&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;very little&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;information,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;often even&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;the names of&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;animals are not indicated o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;n the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;cages&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, the insects&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;are not identified&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;, etc.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;If you go to &lt;a href="http://www.waterfallgardens.com/"&gt;La Paz Waterfall Gardens&lt;/a&gt;, bring the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/all-life-around-us.html"&gt;little laminated&lt;span class="hps"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;pamphlets&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;that they sell everywhere&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;with you&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;to identify&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;the animals yourself&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;. And if someone catches a mistake I made in the name of the animals (or if you know the name in French, especially for the hummingbirds), please leave a comment so I can change it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zv3Dh7y_nBY/Tx99OnZ_7eI/AAAAAAAALVc/1ey_dx1sxw8/s1600/DSC_0248.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 286px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zv3Dh7y_nBY/Tx99OnZ_7eI/AAAAAAAALVc/1ey_dx1sxw8/s320/DSC_0248.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701413343324007906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;::A very excited Mathilde and a chesnut-mandibled toucan/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Une petite Mathilde très contente et un Toucan de Swainson&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m2haDa_6MHI/Tx99OLfeVgI/AAAAAAAALVM/gnKBk2ia-lk/s1600/DSC_0078.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 299px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m2haDa_6MHI/Tx99OLfeVgI/AAAAAAAALVM/gnKBk2ia-lk/s320/DSC_0078.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701413335830779394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;:: &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Chesnut-mandibled toucan/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Toucan de Swainson&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g7VSkzbjkB0/Tx99N_VG7WI/AAAAAAAALU8/CUrsuHiKjMs/s1600/DSC_0080.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 270px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g7VSkzbjkB0/Tx99N_VG7WI/AAAAAAAALU8/CUrsuHiKjMs/s320/DSC_0080.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701413332566076770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Emerald toucanet/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Toucanet Émeraude&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0htdDO1uxvk/Tx99NgYt99I/AAAAAAAALUw/0Z3l_7InXds/s1600/DSC_0084-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 235px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0htdDO1uxvk/Tx99NgYt99I/AAAAAAAALUw/0Z3l_7InXds/s320/DSC_0084-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701413324259719122" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Keel-billed toucan/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Toucan à carène&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--fgqLBBrTSk/Tx99NTwPPKI/AAAAAAAALUo/mMDaI9gay3s/s1600/DSC_0119.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--fgqLBBrTSk/Tx99NTwPPKI/AAAAAAAALUo/mMDaI9gay3s/s320/DSC_0119.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701413320868707490" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Scarlett Macaw/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Ara rouge&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XSfLAHhF1G4/Tx99jEdbh7I/AAAAAAAALVo/s4lYW0BAz2c/s1600/DSC_0074.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XSfLAHhF1G4/Tx99jEdbh7I/AAAAAAAALVo/s4lYW0BAz2c/s320/DSC_0074.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701413694720411570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Orange-fronted parakeet/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Conure à front orange&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wxMmAZDqZe4/Tx9877TN4pI/AAAAAAAALUM/hsnlGZDDew0/s1600/DSC_0127.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 223px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wxMmAZDqZe4/Tx9877TN4pI/AAAAAAAALUM/hsnlGZDDew0/s320/DSC_0127.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701413022246757010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Blue morpho/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Morpho bleu&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dBNeX2d_cdE/Tx987slEXHI/AAAAAAAALUA/T6_i1PyAdcQ/s1600/DSC_0134.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 284px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dBNeX2d_cdE/Tx987slEXHI/AAAAAAAALUA/T6_i1PyAdcQ/s320/DSC_0134.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701413018295098482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CbZXRPRZhzc/TyNhlIVDg2I/AAAAAAAALW8/YOxWT2XaCwU/s1600/DSCN1227.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CbZXRPRZhzc/TyNhlIVDg2I/AAAAAAAALW8/YOxWT2XaCwU/s320/DSCN1227.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702508843700028258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JNsq27HyOyQ/Tx987CsBFBI/AAAAAAAALTo/jzXk3-SQ8zI/s1600/DSC_0139.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JNsq27HyOyQ/Tx987CsBFBI/AAAAAAAALTo/jzXk3-SQ8zI/s320/DSC_0139.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701413007049954322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Blue morpho just out of his cocoon/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Morpho bleu à peine sorti de son cocon&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VdIxF1W0lfU/Tx988tYE9II/AAAAAAAALUY/yo8iPdKhJ1w/s1600/DSC_0126.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VdIxF1W0lfU/Tx988tYE9II/AAAAAAAALUY/yo8iPdKhJ1w/s320/DSC_0126.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701413035688916098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Blue morpho/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Morpho bleu&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LpgNwLcHQ-g/Tx98qr2nRSI/AAAAAAAALTQ/6p7v94UFlLI/s1600/DSC_0149-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LpgNwLcHQ-g/Tx98qr2nRSI/AAAAAAAALTQ/6p7v94UFlLI/s320/DSC_0149-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701412726042477858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Spider monkey/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Singe araignée&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ly1uGuoUdc0/Tx98pxwyn3I/AAAAAAAALTI/h8wsm_zMo5U/s1600/DSC_0173.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ly1uGuoUdc0/Tx98pxwyn3I/AAAAAAAALTI/h8wsm_zMo5U/s320/DSC_0173.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701412710448799602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Spider monkey/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Singe arraignée&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FhmRxKhbiI0/Tx98qmzLbBI/AAAAAAAALTc/e7Kgxs3IscA/s1600/DSC_0142.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FhmRxKhbiI0/Tx98qmzLbBI/AAAAAAAALTc/e7Kgxs3IscA/s320/DSC_0142.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701412724685892626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: White-throated Capuchin/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Capucin à gorge blanche&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-I5sCl81Nk3M/Tx98ptf3ToI/AAAAAAAALS4/NQ3HE8-dyH0/s1600/DSC_0182.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 255px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-I5sCl81Nk3M/Tx98ptf3ToI/AAAAAAAALS4/NQ3HE8-dyH0/s320/DSC_0182.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701412709304061570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Striped-tailed hummingbird/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Colibri à queue rayée&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9oJtQ9kpDZU/Tx98pcopPII/AAAAAAAALSs/1_7vf793HfY/s1600/DSC_0186.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 308px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9oJtQ9kpDZU/Tx98pcopPII/AAAAAAAALSs/1_7vf793HfY/s320/DSC_0186.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701412704777485442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Violet sabrewing hummingbird ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XXtZlh1BvHQ/Tx98VkU9ysI/AAAAAAAALSI/XH_talWgI5A/s1600/DSC_0204.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 287px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XXtZlh1BvHQ/Tx98VkU9ysI/AAAAAAAALSI/XH_talWgI5A/s320/DSC_0204.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701412363245046466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Green-violet ear hummingbird ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YX1orXlu8xQ/Tx98VPIfuFI/AAAAAAAALR8/LvFYMu8AR78/s1600/DSC_0238.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 284px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YX1orXlu8xQ/Tx98VPIfuFI/AAAAAAAALR8/LvFYMu8AR78/s320/DSC_0238.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701412357555599442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Green-breasted mango hummingbird ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OEFf8GOawho/Tx98EV6Z9dI/AAAAAAAALRI/WRUd7ugPZ-w/s1600/DSC_0257.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 275px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OEFf8GOawho/Tx98EV6Z9dI/AAAAAAAALRI/WRUd7ugPZ-w/s320/DSC_0257.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701412067317773778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Puma ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LAZLILqHdY0/Tx98D6jCodI/AAAAAAAALQ8/OGOLhB7e-f0/s1600/DSC_0269-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LAZLILqHdY0/Tx98D6jCodI/AAAAAAAALQ8/OGOLhB7e-f0/s320/DSC_0269-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701412059972018642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Ocelot ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Yeti3LVa7OQ/Tx98DiNX7LI/AAAAAAAALQw/II7LldQ2Ah8/s1600/DSC_0273.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 270px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Yeti3LVa7OQ/Tx98DiNX7LI/AAAAAAAALQw/II7LldQ2Ah8/s320/DSC_0273.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701412053438688434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Jaguar ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DqMnbBz-n2M/Tx98U37Rl3I/AAAAAAAALRw/AuTEweyGEGw/s1600/DSC_0226.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 206px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DqMnbBz-n2M/Tx98U37Rl3I/AAAAAAAALRw/AuTEweyGEGw/s320/DSC_0226.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701412351326132082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Side-striped Palm Pitviper ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7brV2oxKuIE/Tx98FcQnGJI/AAAAAAAALRg/iYfNfzHLzBA/s1600/DSC_0228.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 179px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7brV2oxKuIE/Tx98FcQnGJI/AAAAAAAALRg/iYfNfzHLzBA/s320/DSC_0228.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701412086201391250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GBWJG0Titmw/Tx98Et_PY0I/AAAAAAAALRY/6ZLN2hGwfLA/s1600/DSC_0236.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 182px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GBWJG0Titmw/Tx98Et_PY0I/AAAAAAAALRY/6ZLN2hGwfLA/s320/DSC_0236.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701412073780503362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Green-vine snake ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Le jardin des orchidées&lt;/span&gt;/The orchids garden&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CGMDDs6qO6I/Tx97vDE8HuI/AAAAAAAALQY/Y2uFWlamm4I/s1600/DSC_0283.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 317px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CGMDDs6qO6I/Tx97vDE8HuI/AAAAAAAALQY/Y2uFWlamm4I/s320/DSC_0283.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701411701484429026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3jeCrg-b9G8/Tx97u9Yn-SI/AAAAAAAALQM/0WFyH9mp12U/s1600/DSC_0284.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 249px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3jeCrg-b9G8/Tx97u9Yn-SI/AAAAAAAALQM/0WFyH9mp12U/s320/DSC_0284.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701411699956381986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n6G9WS4kExY/Tx97ueMrWcI/AAAAAAAALQE/9bwX9EYATHg/s1600/DSC_0286.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n6G9WS4kExY/Tx97ueMrWcI/AAAAAAAALQE/9bwX9EYATHg/s320/DSC_0286.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701411691584772546" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MZ-cgyQEU4A/Tx97ueLR_EI/AAAAAAAALP0/7qKF0BXpf80/s1600/DSC_0288.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 199px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MZ-cgyQEU4A/Tx97ueLR_EI/AAAAAAAALP0/7qKF0BXpf80/s320/DSC_0288.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701411691578915906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Gaudy leaf frog ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s9ZprWlO1q8/Tx97gPEThAI/AAAAAAAALPY/siFySNduIKU/s1600/DSC_0293.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 293px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s9ZprWlO1q8/Tx97gPEThAI/AAAAAAAALPY/siFySNduIKU/s320/DSC_0293.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701411447004955650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tklZTu7DFnk/Tx97vbXkUKI/AAAAAAAALQk/lpQ5dZ8EZVY/s1600/DSC_0281.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tklZTu7DFnk/Tx97vbXkUKI/AAAAAAAALQk/lpQ5dZ8EZVY/s320/DSC_0281.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701411708005011618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Traditionnal house/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Maison traditionnelle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-38on1N_EXaw/Tx97gET5fcI/AAAAAAAALPM/AqspX-_6mUc/s1600/DSC_0295.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-38on1N_EXaw/Tx97gET5fcI/AAAAAAAALPM/AqspX-_6mUc/s320/DSC_0295.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701411444117568962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-midZn0GuYJQ/Tx97fah0ytI/AAAAAAAALPE/ZAf6D6ZxQAE/s1600/DSC_0299.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 249px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-midZn0GuYJQ/Tx97fah0ytI/AAAAAAAALPE/ZAf6D6ZxQAE/s320/DSC_0299.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701411432901692114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dIO2T_l4_jc/Tx97fKcBNvI/AAAAAAAALO0/cF_17siZx38/s1600/DSC_0300.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dIO2T_l4_jc/Tx97fKcBNvI/AAAAAAAALO0/cF_17siZx38/s320/DSC_0300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701411428582373106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the wonderful trails leading to 4 different waterfalls/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Et les magnifiques sentiers menant à 4 différentes chutes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZjGkXfRKWAY/Tx97fCu6aZI/AAAAAAAALOs/gUYJVrFZUMo/s1600/DSC_0301.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZjGkXfRKWAY/Tx97fCu6aZI/AAAAAAAALOs/gUYJVrFZUMo/s320/DSC_0301.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701411426514135442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EJWy7xaOMnA/TyNhjEqBWiI/AAAAAAAALWY/_ZVYDVbZov0/s1600/DSCN1311.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EJWy7xaOMnA/TyNhjEqBWiI/AAAAAAAALWY/_ZVYDVbZov0/s320/DSCN1311.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702508808354486818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F4eqU1fskMk/TyNhjiGjKtI/AAAAAAAALWo/GHC__DHmy8s/s1600/DSCN1314.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F4eqU1fskMk/TyNhjiGjKtI/AAAAAAAALWo/GHC__DHmy8s/s320/DSCN1314.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702508816258771666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bqvaCg9MAYE/TyNhkXIQL9I/AAAAAAAALWw/TwIsiZ8PRUk/s1600/DSCN1252.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bqvaCg9MAYE/TyNhkXIQL9I/AAAAAAAALWw/TwIsiZ8PRUk/s320/DSCN1252.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702508830492995538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La Paz Waterfall/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Chute La Paz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9radsgH1qLA/Tx96FngS7MI/AAAAAAAALOQ/NtZn9nibZRY/s1600/DSC_0306.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9radsgH1qLA/Tx96FngS7MI/AAAAAAAALOQ/NtZn9nibZRY/s320/DSC_0306.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701409890196712642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--Vu1nsFWE94/TyNhi2v0nPI/AAAAAAAALWM/S1zsHlgRSc8/s1600/DSCN1317.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--Vu1nsFWE94/TyNhi2v0nPI/AAAAAAAALWM/S1zsHlgRSc8/s320/DSCN1317.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702508804620721394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YnJG0V4QpqE/Tx96EhI5sEI/AAAAAAAALNw/vIYyvgE8vkk/s1600/DSC_0329.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-8980144203501187024?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.waterfallgardens.com/' title='La Paz Waterfall Gardens'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/8980144203501187024/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=8980144203501187024' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/8980144203501187024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/8980144203501187024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/01/la-paz-waterfall-gardens_24.html' title='La Paz Waterfall Gardens'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zv3Dh7y_nBY/Tx99OnZ_7eI/AAAAAAAALVc/1ey_dx1sxw8/s72-c/DSC_0248.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-7722709171313675918</id><published>2012-01-24T22:22:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-24T22:41:12.142-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>La route des volcans...</title><content type='html'>Nous avons quitté Ojochal hier pour se diriger vers la région du volcan Poas. Nous ne nous attendions pas à un changement de température aussi draconnien. Brrr!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;We left Ojochal to go to the Poas volcano region. We did not expect such a dramatic temperature change. Brrr!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En route, nous sommes arrêtés voir les crocodiles du Tarcoles, supposément les plus gros du Costa...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;En route, we stopped to see the Tarcoles crocs, supposedly the biggest of Costa Rica...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wXPpkAhQAPw/Tx92jw1LW4I/AAAAAAAALNM/fuUgNAxpl7Q/s1600/DSC_0051.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wXPpkAhQAPw/Tx92jw1LW4I/AAAAAAAALNM/fuUgNAxpl7Q/s320/DSC_0051.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701406010049780610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UozyZy0wedQ/Tx92kObGBLI/AAAAAAAALNY/kNeiUntFEBA/s1600/DSC_0042-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UozyZy0wedQ/Tx92kObGBLI/AAAAAAAALNY/kNeiUntFEBA/s320/DSC_0042-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701406017993442482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Puis, après Alajuela, le climat et le paysage ont totalement changé...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Then, after Alajuela, the climate and landscape changed dramatically...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PQ39c6WpFBk/Tx92P8FLqdI/AAAAAAAALMk/8WxIEsnjatg/s1600/DSC_0314.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PQ39c6WpFBk/Tx92P8FLqdI/AAAAAAAALMk/8WxIEsnjatg/s320/DSC_0314.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701405669472315858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cAS0Vk63YSQ/Tx92QWms6RI/AAAAAAAALMw/AhnWdE3-_NQ/s1600/DSC_0313.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cAS0Vk63YSQ/Tx92QWms6RI/AAAAAAAALMw/AhnWdE3-_NQ/s320/DSC_0313.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701405676592228626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tKUu0S8cIoc/Tx92PRtQ-KI/AAAAAAAALMY/4yGfIUfzAp4/s1600/DSC_0316.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 211px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tKUu0S8cIoc/Tx92PRtQ-KI/AAAAAAAALMY/4yGfIUfzAp4/s320/DSC_0316.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701405658097711266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OLtjx2NGGmk/Tx92PCi4qdI/AAAAAAAALMI/xnDlR0ArA4o/s1600/DSC_0318.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OLtjx2NGGmk/Tx92PCi4qdI/AAAAAAAALMI/xnDlR0ArA4o/s320/DSC_0318.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701405654027643346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nous avons passé la première nuit dans un superbe B &amp;amp; B, &lt;a href="http://www.chubascos.co.cr/"&gt;Los Chubascos&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;We spent the first night at a beautiful B &amp;amp; B called &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://www.chubascos.co.cr/"&gt;Los Chubascos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9WALQhoXFoY/Tx91-KlwSGI/AAAAAAAALL0/F3ea4z7qnzE/s1600/DSC_0061.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9WALQhoXFoY/Tx91-KlwSGI/AAAAAAAALL0/F3ea4z7qnzE/s320/DSC_0061.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701405364129384546" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Evergreens!! It was a while since we saw some!/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Des conifères!! Ça faisait un bout que nous n'en n'avions pas vus!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e2FXjWbWT9k/Tx92O5AzWsI/AAAAAAAALMA/I3CmXDaxMp0/s1600/DSC_0056.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e2FXjWbWT9k/Tx92O5AzWsI/AAAAAAAALMA/I3CmXDaxMp0/s320/DSC_0056.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701405651468769986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: We slept with heavy blankets and even turned the heater on! It is cold at night at 2000 meters of altitude (7000 feets)/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Nous avons dormi avec de grosses couvertures et nous avons même fait fonctionner la chaufferette. Il fait froid la nuit à 2000 mètres d'altitude (7000 pieds)&lt;/span&gt;! ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KDd3oMqyt5Y/Tx918wSYhyI/AAAAAAAALLc/tLmi-Lrwx9U/s1600/DSC_0064.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KDd3oMqyt5Y/Tx918wSYhyI/AAAAAAAALLc/tLmi-Lrwx9U/s320/DSC_0064.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701405339888944930" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nous avons savouré un bon déjeuner typique du CR sur la terrasse du resto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;We enjoyed a delicious typical CR breakfast on the restaurant terrace.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3GaAlg8uYY4/Tx918qLu2fI/AAAAAAAALLM/A7LvCV-I92Q/s1600/DSC_0065.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3GaAlg8uYY4/Tx918qLu2fI/AAAAAAAALLM/A7LvCV-I92Q/s320/DSC_0065.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701405338250435058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lzgUWyWkKJ0/Tx918acHl0I/AAAAAAAALLE/ED8x97nfW5k/s1600/DSC_0067.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lzgUWyWkKJ0/Tx918acHl0I/AAAAAAAALLE/ED8x97nfW5k/s320/DSC_0067.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701405334024197954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9WALQhoXFoY/Tx91-KlwSGI/AAAAAAAALL0/F3ea4z7qnzE/s1600/DSC_0061.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-7722709171313675918?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/7722709171313675918/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=7722709171313675918' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/7722709171313675918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/7722709171313675918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/01/la-route-des-volcans.html' title='La route des volcans...'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wXPpkAhQAPw/Tx92jw1LW4I/AAAAAAAALNM/fuUgNAxpl7Q/s72-c/DSC_0051.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-4231209105203025952</id><published>2012-01-23T21:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-23T21:38:17.131-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>A beach birthday...</title><content type='html'>We were invited by the super nice (Quebec-born) owners of a delicious  creperie in Uvita (Creperia Marquesa) to the birthday celebration of  their 8 yo son. By the same token, we discovered a beautiful quiet  beach, 5 minutes from our house.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Nous  avons été invités par les très gentils proprios (originaires du Québec)  d'une délicieuse crêperie à Uvita (Creperia Marquesa) à l'anniversaire  de leur fils de 8 ans. Par la même occasion, nous avons découvert une  superbe plage tranquille à 5 minutes de la maison.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nYfqnLupWiU/TxzaQknGwVI/AAAAAAAALK0/xAwlEdC_FCM/s1600/-1151.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nYfqnLupWiU/TxzaQknGwVI/AAAAAAAALK0/xAwlEdC_FCM/s320/-1151.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700671206584664402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P0ipjlpcx2o/TxzaPrjUXOI/AAAAAAAALKs/eDB64PAp-Yo/s1600/-1154.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P0ipjlpcx2o/TxzaPrjUXOI/AAAAAAAALKs/eDB64PAp-Yo/s320/-1154.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700671191267957986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pTAbqTUtfro/TxzaPEPZEuI/AAAAAAAALKc/GtuAV0L21vE/s1600/-1160.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 220px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pTAbqTUtfro/TxzaPEPZEuI/AAAAAAAALKc/GtuAV0L21vE/s320/-1160.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700671180715397858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Hermit crabs/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Bernard l’Hermite (et non des Thierry l'Hermite comme dit ma mère en se trompant à répétition...)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There  is a nice cold river right there too which is nice to clean yourself  from the salty water and sand, and cool down (the water from the sea is  almost too hot!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Il  y a une belle rivière fraîche tout près pour se rinser de l'eau salée  et du sable et pour se rafraîchir (l'eau de la mer est presque trop  chaude!).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A5IuIUORzaI/TxzaOhALIEI/AAAAAAAALKQ/rJrBi7Vr0ik/s1600/DSCN1165.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A5IuIUORzaI/TxzaOhALIEI/AAAAAAAALKQ/rJrBi7Vr0ik/s320/DSCN1165.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700671171256328258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EjerD4cktpc/TxzaOSMEZpI/AAAAAAAALKE/JciWt_ZaEaU/s1600/DSCN1164.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 253px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EjerD4cktpc/TxzaOSMEZpI/AAAAAAAALKE/JciWt_ZaEaU/s320/DSCN1164.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700671167279687314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8VRNxU4yrok/TxzZ0tSg3rI/AAAAAAAALJ4/Tkk6YEuArK0/s1600/DSCN1167.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8VRNxU4yrok/TxzZ0tSg3rI/AAAAAAAALJ4/Tkk6YEuArK0/s320/DSCN1167.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700670727877877426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: The kids had a clay fight!/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Les enfants ont fait une bagarre d'argile!&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sWXoy8J8XuY/TxzZ0RgNoYI/AAAAAAAALJo/Oc4vBAm2U_k/s1600/DSCN1172.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sWXoy8J8XuY/TxzZ0RgNoYI/AAAAAAAALJo/Oc4vBAm2U_k/s320/DSCN1172.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700670720419144066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-y22fQ2oZXK0/TxzZ0Bp9ZwI/AAAAAAAALJg/pWtXlm5jidw/s1600/DSCN1179.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-y22fQ2oZXK0/TxzZ0Bp9ZwI/AAAAAAAALJg/pWtXlm5jidw/s320/DSCN1179.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700670716165056258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Piñata ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And another beautiful sunset...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Et un autre magnifique coucher de soleil...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j7LXKdfdwAI/TxzZzrzDkCI/AAAAAAAALJY/4qFhLa4YhAQ/s1600/DSCN1176.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j7LXKdfdwAI/TxzZzrzDkCI/AAAAAAAALJY/4qFhLa4YhAQ/s320/DSCN1176.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700670710297628706" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ny3ERUboNas/TxzZzZbNXTI/AAAAAAAALJI/gbmXT-C_kH0/s1600/DSCN1182-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ny3ERUboNas/TxzZzZbNXTI/AAAAAAAALJI/gbmXT-C_kH0/s320/DSCN1182-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700670705365769522" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-4231209105203025952?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/4231209105203025952/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=4231209105203025952' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/4231209105203025952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/4231209105203025952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/01/beach-birthday.html' title='A beach birthday...'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nYfqnLupWiU/TxzaQknGwVI/AAAAAAAALK0/xAwlEdC_FCM/s72-c/-1151.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-5640839842569295918</id><published>2012-01-22T00:25:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-22T22:30:47.535-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>A day with Mamie</title><content type='html'>10 am: swimming in Playa Guapil&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;10 h : baignade à Playa Guapil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m3bRcDseC2o/TxzTBYtOBLI/AAAAAAAALI8/93Ej8dmwPRY/s1600/DSCN1066%2B-%2BCopy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m3bRcDseC2o/TxzTBYtOBLI/AAAAAAAALI8/93Ej8dmwPRY/s320/DSCN1066%2B-%2BCopy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700663249109648562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mUfGvBn1vls/Txuku9NvfjI/AAAAAAAALH8/dWszNTRCcM8/s1600/DSCN1065%2B-%2BCopy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mUfGvBn1vls/Txuku9NvfjI/AAAAAAAALH8/dWszNTRCcM8/s320/DSCN1065%2B-%2BCopy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700330879980633650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 pm: swimming in the &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangrove"&gt;mangrove&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;14 h : baignade dans la &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangrove"&gt;mangrove&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O6oYP_DZLWI/TxukxLsO0KI/AAAAAAAALIs/EcAiHKNixw8/s1600/DSCN1131-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vnOInaJfjUs/Txuj6hFGHDI/AAAAAAAALHk/-Yhf7Gv2Vdo/s1600/DSCN1067%2B-%2BCopy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vnOInaJfjUs/Txuj6hFGHDI/AAAAAAAALHk/-Yhf7Gv2Vdo/s320/DSCN1067%2B-%2BCopy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700329979074976818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oNOrfdPqnns/Txuj6dL1hfI/AAAAAAAALHY/bo2BxUO62Ms/s1600/DSCN1083.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oNOrfdPqnns/Txuj6dL1hfI/AAAAAAAALHY/bo2BxUO62Ms/s320/DSCN1083.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700329978029508082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3 pm: rinsing the salt and sand off in Dominicalito waterfall&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;15 h : on se nettoie du sel et du sable dans la chute à Dominicalito&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q2BOLo1Va6A/Txuj5qLOmaI/AAAAAAAALHQ/of7Jv2NvySE/s1600/DSCN1092.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q2BOLo1Va6A/Txuj5qLOmaI/AAAAAAAALHQ/of7Jv2NvySE/s320/DSCN1092.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700329964336748962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HcQRjBaJ-PM/Txuf58FLHpI/AAAAAAAALG0/DAZg3Ztabx8/s1600/DSCN1091.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HcQRjBaJ-PM/Txuf58FLHpI/AAAAAAAALG0/DAZg3Ztabx8/s320/DSCN1091.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700325571096682130" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5:30 pm: Sunset at Dominical beach&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;17 h 30 : coucher de soleil sur la plage de Dominical&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6ZQ-ZKKCey0/Txuf5eimJZI/AAAAAAAALGo/-fwXwsnm29E/s1600/DSCN1106.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6ZQ-ZKKCey0/Txuf5eimJZI/AAAAAAAALGo/-fwXwsnm29E/s320/DSCN1106.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700325563167024530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4ZOAF2T5KjU/Txuj5XQdLuI/AAAAAAAALHA/RIZ7UwP0rDc/s1600/DSCN1121.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4ZOAF2T5KjU/Txuj5XQdLuI/AAAAAAAALHA/RIZ7UwP0rDc/s320/DSCN1121.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700329959258402530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O6oYP_DZLWI/TxukxLsO0KI/AAAAAAAALIs/EcAiHKNixw8/s1600/DSCN1131-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O6oYP_DZLWI/TxukxLsO0KI/AAAAAAAALIs/EcAiHKNixw8/s320/DSCN1131-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700330918226350242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6:30 pm: Diner at Citrus, Ojochal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;18 h 30 : Souper chez Citrus, Ojochal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aY2Or-CwTxI/Txukvx1I1mI/AAAAAAAALIU/79fbzz9iUf0/s1600/DSC_0006-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aY2Or-CwTxI/Txukvx1I1mI/AAAAAAAALIU/79fbzz9iUf0/s320/DSC_0006-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700330894104516194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love my life!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;J'adore ma vie!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-5640839842569295918?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/5640839842569295918/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=5640839842569295918' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/5640839842569295918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/5640839842569295918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/01/day-with-mamie.html' title='A day with Mamie'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m3bRcDseC2o/TxzTBYtOBLI/AAAAAAAALI8/93Ej8dmwPRY/s72-c/DSCN1066%2B-%2BCopy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-6664940692323545065</id><published>2012-01-22T00:05:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-22T00:53:30.019-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>Equator sunsets...</title><content type='html'>At least a couple of times a week, we stay on the beach late enough to  see the sunset (5:45), but if we are home, we just have to climb up the  steep road to an abandonned house 2 minutes away from our house to have  first row seats to this amazing show. It is incredible how fast the sun  goes down here. You can litterally see it go down and "sink" in the  sea...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Au moins quelques  fois par semaine, on reste à la plage assez tard pour voir le coucher  de soleil (17 h 45), mais si nous sommes à la maison, nous n'avons qu'à  grimper la côte jusqu'à une maison abandonnée de l'autre côté de la  route, à 2 minutes de chez nous pour avoir les premières loges pour  assister à ce magnifique spectacle. C'est incroyable la vitesse à  laquelle le soleil descend ici. On peut littéralement le voir rentrer  dans la mer...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9r5YFCe2pzk/TxjvbNOU8PI/AAAAAAAALFE/UMdbDqsvu2Q/s1600/-0021.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9r5YFCe2pzk/TxjvbNOU8PI/AAAAAAAALFE/UMdbDqsvu2Q/s320/-0021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699568579122622706" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-747GWXhCHkI/Txjvb7F6baI/AAAAAAAALFQ/K__U65niUdo/s1600/-0041.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-747GWXhCHkI/Txjvb7F6baI/AAAAAAAALFQ/K__U65niUdo/s320/-0041.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699568591435361698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vmOkyVR9Imw/TxjvagqYNFI/AAAAAAAALE4/NArBeYy29KE/s1600/-0033.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vmOkyVR9Imw/TxjvagqYNFI/AAAAAAAALE4/NArBeYy29KE/s320/-0033.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699568567160681554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6itSQsc1BzQ/TxjvZ-n5vFI/AAAAAAAALEw/nrjPHZwlU7I/s1600/-0047-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6itSQsc1BzQ/TxjvZ-n5vFI/AAAAAAAALEw/nrjPHZwlU7I/s320/-0047-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699568558023490642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fRv9zztaWAI/TxjvZi86usI/AAAAAAAALEg/B6JlyzoKAZc/s1600/DSCN1009%2B-%2BCopy-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fRv9zztaWAI/TxjvZi86usI/AAAAAAAALEg/B6JlyzoKAZc/s320/DSCN1009%2B-%2BCopy-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699568550595443394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Sunset at Playa Ventanas/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Couche de soleil à Playa Ventanas&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At  6:15, it is dark out and we get ready to eat. It feels a bit strange to  be out in the dark so early "in summer", especially after experiencing  the Yukon summers and the midnight sun, but I love the fact that the  girls are out by 7:30 and we are all in bed pretty early too (which is  impossible in the Yukon, especially when camping!). Then we are up early  before it gets too warm to walk the beautiful 5 km loop that overlook  the sea that goes through our doorstep (I will bring you with me soon!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;À  6 h 15, il fait noir et on se prépare à souper. C'est un peu étrange  d'être dans le noir si tôt « en été », surtout après avoir goûté aux  étés yukonnais et au soleil de minuit, mais j'adore le fait que les  filles dorment à 7 h 30 et que nous sommes tous au lit assez tôt (ce qui  est impossible au Yukon, surtout en camping!). Puis, on se lève tôt  avant qu'il fasse trop chaud pour parcourir la boucle de 5 km qui  surplombe la mer qui part de chez nous (je vous amènerai avec moi  bientôt!).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photos taken one minute apart (Playa Dominical, Costa Rica). By the way, those last 3 photos have been taken with my mom's camera and are original.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Photos prises à une minute d'intervalle (Playa Dominical, Costa Rica). En passant, ces trois dernières photos ont été prises avec l'appareil photo de ma mère et n'ont aucunement été retravaillées.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lN-OBUQUzAY/TxuavpqsYZI/AAAAAAAALFs/TfrDZFGQiZY/s1600/DSCN1129.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lN-OBUQUzAY/TxuavpqsYZI/AAAAAAAALFs/TfrDZFGQiZY/s320/DSCN1129.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700319896796946834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8feTnKab4ek/TxuavxKi1dI/AAAAAAAALF0/Dm23ZY9DwbU/s1600/DSCN1137.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8feTnKab4ek/TxuavxKi1dI/AAAAAAAALF0/Dm23ZY9DwbU/s320/DSCN1137.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700319898809587154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BCDld2Fdt-A/TxuawuLevUI/AAAAAAAALGQ/YxfTIU-x2lw/s1600/DSCN1141.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BCDld2Fdt-A/TxuawuLevUI/AAAAAAAALGQ/YxfTIU-x2lw/s320/DSCN1141.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700319915188075842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-6664940692323545065?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/6664940692323545065/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=6664940692323545065' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/6664940692323545065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/6664940692323545065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/01/equator-sunsets.html' title='Equator sunsets...'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9r5YFCe2pzk/TxjvbNOU8PI/AAAAAAAALFE/UMdbDqsvu2Q/s72-c/-0021.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-482807459285641266</id><published>2012-01-19T23:32:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-20T15:05:35.019-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>Food...</title><content type='html'>Another morning at the San Isidro feria... There is more and more food and the prices are getting lower and lower! Love it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Un autre matin à la feria de San Isidro... Il y a de plus en plus de variété et les prix sont de plsu en plus bas! On aime ça!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ThZdnna9GTY/Txju9fBFxDI/AAAAAAAALEU/NDCNlY7dOf4/s1600/DSCN1014%2B-%2BCopy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ThZdnna9GTY/Txju9fBFxDI/AAAAAAAALEU/NDCNlY7dOf4/s320/DSCN1014%2B-%2BCopy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699568068502864946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RqIp9uCBo0k/Txju3HH5O-I/AAAAAAAALEE/YZ29ORB20Pk/s1600/DSCN1009%2B-%2BCopy-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1ErwmqXhw7o/TxjukgY0YUI/AAAAAAAALDk/vv2YFE8E2Xw/s1600/DSCN1020%2B-%2BCopy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1ErwmqXhw7o/TxjukgY0YUI/AAAAAAAALDk/vv2YFE8E2Xw/s320/DSCN1020%2B-%2BCopy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699567639374094658" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;:: chayote ::&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DMRWDnrMRzc/TxjukcY8FPI/AAAAAAAALDY/SeqaCHUjiLE/s1600/DSCN1026%2B-%2BCopy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DMRWDnrMRzc/TxjukcY8FPI/AAAAAAAALDY/SeqaCHUjiLE/s320/DSCN1026%2B-%2BCopy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699567638300857586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UVqmK-x-WGQ/TxjujQ_5ICI/AAAAAAAALDQ/SmnBlZndvHs/s1600/DSCN1029-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UVqmK-x-WGQ/TxjujQ_5ICI/AAAAAAAALDQ/SmnBlZndvHs/s320/DSCN1029-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699567618063147042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jZ-fcHoBzDg/TxjulKMYHbI/AAAAAAAALD0/E8P0nSm6FXg/s1600/DSCN1024%2B-%2BCopy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 211px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jZ-fcHoBzDg/TxjulKMYHbI/AAAAAAAALD0/E8P0nSm6FXg/s320/DSCN1024%2B-%2BCopy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699567650596199858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-482807459285641266?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/482807459285641266/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=482807459285641266' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/482807459285641266'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/482807459285641266'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/01/food.html' title='Food...'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ThZdnna9GTY/Txju9fBFxDI/AAAAAAAALEU/NDCNlY7dOf4/s72-c/DSCN1014%2B-%2BCopy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-719865228598918162</id><published>2012-01-19T20:09:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-19T20:57:37.328-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>Dear San José</title><content type='html'>Dear San José,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the &lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/11/artsy-hole.html"&gt;second time&lt;/a&gt; we met and it is probably not the last... I am trying to like you and to find the beauty through your ugliness, but you are not helping me much here...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your restaurants are mostly very disapointing and even the children museum was not what we were expecting... (my reviews on &lt;a href="http://www.tripadvisor.fr/members-reviews/CatherineF921"&gt;TripAdvisor)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Cher San José,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;C'est la &lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/11/artsy-hole.html"&gt;deuxième fois&lt;/a&gt; qu'on se rencontre et sans doute pas la dernière... J'essaie de te trouver sympa et de voir la beauté à travers ta laideur, mais tu ne m'aides pas beaucoup...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt; Tes restaurants sont pour la plupart bien décevants et même le musée des enfants n'était pas à la hauteur de nos attentes... (mes critiques sur &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://www.tripadvisor.fr/members-reviews/CatherineF921"&gt;TripAdvisor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-opQqSt2zebg/TxjC5kLcKXI/AAAAAAAALCo/LZWF7kNysuE/s1600/-0003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 196px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-opQqSt2zebg/TxjC5kLcKXI/AAAAAAAALCo/LZWF7kNysuE/s320/-0003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699519622657354098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EQZq0Zx9vKo/TxjC5SqiwWI/AAAAAAAALCc/I_SoFCo2cfM/s1600/-0004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EQZq0Zx9vKo/TxjC5SqiwWI/AAAAAAAALCc/I_SoFCo2cfM/s320/-0004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699519617955971426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Hotel Balmoral, San José, Costa Rica ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7pJrZUGSq5c/TxjBInEfbiI/AAAAAAAALB8/TZiS4WY3-PY/s1600/-0013.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7pJrZUGSq5c/TxjBInEfbiI/AAAAAAAALB8/TZiS4WY3-PY/s320/-0013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699517682108296738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Sarchi ox trailer (at the Children museum)/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Chariot à boeufs de Sarchi (au musée des enfants)&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Utj82ua8Zng/TxjBHCFlBaI/AAAAAAAALBY/fotBUpr9pOU/s1600/-0034.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Utj82ua8Zng/TxjBHCFlBaI/AAAAAAAALBY/fotBUpr9pOU/s320/-0034.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699517655000876450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: We went to Universal, a great store in San José, and the girls begged me to buy them math books! You gotta love unschooling!/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Nous sommes allés chez Universal, un super magasin de San José, et les filles m'ont suppliée de leur acheter des cahiers de maths! Vive le unschooling!&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ONffqWmMZmc/TxjBJ2lIM8I/AAAAAAAALCI/8lJRUSIwQg8/s1600/-0010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ONffqWmMZmc/TxjBJ2lIM8I/AAAAAAAALCI/8lJRUSIwQg8/s320/-0010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699517703451587522" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Avenida 4 ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5ef-Drwbru8/Txi_-D-iFSI/AAAAAAAALA8/CDvbexX_Ylg/s1600/-0043.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5ef-Drwbru8/Txi_-D-iFSI/AAAAAAAALA8/CDvbexX_Ylg/s320/-0043.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699516401377744162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: The girls spent 30 minutes watching this street painter/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Les filles ont passé 30 minutes à regarder ce peintre de rue&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4qYaS1KNEkk/Txi_9i9-RWI/AAAAAAAALAw/spm2zAbYhwY/s1600/-0047.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4qYaS1KNEkk/Txi_9i9-RWI/AAAAAAAALAw/spm2zAbYhwY/s320/-0047.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699516392517027170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Place du Théâtre national&lt;/span&gt;/National Theater square ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--a08VKJTL1g/Txi_-ruavhI/AAAAAAAALBI/N55Spq_tOC4/s1600/-0040.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--a08VKJTL1g/Txi_-ruavhI/AAAAAAAALBI/N55Spq_tOC4/s320/-0040.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699516412047572498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Lunch at the National theater café/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Dîner au café du Théâtre national&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Street performance/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Spectacle de rue&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NlFOeT6spsc/Txi_8QvPKWI/AAAAAAAALAo/RkP4Zad_o1Y/s1600/-0051.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 196px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NlFOeT6spsc/Txi_8QvPKWI/AAAAAAAALAo/RkP4Zad_o1Y/s320/-0051.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699516370443512162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HoAUWbIpBgs/Txi_79HmGbI/AAAAAAAALAY/EHKpEEioaBY/s1600/-0052.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 196px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HoAUWbIpBgs/Txi_79HmGbI/AAAAAAAALAY/EHKpEEioaBY/s320/-0052.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699516365176969650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KXwOD5jIx_8/Txi_OpJGuiI/AAAAAAAAK_0/wnMUzhRb6vg/s1600/-0056.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KXwOD5jIx_8/Txi_OpJGuiI/AAAAAAAAK_0/wnMUzhRb6vg/s320/-0056.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699515586720479778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Mamie and the girls at the center point of the city (Calle central and Avenida Central)/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Mamie et les filles au point central de la ville (Calle central et Avenida Central)&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8oZIWO9Y24Y/Txi_MzqAk1I/AAAAAAAAK_o/lnB2wIyvCAY/s1600/-0060-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 223px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8oZIWO9Y24Y/Txi_MzqAk1I/AAAAAAAAK_o/lnB2wIyvCAY/s320/-0060-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699515555183104850" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FZfCpCUJ3SE/TxjIwiuCGvI/AAAAAAAALC0/3cxtr3_K024/s1600/-0055.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FZfCpCUJ3SE/TxjIwiuCGvI/AAAAAAAALC0/3cxtr3_K024/s320/-0055.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699526064716520178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So long, San José!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Au revoir, San José!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-719865228598918162?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/719865228598918162/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=719865228598918162' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/719865228598918162'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/719865228598918162'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/01/dear-san-jose.html' title='Dear San José'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-opQqSt2zebg/TxjC5kLcKXI/AAAAAAAALCo/LZWF7kNysuE/s72-c/-0003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-6102203096313520233</id><published>2012-01-18T12:03:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-18T12:48:52.901-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Notre vie'/><title type='text'>Right now...</title><content type='html'>Right now, there is so much I could tell you about, like our 4 nights stay in San José, my mom's arrival and our new truck... but right now, this is not what's on my mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Présentement, je pourrais vous parler de plusieurs choses, comme les 4 nuits passées à San José, l'arrivée de ma mère ou notre nouveau camion... mais à l'heure actuelle, ce n'est pas ce qui occupe mon esprit.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Right now, I am deeply sad, and worried... Because one of my best friend's husband, the father of my girls' best friends is very sick... sick like you are not supposed to be when you are a 35 years old athlete that grew up on a super healthy diet... Our friend is fighting an aggressive form of cancer right now and his whole family is suffering. I am sad, I am scared, I am worried.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Présentement, je suis très triste, et inquiète... Parce que le mari d'une de mes meilleures amies, le père des meilleurs amis de mes filles est très malade... malade comme on n'est pas sensé l'être quand on est un athlète de 35 ans qui a grandi avec une alimentation super saine... Notre ami combat une forme de cancer agressif et toute sa famille en souffre. Je suis triste, inquiète et j'ai peur.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IcJhuBo4glU/TxcFxOwwucI/AAAAAAAAK-8/4823yJiIVyg/s1600/-0078.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 278px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IcJhuBo4glU/TxcFxOwwucI/AAAAAAAAK-8/4823yJiIVyg/s320/-0078.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699030196794997186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I watch the beautiful nature that surrounds me, I think of them, of how small we really are, how fragile, how vulnerable... And I pray.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Et quand j'observe la merveilleuse nature qui m'entoure, je pense à eux, à combien nous sommes petits, fragiles et vulnérables... Et je prie.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IcJhuBo4glU/TxcFxOwwucI/AAAAAAAAK-8/4823yJiIVyg/s1600/-0078.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a6aP4d-nMAY/TxcFyDNVeHI/AAAAAAAAK_E/_oQTERg5TsY/s1600/-0071.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 255px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a6aP4d-nMAY/TxcFyDNVeHI/AAAAAAAAK_E/_oQTERg5TsY/s320/-0071.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699030210873489522" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-6102203096313520233?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/6102203096313520233/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=6102203096313520233' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/6102203096313520233'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/6102203096313520233'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/01/right-now.html' title='Right now...'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IcJhuBo4glU/TxcFxOwwucI/AAAAAAAAK-8/4823yJiIVyg/s72-c/-0078.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-2393359693979774956</id><published>2012-01-14T10:33:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-14T12:50:51.798-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>Patience et longueur de temps...</title><content type='html'>I rode from Samara to Nicoya in the  back of a truck with a very chatty 6 yo who gave me the best Spanish  crash course (and it reminded me so much of my little sister Valeria who did exactly the same when I first arrived in Italy at 17!) - I even learn that Smurf in Spanish is Pitufo. Actually, this is one of  the most fascinating words I find as a translator... Check &lt;a href="http://orange8454.over-blog.com/article-26624368.html"&gt;how many different translations there is for this funny word&lt;/a&gt;. This, and the fact that the rooster on the Corn Flake box doesn't sing Cocorico in all the languages (I can't remember what it was in Italian, but I sure remember that made for a very funny breakfast once!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" id="gt-res-content" class="almost_half_cell"&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="zoom:1"&gt;&lt;span id="result_box" class="" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;J'ai fait le voyage &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;de Samara à&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Nicoya&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps atn"&gt;dans la valise d'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;un camion avec une&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;très bavard&lt;/span&gt;e petite fille de &lt;span class="hps"&gt;6 ans&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;qui m'a donnée&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;le meilleur cours&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;d'espagnol&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;(et ça&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;me rappelait tellement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt; ma&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;petite soeur italienne,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Valeria, qui avait &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;fait exactement&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;la même chose quand&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;je suis arrivée&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;en Italie à&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;17 ans)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;j'ai même&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;appris que&lt;/span&gt; le grand &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Schtroumpf en&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;espagnol est&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Papi Pitufo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;En fait,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;c'est l'un des&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;mots que je&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;trouve&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;des&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;plus fascinants&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;en tant que traductrice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://orange8454.over-blog.com/article-26624368.html"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;Voyez combien il existe de&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;traductions&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;différentes pour ce charmant petit &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;mot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Ceci,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;et le fait que&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;le coq&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;sur la boîte&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;de Corn Flakes&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;ne chante&lt;/span&gt; pas &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Cocorico&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;dans toutes les langues&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;(je&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;ne me souviens pas&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;ce qu'il disait en&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;italien,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;mais je&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;me rappelle que j'avais bien rigolé lors d'un certain déjeuner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-51dSu-h0JVw/TxGhP-YBXYI/AAAAAAAAK-I/z_bBoXCQIpU/s1600/-0011-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-51dSu-h0JVw/TxGhP-YBXYI/AAAAAAAAK-I/z_bBoXCQIpU/s320/-0011-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697512299414248834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Last view of Samara/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Dernier coup d’œil de Samara &lt;/span&gt;::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZMKsd1QUikA/TxGhPsGOD0I/AAAAAAAAK98/hpXBibTtO80/s1600/-0014-4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZMKsd1QUikA/TxGhPsGOD0I/AAAAAAAAK98/hpXBibTtO80/s320/-0014-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697512294507745090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Waiting for the bus in Nicoya (we sold our truck in Samara since we need a 7 seater because we have visitors coming. We tought we could make it work with a 5 seater, but the fines are crazy salty here, so we don't want to take a chance. So we are going to San José to buy a new truck, that will also be easier to sell at the end of the high season./&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Attente de l'autobus à Nicoya (nous avons vendu notre camion à Samara étant donné que nous avions besoin d'un 7 passagers comme nous avons de la visite qui s'en vient. On pensait qu'on pourrait s'arranger avec un 5 passagers, mais comme les amendes sont extrêmement salées ici, on ne veut pas prendre le risque. Nous nous rendons donc à San José pour acheter un nouveau camion, qui sera aussi plus facile à revendre à la fin de la haute saison. &lt;/span&gt;::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w0XQUWH6sIY/TxGgqMQu8oI/AAAAAAAAK9k/ARJJTiNjpSI/s1600/-0018-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w0XQUWH6sIY/TxGgqMQu8oI/AAAAAAAAK9k/ARJJTiNjpSI/s320/-0018-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697511650306749058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Waiting in Café Daniela, Nicoya (if ever you go there, you must have their 3 leches cake!/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Attente au Café Daniela, à Nicoya (si jamais vous y allez, vous devez goûter au gâteau 3 leches!&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bHvQfdzWnx0/TxGgql5TTYI/AAAAAAAAK9w/45ppUxa116I/s1600/-0015.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bHvQfdzWnx0/TxGgql5TTYI/AAAAAAAAK9w/45ppUxa116I/s320/-0015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697511657187790210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Ice cream makes any wait easier!/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;La crème glacée rend toujours l'attente moins pénible!&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To tell you the truth, I was  a bit scared of the 5 hour bus ride (that can easily turn into a 7 or 8 hour bus ride depending on road blocks...) to San José, but the info center in Samara reassured me that it was just like a Greyhound with A/C. Surprise, surprise! There was no A/C and no toilet on the bus... and I just had 2 large papaya and pineapple smoothies for lunch, as well as 4 glasses of water... oh! And watermelon too... and we were sitting at the back of the bus, which meant a lot of bumps and movement... 20 minutes into the ride, I felt it would be a very, very long ride... I badly needed to pee and already felt pretty nauseous... I closed my eyes and concentrated on not being sick... An hour later, all that was going through my mind was how I could find a way to pee without being seen... There was none. Nada. Niente. So, I walked up the front of the bus and did what all mama do: told the driver my child badly needed to pee. There's one thing you need to know about Costarican: they want to please you and they will do anything to do so. He reassured me he would stop in 20 minutes. An hour later, we still did not stop... I think I never felt so uncomfortable in my life... Finally, 2 1/2 hours into the ride, he stopped. I climbed over Mathilde and rushed like a mad woman to the bathroom. Needless to say, the photos have been taken AFTER that stop!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" id="gt-res-content" class="almost_half_cell"&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="zoom:1"&gt;&lt;span id="result_box" class="" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;Pour&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;vous dire la vérité&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, le voyage d'autobus de&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;5 heures&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps atn"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;qui peut&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;facilement se transformer en&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;un voyage de&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;7 ou 8&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;heures &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;en fonction&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;des travaux routiers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;) pour San&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;José m'inquiétait un peu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;, mais le&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;centre d'information touristique&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;à Samara&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;m'a rassuré&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;que c'était exactement comme un Greyhound&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;avec la climatisation.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Surprise, surprise&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Il n'y avait pas&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;de climatisation et&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;pas de toilettes&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;dans le bus&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;et je venais juste&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;de boire 2&lt;/span&gt; smoothies &lt;span class="hps"&gt;papayes&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;et&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;ananas&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span class="hps"&gt;pour le dîner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, ainsi que&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;4 verres d'eau&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;oh!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Et&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;du melon d'eau&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;aussi ...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;et nous étions&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;assis à&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps atn"&gt;l'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;arrière de l'autobus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, donc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt; beaucoup&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;de bosses et de&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;mouvement ...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;20 minutes après le départ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;j'ai senti&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;que ce serait une&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;voyage&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;très, très long&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;J'avais&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;grand besoin&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;de faire pipi&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;et j'avais mal au cœur&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Je fermai les yeux&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;et me concentrais pour&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;ne pas être malade&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Une heure plus tard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;, je ne pensais qu'à &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;trouver un moyen&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;de faire pipi&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;sans être vu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Il n'y en n'avait pas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Nada&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Niente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Alors&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, j'ai marché&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;jusqu'à&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;l'avant du&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;bus et&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;j'ai fait ce que&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;toutes les&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;mamans font &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;j'ai dit au chauffeur que ma fille avait très envie &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;de faire pipi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Il y a une chose&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;que vous&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;devez savoir sur les&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Costaricains &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;: ils veulent&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;plaire&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, et ils&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;feront n'importe quoi&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;pour le faire.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Il m'a rassuré&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;qu'il allait&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;s'arrêter dans&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;20 minutes.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Une heure plus tard&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;nous n'avions toujours pas&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;arrêté...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Je pense que&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;je ne me suis jamais&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;sentie si&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;mal à l'aise&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;de ma vie&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Enfin,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;2  1/2&lt;/span&gt; heures &lt;span class="hps"&gt;après le départ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;il s'est enfin arrêté.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;J'ai&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;grimpé par-dessus&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Mathilde&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;et je me précipitai&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;comme une folle&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;à&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;la salle de bain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Inutile de dire que&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;les photos&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;ont été prises après&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps atn"&gt;cet l'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;arrêt!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gFtw7_PNc1o/TxGgpxfVQZI/AAAAAAAAK9Y/u9muhX2WQm4/s1600/-0021-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gFtw7_PNc1o/TxGgpxfVQZI/AAAAAAAAK9Y/u9muhX2WQm4/s320/-0021-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697511643120222610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mCESKsEccN4/TxGgnKcEeWI/AAAAAAAAK9Q/qHP7E-msALM/s1600/-0022.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mCESKsEccN4/TxGgnKcEeWI/AAAAAAAAK9Q/qHP7E-msALM/s320/-0022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697511598277818722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wXE00PFRCWs/TxGq_xQSRiI/AAAAAAAAK-g/iYyl-ahlZ8g/s1600/-0025.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 223px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wXE00PFRCWs/TxGq_xQSRiI/AAAAAAAAK-g/iYyl-ahlZ8g/s320/-0025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697523016130512418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Yucca trees at sunset in the Central Valley/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Yucca au coucher du soleil&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-2393359693979774956?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/2393359693979774956/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=2393359693979774956' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/2393359693979774956'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/2393359693979774956'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/01/patience-et-longueur-de-temps.html' title='Patience et longueur de temps...'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-51dSu-h0JVw/TxGhP-YBXYI/AAAAAAAAK-I/z_bBoXCQIpU/s72-c/-0011-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-2179476783257615273</id><published>2012-01-12T23:08:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T23:50:45.409-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>9 to 5... at the beach</title><content type='html'>This morning, JF dropped us at the beach at 9 since he had to go to Nicoya. The girls and I spent more time in the water than on the ground today. The beach here is amazing with beautiful waves (much softer than the ones down where we live) and super clear water. It is a more touristy area and there are more people on the beach, as well as restaurants where you eat with your feet in the sand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Ce matin, JF nous a laissé à la plage à 9 h car il devait aller à Nicoya. Les filles et moi avons passé plus de temps dans l'eau que sur la terre ferme aujourd'hui. La plage ici est incroyable avec de superbes vagues (beaucoup moins fortes que celles des plages où nous habitons) et de l'eau claire. C'est un coin plus touristique et il y a beaucoup de monde sur la plage, ainsi que des restaurants où on mange les pieds dans le sable.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0ltsOmWyQGo/Tw-wrKCp5lI/AAAAAAAAK80/S8ELjWcnje0/s1600/-0004-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0ltsOmWyQGo/Tw-wrKCp5lI/AAAAAAAAK80/S8ELjWcnje0/s320/-0004-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696966309123319378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: This is actually Playa Carillo, near our hotel, 5 km from Playa Samara/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Playa Carillo, près de notre hôtel, à 5 km de Playa Samara&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GPR6rhNWeJ0/Tw-wqMgWKoI/AAAAAAAAK8c/jYa2sVRE1Ns/s1600/-0013.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GPR6rhNWeJ0/Tw-wqMgWKoI/AAAAAAAAK8c/jYa2sVRE1Ns/s320/-0013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696966292604856962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: JF came back just on time for sunset/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;JF est revenu juste à temps pour le coucher du soleil&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i8dBuxnS3ws/Tw-urgrAVnI/AAAAAAAAK8A/TfBZIaA5D44/s1600/-0018-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i8dBuxnS3ws/Tw-urgrAVnI/AAAAAAAAK8A/TfBZIaA5D44/s320/-0018-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696964116174886514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: At high tide, the beach was packed with surfers/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;À marée haute, les surfers abondaient&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--B5zBYi132U/Tw-wqS7u53I/AAAAAAAAK8o/RjrwqcnlyZ8/s1600/-0011-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--B5zBYi132U/Tw-wqS7u53I/AAAAAAAAK8o/RjrwqcnlyZ8/s320/-0011-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696966294330337138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tjZdAuHbDhU/Tw-uqkL_JeI/AAAAAAAAK7s/7WlpGlZut1o/s1600/-0023.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tjZdAuHbDhU/Tw-uqkL_JeI/AAAAAAAAK7s/7WlpGlZut1o/s320/-0023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696964099938657762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gLj01GGs0bo/Tw-urSffBbI/AAAAAAAAK70/1C7yeN5TOA0/s1600/-0019-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gLj01GGs0bo/Tw-urSffBbI/AAAAAAAAK70/1C7yeN5TOA0/s320/-0019-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696964112368469426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Samara is more what I expected Costa Rica to be, but I think I still prefer our less touristy lush wild zona verde!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Samara est plus ce que je m'attendais du Costa Rica, mais je pense que je préfère notre zona verde luxuriante, sauvage et moins touristique.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-2179476783257615273?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/2179476783257615273/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=2179476783257615273' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/2179476783257615273'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/2179476783257615273'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/01/9-to-5-at-beach.html' title='9 to 5... at the beach'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0ltsOmWyQGo/Tw-wrKCp5lI/AAAAAAAAK80/S8ELjWcnje0/s72-c/-0004-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-7278310232562014923</id><published>2012-01-12T00:00:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T00:52:07.892-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>En route vers Samara, Nicoya Peninsula</title><content type='html'>We have been in Costa Rica for over 6 weeks, but we haven't seen much of it yet. So we decided to go explore a bit of the Nicoya Peninsula.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Nous sommes au Costa Rica depuis plus de 6 semaines, mais nous n'avons pas encore vu grand chose. Nous avons donc décidé d'explorer un peu la péninsule de Nicoya. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kx2ddDEh2Ts/Tw5qOQilD7I/AAAAAAAAK7U/x6iWS5LYaZA/s1600/-0007.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kx2ddDEh2Ts/Tw5qOQilD7I/AAAAAAAAK7U/x6iWS5LYaZA/s320/-0007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696607371860971442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: We took the ferry from Puntarenas to Naranjo/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Nous avons pris le traversier de Puntarenas à Naranjo&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i5wBTkvyREw/Tw5qN2oqbtI/AAAAAAAAK7E/Jc4qYWM-dKM/s1600/-0002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i5wBTkvyREw/Tw5qN2oqbtI/AAAAAAAAK7E/Jc4qYWM-dKM/s320/-0002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696607364907167442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: A little snack on the road/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Une petite collation en route&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The change in vegetation was stricking. It is so much drier here on the peninsula. I hadn't seen any dry grass in long time... And we are just at the beginning of the dry season...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Le changement de végétation était frappant. C'est tellement plus sec ici sur la péninsule. Je n'avais pas vu d'herbe sèche depuis longtemps... Et ce n'est que le début de la saison sèche...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9dmbdA3iw_c/Tw5qE7TJAMI/AAAAAAAAK6o/LTsigHHOAac/s1600/-0010-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QxC0Mu8q22M/Tw5qDwlvxsI/AAAAAAAAK6Q/hFqYzcTobB8/s1600/-0011-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QxC0Mu8q22M/Tw5qDwlvxsI/AAAAAAAAK6Q/hFqYzcTobB8/s320/-0011-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696607191485630146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And if people need to make hay, it means the dry season is quite dry (that animals lack food)...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Et si les gens ont besoin de faire les foins, c'est que la saison sèche doit être très sèche (que les animaux manquent de nourriture)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mhMF8yloI9g/Tw5qDozcVLI/AAAAAAAAK6E/080lBSMa-oo/s1600/-0012.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mhMF8yloI9g/Tw5qDozcVLI/AAAAAAAAK6E/080lBSMa-oo/s320/-0012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696607189395592370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It seems to be a very agricultural area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Ça semble être une zone très agricole.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Tfydvzf1rFg/Tw5pR68sk_I/AAAAAAAAK58/8WzAr0lfEoU/s1600/-0014-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 224px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Tfydvzf1rFg/Tw5pR68sk_I/AAAAAAAAK58/8WzAr0lfEoU/s320/-0014-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696606335272784882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a9Ix95zlZGA/Tw5pQ8nN6gI/AAAAAAAAK5g/QssHy2xJxSw/s1600/-0020.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a9Ix95zlZGA/Tw5pQ8nN6gI/AAAAAAAAK5g/QssHy2xJxSw/s320/-0020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696606318539696642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MmE2BXVXmcg/Tw5pQDfKReI/AAAAAAAAK5I/EHL5QiA7CJM/s1600/-0018.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MmE2BXVXmcg/Tw5pQDfKReI/AAAAAAAAK5I/EHL5QiA7CJM/s320/-0018.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696606303205082594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We arrived in Samara just after dark and most hotels on our list were full. The nice owners at &lt;a href="http://www.hoteldosaguas.com/"&gt;Entre dos aguas&lt;/a&gt; suggested that we go at the Samara Info Center to find out where there was still some rooms available. Brenda there was so helpful and made many phone calls for us, but the few rooms available were over our budget. Her partner suggested we go for dinner since it was already pretty late (and he had told me all about the best italien, thai and sushi places in town while she was on the phone) and that they would keep looking for us and call us when they find something. We went to &lt;a href="http://samarabeach.com/almanglar/index.html"&gt;Al Manglar&lt;/a&gt;, an italian restaurant with an italian mama in the kitchen and we were not disappointed! The service was so fast (like faster than St. Hubert fast!) which was so unlike every other restaurant we went to in Costa Rica and it was such a blessing with tired and hungry little girls. The prosciutto crudo pizza was riminiscent of the best pizza I had in Italy and the Tiramisu was one of the best too (dare I say better than mine?). Then we got a call from Brenda and she had found a great place for us just 5 minutes out of town (a great family suite with a king size bed and 3 twin beds, with Wifi, a pool and breakfast included for $70!!). We are so lucky! Oh and did I also tell you that we tought the ferry was every hour but it was only 4 times a day and we arrived right on, 30 minutes before departure (and it left on time and arrived on time!).  Thank you, Life!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" id="result_box" class="" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;Nous sommes arrivés&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;à Samara&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;juste après&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;que la noirceur soit tombée et&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;la plupart des hôtels&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;sur notre liste&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;étaient pleins.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Les gentils propriétaires&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;de&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.hoteldosaguas.com/"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;Entre Dos Aguas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;ont suggéré que&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;nous allions au Centre d'information &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;de Samara&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;pour savoir où&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;il y avait encore&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;quelques chambres&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;disponibles.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Brenda&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;était&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;très serviable et&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;a fait&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;de nombreux appels téléphoniques&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;pour nous, mais&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;les quelques chambres disponibles étaient&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;trop chères pour ​​notre budget&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Son partenaire&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;a suggéré que nous&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;allions souper&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, car il&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;était déjà&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;assez tard&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps atn"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;et il&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;m'avait dit&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;tout sur&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;les meilleur&lt;/span&gt;s &lt;span class="hps"&gt;restos italiens&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;, thaïlandais&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;et les restos&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;des sushis&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;en ville&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;tandis qu'elle était&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;au téléphone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;) pendant qu'ils continuaient&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt; à regarder&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;pour nous et qu'ils nous rappelleraient après avoir&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; trouvé &lt;span class="hps"&gt;quelque chose.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Nous sommes allés à&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://samarabeach.com/almanglar/index.html"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;Al&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Manglar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;un restaurant italien avec&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;une&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;mamma&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;italienne&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;dans la cuisine&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;et nous&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;n'avons pas été déçus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Le service était très&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps atn"&gt;rapide (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;plus rapide que&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; chez &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps atn"&gt;Saint-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Hubert&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;, ce qui est bien&lt;span class="hps"&gt; différent de&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;tous les&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;autres restaurants&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;que nous avons visité au&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Costa Rica et&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;c'était une&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;bénédiction avec&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;des&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt; petites filles &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" id="result_box" class="" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;fatiguées et affamées&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" id="result_box" class="" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;La pizza au prosciutto me rappelait &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;la meilleure pizza&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;que j'avais mangé en&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Italie et&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;le Tiramisu&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;a été&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;l'un des meilleurs&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps atn"&gt;aussi (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;j'ose presque dire&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;meilleur que le mien&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;).&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Ensuite, nous avons&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;reçu un appel de&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Brenda et&lt;/span&gt; elle&lt;span class="hps"&gt; avait&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;trouvé un super endroit&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;pour nous&lt;/span&gt; à &lt;span class="hps"&gt;seulement 5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;minutes de la ville&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps atn"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;une grande suite&lt;/span&gt; familiale &lt;span class="hps"&gt;avec&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;un lit king&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;et 3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;lits simples,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;avec Wifi,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;une piscine&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;et petit déjeuner inclus&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;pour 70 $&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;!)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Nous sommes tellement&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;chanceux!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Oh, et&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;je vous ai &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;dit&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;que nous&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;pensions que&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;le traversier était&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;à chaque heure&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;mais que ce n'était que&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;4 fois par jour&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;et nous sommes arrivés&lt;/span&gt; juste à temps&lt;span&gt;, 30&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;minutes avant le départ&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;(et il est parti à temps et&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt; est arrivé&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;à temps!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;).&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Merci,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;la vie!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Tfydvzf1rFg/Tw5pR68sk_I/AAAAAAAAK58/8WzAr0lfEoU/s1600/-0014-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-7278310232562014923?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/7278310232562014923/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=7278310232562014923' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/7278310232562014923'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/7278310232562014923'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/01/en-route-vers-samara-nicoya-peninsula.html' title='En route vers Samara, Nicoya Peninsula'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kx2ddDEh2Ts/Tw5qOQilD7I/AAAAAAAAK7U/x6iWS5LYaZA/s72-c/-0007.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-5900054108672056828</id><published>2012-01-06T21:25:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-06T21:47:12.970-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Célébrations et festivals'/><title type='text'>Les rois en paréos!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Je crois que la Fête des rois est l'une des célébrations préférées des enfants. Mordre dans le gâteau avec anticipation en espérant trouver la fève! Chaque année nous la célébrons un peu différemment (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/01/une-epiphanie.html"&gt;2011&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2010/01/three-kings-day.html"&gt;2010&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2009/01/des-projets-des-croissants-et-la.html"&gt;2009&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;), mais cette année est sans aucun doute la plus différente!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think that 3 Kings' day is one the children's favorite celebration. Biting in the cake with anticipation hoping to get the bean! Each year, we celebrate a bit differently (&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/01/une-epiphanie.html"&gt;2011&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2010/01/three-kings-day.html"&gt;2010&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2009/01/des-projets-des-croissants-et-la.html"&gt;2009&lt;/a&gt;), but this year is for sure the most different year!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SmdUsjvADN8/Tweupxj_ETI/AAAAAAAAK48/_aQRIUzIx0M/s1600/-0006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SmdUsjvADN8/Tweupxj_ETI/AAAAAAAAK48/_aQRIUzIx0M/s320/-0006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694712286535422258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;La galette (aux épices cette année!)&lt;/span&gt;/The (spice) kings' cake ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KK7ZuKepMU8/TweupQ5xXiI/AAAAAAAAK4w/6lKBq3UhE64/s1600/-0008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KK7ZuKepMU8/TweupQ5xXiI/AAAAAAAAK4w/6lKBq3UhE64/s320/-0008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694712277768429090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-McqpOJ1k340/TweuolmCePI/AAAAAAAAK4k/bY-t-quXC4k/s1600/-0013.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-McqpOJ1k340/TweuolmCePI/AAAAAAAAK4k/bY-t-quXC4k/s320/-0013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694712266142939378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Soon enough, the capes and crown were forgotten.../&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;En peu de temps, les capes et les couronnes ont été mises de côté... &lt;/span&gt;::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D8sEer6X36g/TweuoDT769I/AAAAAAAAK4Y/f3XkoDkEKSU/s1600/-0017.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D8sEer6X36g/TweuoDT769I/AAAAAAAAK4Y/f3XkoDkEKSU/s320/-0017.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694712256940207058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: But the magic remained!/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Mais la magie est restée! &lt;/span&gt;::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SmdUsjvADN8/Tweupxj_ETI/AAAAAAAAK48/_aQRIUzIx0M/s1600/-0006.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-5900054108672056828?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/5900054108672056828/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=5900054108672056828' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/5900054108672056828'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/5900054108672056828'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/01/les-rois-en-pareos.html' title='Les rois en paréos!'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SmdUsjvADN8/Tweupxj_ETI/AAAAAAAAK48/_aQRIUzIx0M/s72-c/-0006.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-5835912237374051592</id><published>2012-01-05T20:47:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-05T21:03:16.571-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>More surfing!</title><content type='html'>JF and Mercedes had a blast at Guapil beach!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;JF et Mercedes se sont amusés comme des fous à Guapil!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EfQSs4kdBCM/TwZVbLbiOGI/AAAAAAAAK3g/xyk8W7jR4EA/s1600/-0030.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EfQSs4kdBCM/TwZVbLbiOGI/AAAAAAAAK3g/xyk8W7jR4EA/s320/-0030.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694332704269678690" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EM_mfUFiqVE/TwZVuiJRsOI/AAAAAAAAK4M/t-kmbI0EUeo/s1600/-0038.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EM_mfUFiqVE/TwZVuiJRsOI/AAAAAAAAK4M/t-kmbI0EUeo/s320/-0038.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694333036784627938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-55H0u72YT8Q/TwZTDVpJZCI/AAAAAAAAK2I/rv83o2YthMI/s1600/-0078.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-55H0u72YT8Q/TwZTDVpJZCI/AAAAAAAAK2I/rv83o2YthMI/s320/-0078.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694330095671010338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0U59zndUcS4/TwZUJFNKv-I/AAAAAAAAK2U/ZW578GR-EC4/s1600/-0075.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0U59zndUcS4/TwZUJFNKv-I/AAAAAAAAK2U/ZW578GR-EC4/s320/-0075.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694331293849534434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-va0mViqyXfw/TwZULepBNVI/AAAAAAAAK3E/heHw_LlPPcY/s1600/-0036.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 223px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-va0mViqyXfw/TwZULepBNVI/AAAAAAAAK3E/heHw_LlPPcY/s320/-0036.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694331335036974418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9eId5vzp32I/TwZTCqObKeI/AAAAAAAAK1w/WnZPhJsBaV4/s1600/-0083.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9eId5vzp32I/TwZTCqObKeI/AAAAAAAAK1w/WnZPhJsBaV4/s320/-0083.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694330084016204258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u5JTIO3kFEo/TwZTBQ0uTII/AAAAAAAAK1Y/LhJAM2jRPBo/s1600/-0086.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u5JTIO3kFEo/TwZTBQ0uTII/AAAAAAAAK1Y/LhJAM2jRPBo/s320/-0086.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694330060017650818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6duDEp6my8A/TwZVbwL-g_I/AAAAAAAAK3o/opVuGZb6JyQ/s1600/-0099.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6duDEp6my8A/TwZVbwL-g_I/AAAAAAAAK3o/opVuGZb6JyQ/s320/-0099.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694332714136536050" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tJ34rCgF5LE/TwZVcHNVA3I/AAAAAAAAK34/PRsUbhE1xu4/s1600/-0107.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tJ34rCgF5LE/TwZVcHNVA3I/AAAAAAAAK34/PRsUbhE1xu4/s320/-0107.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694332720316220274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Black vulture/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Urubu noir&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-5835912237374051592?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/5835912237374051592/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=5835912237374051592' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/5835912237374051592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/5835912237374051592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/01/more-surfing.html' title='More surfing!'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EfQSs4kdBCM/TwZVbLbiOGI/AAAAAAAAK3g/xyk8W7jR4EA/s72-c/-0030.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-6406379265850514155</id><published>2012-01-03T07:41:00.012-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T07:34:57.770-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>Surfin' Costa Rica</title><content type='html'>If you're into surfing, Dominical is the place to go. However, its  dangerous rip currents take the life of about 2 unknowingly swimmers a month... There are lifeguards, but only during the high season. At  lower tide, it is a great beach to learn to surf and JF and Mercedes  decided to take a lesson.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Si vous aimez le surf, Dominical est la  place pour vous. Cependant, son dangereux flot de retour (qui n'est pas la même chose que le ressac) enlève la vie à  environ 2 nageurs non avertis par mois... Il y a des sauveteurs, mais seulement pendant la haute saison. À marée basse, c'est une super plage pour apprendre à surfer et JF et Mercedes ont décidé de prendre un cours.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ht9kAgMB1Gw/TwL82_e94fI/AAAAAAAAKvc/5jxsAcZQOCI/s1600/-0096.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ht9kAgMB1Gw/TwL82_e94fI/AAAAAAAAKvc/5jxsAcZQOCI/s320/-0096.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693390900634182130" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FyJmaL0dqOo/TwMA1MohrMI/AAAAAAAAK04/4txKK9YQ7P8/s1600/-0044-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 182px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FyJmaL0dqOo/TwMA1MohrMI/AAAAAAAAK04/4txKK9YQ7P8/s320/-0044-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693395267850710210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UvsPKmN43OQ/TwMA0xvllPI/AAAAAAAAK0o/MVBuKuK0fKc/s1600/-0047-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 234px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UvsPKmN43OQ/TwMA0xvllPI/AAAAAAAAK0o/MVBuKuK0fKc/s320/-0047-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693395260632569074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aPqPgdeM0Os/TwMAiIh_U6I/AAAAAAAAK0Q/AeMj5Ic5pEg/s1600/-0052.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aPqPgdeM0Os/TwMAiIh_U6I/AAAAAAAAK0Q/AeMj5Ic5pEg/s320/-0052.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693394940332037026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Their teacher was many times US champion and was on the World Cup for 23 years! He sure knew what he was talking about!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Leur professeur a été plusieurs fois champion américain et a été sur la coupe du monde pendant 23 ans! Il savait évidemment de quoi il parlait!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z-5VLdbA1HY/TwMAgPm8X4I/AAAAAAAAKzs/lwXU42yOQVA/s1600/-0058-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 184px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z-5VLdbA1HY/TwMAgPm8X4I/AAAAAAAAKzs/lwXU42yOQVA/s320/-0058-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693394907872124802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zHflqSr815w/TwL-7oySsjI/AAAAAAAAKzk/LT3zmYTEc9w/s1600/-0059-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zHflqSr815w/TwL-7oySsjI/AAAAAAAAKzk/LT3zmYTEc9w/s320/-0059-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693393179463823922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The rip currents and stinging rays kept us on the beach...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Le ressac et les raies ne nous ont pas donné tellement envie de nous baigner...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ln6Aypy00gc/TwL-jlXpCOI/AAAAAAAAKyU/7w5i2DzpqBs/s1600/-0068.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ln6Aypy00gc/TwL-jlXpCOI/AAAAAAAAKyU/7w5i2DzpqBs/s320/-0068.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693392766229874914" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RJDedqMSRyE/TwL-j0al_GI/AAAAAAAAKyo/Z01DV6ldSjE/s1600/-0062-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RJDedqMSRyE/TwL-j0al_GI/AAAAAAAAKyo/Z01DV6ldSjE/s320/-0062-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693392770268789858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mercedes is a natural!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Mercedes est une naturelle!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-t_nkKRXiAR4/TwMAiv98zII/AAAAAAAAK0Y/xW2ucSGxIcw/s1600/-0051-4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-t_nkKRXiAR4/TwMAiv98zII/AAAAAAAAK0Y/xW2ucSGxIcw/s320/-0051-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693394950918294658" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0KGMxJG9F64/TwL-jIm1wDI/AAAAAAAAKyM/XSpP21frEiA/s1600/-0074.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0KGMxJG9F64/TwL-jIm1wDI/AAAAAAAAKyM/XSpP21frEiA/s320/-0074.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693392758508994610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HU_W8iP_g0A/TwL-ihNM1iI/AAAAAAAAKyA/vJZ2xZHPz7c/s1600/-0077.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 206px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HU_W8iP_g0A/TwL-ihNM1iI/AAAAAAAAKyA/vJZ2xZHPz7c/s320/-0077.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693392747932472866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;JF learned fast and had a blast! The teacher said you need to stop thinking, you just do the movements one after the other until they become automatic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;JF a vite appris et s'est bien amusé! Le professeur a dit qu'il faut arrêter de penser, il suffit d'enchaîner les mouvements les uns après les autres jusqu'à ce qu'ils deviennent automatiques.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cR972mVJJSM/TwL-6P5nzHI/AAAAAAAAKy8/K715qGc01k4/s1600/-0066.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 187px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cR972mVJJSM/TwL-6P5nzHI/AAAAAAAAKy8/K715qGc01k4/s320/-0066.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693393155603811442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;:: Pop! ::&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-STfn43Nuhus/TwL-56WTbeI/AAAAAAAAKyw/1f4tm5BRVbg/s1600/-0067.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-STfn43Nuhus/TwL-56WTbeI/AAAAAAAAKyw/1f4tm5BRVbg/s320/-0067.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693393149818531298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;:: Up! ::&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qPQ2XMy64P4/TwL-P7p4rKI/AAAAAAAAKxg/OOzGb6dqgfU/s1600/-0082.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qPQ2XMy64P4/TwL-P7p4rKI/AAAAAAAAKxg/OOzGb6dqgfU/s320/-0082.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693392428614593698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SMa7t3VZdE0/TwL-PRZZm-I/AAAAAAAAKxQ/WxyroIG8SB8/s1600/-0083.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 170px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SMa7t3VZdE0/TwL-PRZZm-I/AAAAAAAAKxQ/WxyroIG8SB8/s320/-0083.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693392417271159778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The waves are incredibly strong there. Look at this!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Les vagues sont incroyablement fortes à cet endroit. Regardez ça!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_6JG-MkyeTk/TwL-O2SH-xI/AAAAAAAAKxE/U0MII0zP8kU/s1600/-0084.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_6JG-MkyeTk/TwL-O2SH-xI/AAAAAAAAKxE/U0MII0zP8kU/s320/-0084.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693392409992887058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k9liixXVoqI/TwL9881PuwI/AAAAAAAAKwI/c0OKaRmvh3A/s1600/-0088.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k9liixXVoqI/TwL9881PuwI/AAAAAAAAKwI/c0OKaRmvh3A/s320/-0088.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693392102513163010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bf1zm4ihVa0/TwL985sfj7I/AAAAAAAAKv8/XoDQXJBaJ4w/s1600/-0090.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Hto4RO-YkxE/TwL9-UlFJPI/AAAAAAAAKws/_e2FrVK_8wk/s1600/-0086.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Hto4RO-YkxE/TwL9-UlFJPI/AAAAAAAAKws/_e2FrVK_8wk/s320/-0086.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693392126067680498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VjVbhCSuepk/TwL82rVk2UI/AAAAAAAAKvQ/JheD2lfU4TI/s1600/-0097.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VjVbhCSuepk/TwL82rVk2UI/AAAAAAAAKvQ/JheD2lfU4TI/s320/-0097.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693390895226083650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HaI9K2h_DdY/TwL-650joYI/AAAAAAAAKzI/DMPTLqlDbUQ/s1600/-0100.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HaI9K2h_DdY/TwL-650joYI/AAAAAAAAKzI/DMPTLqlDbUQ/s320/-0100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693393166856855938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j5zPpCSuCKE/TwL81grOb_I/AAAAAAAAKvI/zx4o2OS7-Qc/s1600/-0097-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WeGtbK-OpFw/TwL81Yf7BzI/AAAAAAAAKu4/9f6FXHSBTr0/s1600/-0061.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WeGtbK-OpFw/TwL81Yf7BzI/AAAAAAAAKu4/9f6FXHSBTr0/s320/-0061.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693390872989337394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xnkKUeoe8KQ/TwRHCJXYqVI/AAAAAAAAK1I/tShuGJxQ06E/s1600/-0129.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xnkKUeoe8KQ/TwRHCJXYqVI/AAAAAAAAK1I/tShuGJxQ06E/s320/-0129.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693753931102464338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: We all got a new sarong/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"&gt;Chacune de nous a eu un nouveau paréo&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--xRVOgjBZTE/TwRHB5JxmYI/AAAAAAAAK1A/BUdG5dQzFnw/s1600/-0130.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--xRVOgjBZTE/TwRHB5JxmYI/AAAAAAAAK1A/BUdG5dQzFnw/s320/-0130.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693753926750411138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you feel Dominical's vibe?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Vous sentez l'énergie de Dominical?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X21dHAjngrs/TwL83VQnruI/AAAAAAAAKvs/zBjyVp-Wefw/s1600/-0100.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-6406379265850514155?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/6406379265850514155/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=6406379265850514155' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/6406379265850514155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/6406379265850514155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/01/surfin-costa-rica.html' title='Surfin&apos; Costa Rica'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ht9kAgMB1Gw/TwL82_e94fI/AAAAAAAAKvc/5jxsAcZQOCI/s72-c/-0096.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-650121032600898881</id><published>2012-01-03T06:57:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T08:04:07.042-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Animaux'/><title type='text'>Happy new year from the jungle!</title><content type='html'>We have had friends staying with us for the last couple of days and we are really enjoying their presence. I LOVE talking with moms of grown-up children (and their children!), especially when they are funny and witty! I find it so insightful and enlightening. And needless to say, it is pretty helpful too!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Nous avons des amis chez nous depuis quelques jours et nous apprécions énormément leur présence. J'ADORE parler avec des femmes qui ont de grands enfants (et avec leurs enfants!), particulièrement quand elles sont drôles et qu'elles ont de l'esprit! Je trouve ça tellement éclairant et inspirant. Et inutile de vous dire que ça nous donne aussi un fier coup de main!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It has been a month that I am chasing toucans with my camera every time I hear one (they are much easier to hear than to see!), as well as aracaris. We just happened to be sitting at Chapy's in downtown Dominical when I turned around and noticed both species right beside me!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Ça fait un mois que je cours chercher mon appareil photo dès que j'entends un toucan (ils sont beaucoup plus facile à entendre qu'à voir), ainsi que des araçaris. Tandis qu'on était assis au Chapy's au centre-ville de Dominical, je me suis retournée et ces deux espèces étaient dans un arbre juste à côté de moi! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3oB_30CsLcU/TwLutm7vqDI/AAAAAAAAKuw/Yrk-_XHaFdY/s1600/-0033.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3oB_30CsLcU/TwLutm7vqDI/AAAAAAAAKuw/Yrk-_XHaFdY/s320/-0033.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693375346262386738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Fiery-billed aracari eating papaya flowers/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Araçari de Frantzius qui mangeait des fleurs de papayer&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p_gg1472W_4/TwLus3xXK8I/AAAAAAAAKug/ACajwW-b5jM/s1600/-0035.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p_gg1472W_4/TwLus3xXK8I/AAAAAAAAKug/ACajwW-b5jM/s320/-0035.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693375333602372546" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Fiery-billed aracari/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Araçari de Frantzius &lt;/span&gt;::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VU7zaCY1Owg/TwLusn4x7GI/AAAAAAAAKuQ/uuCRRqXPvyU/s1600/-0040.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VU7zaCY1Owg/TwLusn4x7GI/AAAAAAAAKuQ/uuCRRqXPvyU/s320/-0040.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693375329338518626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Chesnut-mandibled toucan/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Toucan de Swainson&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VzRZb9uR3zU/TwLusLthKRI/AAAAAAAAKt8/y7_3x0KmJoU/s1600/-0027.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VzRZb9uR3zU/TwLusLthKRI/AAAAAAAAKt8/y7_3x0KmJoU/s320/-0027.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693375321775089938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Colwell's Horned Kaydid (leaf bug)/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Kaydid Cornu Colwell (??, en tout cas, insecte feuille)&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MJhtzMxWXAY/TwLt2ZmDxmI/AAAAAAAAKtg/z4306nGCvFc/s1600/-0017.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MJhtzMxWXAY/TwLt2ZmDxmI/AAAAAAAAKtg/z4306nGCvFc/s320/-0017.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693374397788964450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Tiger heron on the side of our pool (he truly looked lost and was absolutely not afraid of us)/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Héron tigré sur le bord de notre piscine (il avait vraiment l'air perdu et n'avait aucunement peur de nous)&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TcjCag1kN2g/TwLt2kWRf9I/AAAAAAAAKt0/MvpEbRQeyZM/s1600/-0001-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TcjCag1kN2g/TwLt2kWRf9I/AAAAAAAAKt0/MvpEbRQeyZM/s320/-0001-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693374400675545042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Capuchin watching us eat in the yard/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Un capucin qui nous regarde manger dans la cour &lt;/span&gt;::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SJ5orGr--yo/TwLt2D9UxTI/AAAAAAAAKtY/F7BoFbk9ELM/s1600/-0011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 215px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SJ5orGr--yo/TwLt2D9UxTI/AAAAAAAAKtY/F7BoFbk9ELM/s320/-0011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693374391980967218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Cacao fruit/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Fruit du cacaotier&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aOyGcsWQxoA/TwLt1dOFGJI/AAAAAAAAKtQ/qzSJKKfOVQk/s1600/-0013.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 196px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aOyGcsWQxoA/TwLt1dOFGJI/AAAAAAAAKtQ/qzSJKKfOVQk/s320/-0013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693374381582260370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: We suck the flesh around the beans (and it does not taste like chocolate at all, but it is pretty yummy)/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;On suce la chair qui entoure les grains (et ça ne goûte pas du tout le chocolat, mais c'est très bon)&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k14Qwz7ygo0/TwLt1PAz0fI/AAAAAAAAKtA/MJFxsadipwE/s1600/-0026.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k14Qwz7ygo0/TwLt1PAz0fI/AAAAAAAAKtA/MJFxsadipwE/s320/-0026.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693374377768505842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Cheers!/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Santé!&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TcjCag1kN2g/TwLt2kWRf9I/AAAAAAAAKt0/MvpEbRQeyZM/s1600/-0001-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-650121032600898881?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/650121032600898881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=650121032600898881' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/650121032600898881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/650121032600898881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2012/01/happy-new-year-from-jungle.html' title='Happy new year from the jungle!'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3oB_30CsLcU/TwLutm7vqDI/AAAAAAAAKuw/Yrk-_XHaFdY/s72-c/-0033.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-8724058429213986379</id><published>2011-12-29T22:28:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-29T22:53:26.500-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Office with a view</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Beh6A_T5Rxk/Tv0ypYFociI/AAAAAAAAKs0/eJYCUdx5kfA/s1600/-0005.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 243px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Beh6A_T5Rxk/Tv0ypYFociI/AAAAAAAAKs0/eJYCUdx5kfA/s320/-0005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691761190488273442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: The office/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Le bureau&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Py21HErdkWU/Tv0yo67EQeI/AAAAAAAAKso/w_2eEBJ5gAI/s1600/-0001-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Py21HErdkWU/Tv0yo67EQeI/AAAAAAAAKso/w_2eEBJ5gAI/s320/-0001-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691761182659330530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;:: The view/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;La vue&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-strLTXbFopY/Tv0yon0rjYI/AAAAAAAAKsc/6ZZKann8ptQ/s1600/-0006-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 207px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-strLTXbFopY/Tv0yon0rjYI/AAAAAAAAKsc/6ZZKann8ptQ/s320/-0006-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691761177532272002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: The cubicle neighbor, a walking stick, &lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/11/day-in-life.html"&gt;the bug that scared Mathilde when we first arrived here&lt;/a&gt;/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Le voisin de cubicule (phasme,&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/11/day-in-life.html"&gt; la &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/11/day-in-life.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;bibitte&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/11/day-in-life.html"&gt;-branche dont Mathilde a eu si peur à notre arriveé&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Beh6A_T5Rxk/Tv0ypYFociI/AAAAAAAAKs0/eJYCUdx5kfA/s1600/-0005.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-8724058429213986379?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/8724058429213986379/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=8724058429213986379' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/8724058429213986379'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/8724058429213986379'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/office-with-view.html' title='Office with a view'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Beh6A_T5Rxk/Tv0ypYFociI/AAAAAAAAKs0/eJYCUdx5kfA/s72-c/-0005.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-8022381104848446714</id><published>2011-12-26T18:29:00.009-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-26T21:44:04.900-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Célébrations et festivals'/><title type='text'>Our Christmas</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Tout simple. Sans stress et fort agréable.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Very simple. Stress free and super pleasant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nn9pfXi1kWU/TvktTaC7XOI/AAAAAAAAKsQ/4wjDX3J5ZAM/s1600/-2-5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nn9pfXi1kWU/TvktTaC7XOI/AAAAAAAAKsQ/4wjDX3J5ZAM/s320/-2-5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690629415591697634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4hoyDTbb7AY/TvkKSQp1cLI/AAAAAAAAKsE/MTsJszjJuMI/s1600/-0002-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HElx8nHeNk0/TvkH_LwmpZI/AAAAAAAAKrg/5YBjTzqS4c0/s1600/-2-4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HElx8nHeNk0/TvkH_LwmpZI/AAAAAAAAKrg/5YBjTzqS4c0/s320/-2-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690588386229134738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6LwHO4fsD2Y/TvkH-NMqjkI/AAAAAAAAKrU/p0KhPCtNi6M/s1600/-0010-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6LwHO4fsD2Y/TvkH-NMqjkI/AAAAAAAAKrU/p0KhPCtNi6M/s320/-0010-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690588369435397698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IG1S-dOZLok/TvkH9tMTWOI/AAAAAAAAKrI/6kLYTLHn65c/s1600/-0011-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IG1S-dOZLok/TvkH9tMTWOI/AAAAAAAAKrI/6kLYTLHn65c/s320/-0011-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690588360843942114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HP4Ez-wznBw/TvkH9TYQ03I/AAAAAAAAKq4/uwRSvQI-PF0/s1600/-0012-4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HP4Ez-wznBw/TvkH9TYQ03I/AAAAAAAAKq4/uwRSvQI-PF0/s320/-0012-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690588353914786674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GjjkHCH-EJ0/TvkHSfBXfyI/AAAAAAAAKqM/GV3qT1h3lGI/s1600/-0014.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 248px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GjjkHCH-EJ0/TvkHSfBXfyI/AAAAAAAAKqM/GV3qT1h3lGI/s320/-0014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690587618305605410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SdnKTk_0MQY/TvkH9FWP3xI/AAAAAAAAKqw/5lW7pw7V-84/s1600/-0015-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SdnKTk_0MQY/TvkH9FWP3xI/AAAAAAAAKqw/5lW7pw7V-84/s320/-0015-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690588350148239122" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4cbGUPDYuI8/TvkHRafV4HI/AAAAAAAAKpw/Vss0bPNqTK4/s1600/-0036.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4cbGUPDYuI8/TvkHRafV4HI/AAAAAAAAKpw/Vss0bPNqTK4/s320/-0036.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690587599909281906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In my book, learning to play chess (starting with checkers) is right there on the list of milestones next to learning to walk, biking without training wheels or cooking your first meal by yourself. I still remember clearly my father teaching me the basis of chess in the impressive living room of Hovey Manor, in North Hatley, when I was about 8 yo, while I drank hot chocolate near the beautiful fireplace. I can hardly believe that it is our turn to teach our girls...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Dans mon livre, apprendre à jouer aux échecs (en commençant par les dames) se situe au même niveau sur la liste des étapes importantes que le fait d'apprendre à marcher, à faire du vélo sans petites roues ou à cuisiner son premier repas tout seul. Je me rappelle clairement quand mon père m'a enseigné la base des échecs dans l'impressionnant salon du manoir Hovey, à North Hatley, quand j'avais environ 8 ans, pendant que je buvais un chocolat chaud près du magnifique foyer. J'ai peine à croire que c'est à notre tour d'enseigner les rudiments des dames à nos filles...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hMCe2In2jZk/TvkHQ2LrjDI/AAAAAAAAKpk/WTCMePScogg/s1600/-0027.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hMCe2In2jZk/TvkHQ2LrjDI/AAAAAAAAKpk/WTCMePScogg/s320/-0027.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690587590163139634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5k-HhRKuc58/TvkHQp8ATfI/AAAAAAAAKpY/66Q0vSupPxc/s1600/-0029.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5k-HhRKuc58/TvkHQp8ATfI/AAAAAAAAKpY/66Q0vSupPxc/s320/-0029.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690587586876165618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1T8jglLeMgU/TvkKR-tRJeI/AAAAAAAAKrs/eq5DOSJ_MzI/s1600/-0007.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1T8jglLeMgU/TvkKR-tRJeI/AAAAAAAAKrs/eq5DOSJ_MzI/s320/-0007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690590908166252002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GjjkHCH-EJ0/TvkHSfBXfyI/AAAAAAAAKqM/GV3qT1h3lGI/s1600/-0014.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4hoyDTbb7AY/TvkKSQp1cLI/AAAAAAAAKsE/MTsJszjJuMI/s1600/-0002-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4hoyDTbb7AY/TvkKSQp1cLI/AAAAAAAAKsE/MTsJszjJuMI/s320/-0002-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690590912983691442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-8022381104848446714?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/8022381104848446714/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=8022381104848446714' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/8022381104848446714'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/8022381104848446714'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/our-christmas.html' title='Our Christmas'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nn9pfXi1kWU/TvktTaC7XOI/AAAAAAAAKsQ/4wjDX3J5ZAM/s72-c/-2-5.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-6403792462414987595</id><published>2011-12-25T11:45:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-25T14:41:28.161-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>Home for Christmas</title><content type='html'>We are finally out of the &lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/i-am-so-done-with-all-mold-and-rain.html"&gt;moldy house&lt;/a&gt;! We LOVE our new place! You'll see why!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Nous sommes finalement sortis de la &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/i-am-so-done-with-all-mold-and-rain.html"&gt;maison pleine de moisissures&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;! On ADORE notre nouvelle maison! Vous comprendez pourquoi!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y5OHR8bian4/TvdikB1D2uI/AAAAAAAAKnI/37jfQbATnNI/s1600/-0010-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y5OHR8bian4/TvdikB1D2uI/AAAAAAAAKnI/37jfQbATnNI/s320/-0010-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690125025311709922" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qxL-0cpwLuY/TvdwMd2UsBI/AAAAAAAAKnU/To4MH0AAFEU/s1600/-0010.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2m6ea1OxcPg/TvdxAvi_5hI/AAAAAAAAKoQ/rxCiguqby4c/s1600/-0004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2m6ea1OxcPg/TvdxAvi_5hI/AAAAAAAAKoQ/rxCiguqby4c/s320/-0004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690140911783110162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The view of the mountains facing the house is amazing, but almost impossible to photograph. It reminds me of Tuscany! Last night, we could see many fireworks (a tradition here!) coming from the houses on the other side of the valley. It was lovely!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;La vue des montagnes qui font face à la maison est incroyable, mais pratiquement impossible à photographier. Ça me rappelle la Toscane! La nuit dernière, on pouvait voir des feux d'artifice (une tradition ici!) qui venaient des maisons de l'autre côté de la vallée. C'était vraiment beau!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WVRa4G_f-Dg/TvdijBGtbqI/AAAAAAAAKmw/N_j33TGqll4/s1600/-0012-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WVRa4G_f-Dg/TvdijBGtbqI/AAAAAAAAKmw/N_j33TGqll4/s320/-0012-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690125007937433250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is paradise! &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Ça c'est le paradis&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gcPIxvU2OMo/TvdiiPtUiII/AAAAAAAAKmk/9Sqh11-1I5A/s1600/-0015.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gcPIxvU2OMo/TvdiiPtUiII/AAAAAAAAKmk/9Sqh11-1I5A/s320/-0015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690124994677606530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--R1fhLFSs1w/TvdwMiZOSbI/AAAAAAAAKnk/d35boAVcuL8/s1600/-0001-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--R1fhLFSs1w/TvdwMiZOSbI/AAAAAAAAKnk/d35boAVcuL8/s320/-0001-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690140014899251634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And a brand new kitchen! &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Et une cuisine toute neuve&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uvCFx9IM-rk/Tvd5orgPRAI/AAAAAAAAKo0/VpDMhJFh-Yg/s1600/-2-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uvCFx9IM-rk/Tvd5orgPRAI/AAAAAAAAKo0/VpDMhJFh-Yg/s320/-2-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690150393985582082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k5AiLTkZ1xE/Tvd5o6hSuHI/AAAAAAAAKo8/cpSPXjZm-Yk/s1600/-2-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k5AiLTkZ1xE/Tvd5o6hSuHI/AAAAAAAAKo8/cpSPXjZm-Yk/s320/-2-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690150398016534642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;:: With a brand new gaz stove&lt;/span&gt;/Avec u&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;ne cuisinière au gaz toute neuve! ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PWYHb1gJGDA/TvdwOXJ7KyI/AAAAAAAAKoE/7qUvWVVqiSQ/s1600/-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PWYHb1gJGDA/TvdwOXJ7KyI/AAAAAAAAKoE/7qUvWVVqiSQ/s320/-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690140046242032418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;:: High-quality towels from Quebec, as well as good soft sheets (brought by the owners), a real luxury here since most of the home stuff is pretty cheap unless you shop in high-end stores in Ezcazù/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Des serviettes de bonne qualité du Québec, ainsi que des bons draps confortables (que les proprios ont apporté), un vrai luxe ici étant donné que la plupart des articles de maison sont de piètre qualité, à moins de magasiner dans les boutiques haut de gamme à Ezcazù&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fa43FYPiQyI/TvdiiJL7BbI/AAAAAAAAKmY/8GGnYtE_UPg/s1600/-0020.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fa43FYPiQyI/TvdiiJL7BbI/AAAAAAAAKmY/8GGnYtE_UPg/s320/-0020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690124992926909874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: It is lovely to eat outside all the time! &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;C'est génial de manger dehors tout le temps!&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And yesterday, while we were sitting outside, we saw a mama iguana with her two babies! We also heard a morning concert of &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vxlnZ8BihI"&gt;howler monkeys&lt;/a&gt;! They sure have a fascinating voice! They almost sound like lions roaring...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Et hier, quand on était assis dehors, on a vu une maman iguane avec ses deux bébés! On a aussi entendu un concert matinal de &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vxlnZ8BihI"&gt;singes hurleurs&lt;/a&gt;! Ils ont vraiment une voix fascinante! On dirait presque des lions qui rugissent...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bbJKVAsdZPA/TvdxBeFcXEI/AAAAAAAAKoo/r4eQPD7O-3Q/s1600/-0026.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 208px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bbJKVAsdZPA/TvdxBeFcXEI/AAAAAAAAKoo/r4eQPD7O-3Q/s320/-0026.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690140924275612738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k_aDZGBmJok/TvdxA343NkI/AAAAAAAAKoc/hHXk6NzuU6E/s1600/-0025-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k_aDZGBmJok/TvdxA343NkI/AAAAAAAAKoc/hHXk6NzuU6E/s320/-0025-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690140914022299202" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ayEBSP-0X6k/Tvd5pAlIsjI/AAAAAAAAKpM/zxbfI0OEGlE/s1600/-0032.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ayEBSP-0X6k/Tvd5pAlIsjI/AAAAAAAAKpM/zxbfI0OEGlE/s320/-0032.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690150399643267634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-6403792462414987595?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/6403792462414987595/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=6403792462414987595' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/6403792462414987595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/6403792462414987595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/home-for-christmas.html' title='Home for Christmas'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y5OHR8bian4/TvdikB1D2uI/AAAAAAAAKnI/37jfQbATnNI/s72-c/-0010-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-5803854564658399963</id><published>2011-12-23T21:21:00.009-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-23T22:36:40.382-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>Habla español?</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Not speaking the language when you travel puts you  in a state of humility and sometimes embarrassment. It is fine by me,  even if it is a bit frustrating at times. I think I was expecting to be  able to function better thanks to the fact that I speak italian and that I took Spanish classes back in college, but I could not have  been more wrong…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Le fait de ne pas parler la langue quand on voyage nous rend un peu plus humble... C'est parfois gênant et même frustrant à l'occasion. Je pense que je m'attendais à être capable de fonctionner grâce à mon italien et à mes cours d'espagnol qui datent du collège, mais je me suis drôlement trompée...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZWjyVUGTznw/TvU4x98UibI/AAAAAAAAKl8/kgDTcEn3bkQ/s1600/-0003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZWjyVUGTznw/TvU4x98UibI/AAAAAAAAKl8/kgDTcEn3bkQ/s320/-0003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689516135344802226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Clarita and the girls/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Clarita et les filles&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For instance, when I tried to explain to Clarita, the house owner's cleaning lady, when she arrived at our place at 7 am the day after I sent the owner &lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/i-am-so-done-with-all-mold-and-rain.html"&gt;those photos&lt;/a&gt;, that they I was not critiquing her work, but rather the lack of maintenance HE did during the rainy season... She started cleaning again what she already cleaned, but that was not the problem... Ahh... I felt pretty uncomfortable but I could not explain the situation to her. I also feel that we connect her and I, and I wanted to talk with her, but the language barrier is too big... Anyways, thanks to our painful exchanges (and her great patience!), my Spanish is a bit better, and I can finally manage to sort of say what I want to say after a month of being here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Par exemple, quand j'essayais d'expliquer à Clarita, la femme de ménage du proprio, quand elle est débarquée à 7 h du matin le lendemain de l'envoi de &lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/i-am-so-done-with-all-mold-and-rain.html"&gt;ces photos&lt;/a&gt; au proprio, que ce n'était pas une critique de son travail, mais du manque d'entretien de la maison pendant la saison des pluies... Elle a entreprit de tout renettoyer ce qu'elle avait déjà nettoyé, mais là n'était pas le problème... Ahh... Je me sentais bien mal et je n'arrivais pas à lui expliquer la situation. De plus, je sens qu'elle et moi on clique, on avait envie de discuter, mais la barrière de la langue est trop grande... Enfin, c'est grâce à nos échanges un peu pénibles (et sa grande patience!) que mon espagnol se dérouille un peu et que je peux enfin mieux me débrouiller après 1 mois.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--hB0Nrh1ckI/TvU4xXBKwzI/AAAAAAAAKl0/KuWG0d6kNBk/s1600/-0008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--hB0Nrh1ckI/TvU4xXBKwzI/AAAAAAAAKl0/KuWG0d6kNBk/s320/-0008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689516124896150322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Sometimes, you are grateful for signs in English.../&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Parfois, on est contents de voir des affiches en anglais...&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;So far, I am following &lt;a href="http://www.therealcostarica.com/health_education_costa_rica/learning_spanish.html"&gt;this guy’s&lt;/a&gt; advice:&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;p style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;Don't  concern yourself with the tenses (past, future, etc.). When you first  start learning Spanish, everything will be present tense, and you will  sound (to Latins anyway) exactly like the stereotypical Pakistani owner  of a 7-11 that is a staple in a lot of US stand up comedy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Jusqu'à maintenant, je suis les conseils de &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://www.therealcostarica.com/health_education_costa_rica/learning_spanish.html"&gt;ce gars&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ne vous préoccupez pas des temps de verbes. Quand vous commencez à apprendre l'espagnol, tout sera au présent et vous parlerez exactement (pour les latins du moins) comme le propriétaire pakistanais typique d'un 7-11 (dépanneur) souvent imité dans les numéros d'humour aux États-Unis.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jZY-g5W-Osc/TvU4wvBgUXI/AAAAAAAAKls/TyVeCvrlUWM/s1600/-0030-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jZY-g5W-Osc/TvU4wvBgUXI/AAAAAAAAKls/TyVeCvrlUWM/s320/-0030-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689516114160144754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VijD5QhniK4/TvU44p3vfMI/AAAAAAAAKmM/OhKtMgzTtVM/s1600/-0027-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VijD5QhniK4/TvU44p3vfMI/AAAAAAAAKmM/OhKtMgzTtVM/s320/-0027-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689516250215972034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-svTXbfhMKJk/TvU4wIdt84I/AAAAAAAAKlc/znVcgADcS6Q/s1600/-0031-4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 162px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-svTXbfhMKJk/TvU4wIdt84I/AAAAAAAAKlc/znVcgADcS6Q/s320/-0031-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689516103809495938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For instance, when a guy told me that it would be a good idea to rinse   my foot after walking back from the beach because there was a lot of  &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;arena&lt;/span&gt; (sand), I understood &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;araña&lt;/span&gt; (spiders)... Then, when I told Clarita  that there was an &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;araña&lt;/span&gt; (spider, but I meant &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;rana&lt;/span&gt;, frog) in A&lt;span style="mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;font-family:Calibri;" &gt;ï&lt;/span&gt;sha's  room, she suggested we use Raid to kill it... !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Par  exemple, quand un homme m'a dit que ce serait une bonne idée de me  rinser les pieds en revenant de la plage parce qu'il y avait beaucoup de  arena (sable), j'ai compris &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;arañas (araignées)... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Puis, quand j'ai dit à Clarita qu'il y avait une &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;araña (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;araignée, mais je voulais dire &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;rana&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;, grenouille) dans la chambre d'Aïsha, elle m'a suggéré d'utiliser du Raid pour la tuer... !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gXNcO01pNa8/TvU4v56BH_I/AAAAAAAAKlQ/hUnjdbt42zg/s1600/-0066.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 298px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gXNcO01pNa8/TvU4v56BH_I/AAAAAAAAKlQ/hUnjdbt42zg/s320/-0066.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689516099901661170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: A frog in A&lt;span style="mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;font-family:Calibri;" &gt;ï&lt;/span&gt;sha's closet/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Une grenouille dans le garde-robe d'Aïsha&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It  is fun to see how more fluent we are every week at the market and it  is pretty exhilarating to start to understand better! Today, we were waiting for our car to be fixed (a recurent theme in our life...) and so we stayed at the market for 4 hours. On Fridays, there is only 2/3 of the sellers that are usually there on Thursays and it is much more quiet. We got really good deals when we went to see a seller and take all he had left of pineapples, bananas, mangoes, etc. It was fun to just sit in the shade in a windy corner and watch the sellers interact with each others and laugh together. One would start screaming: Sandias! Sandias ricas! Venga! Venga! (Watermelons! Delicious watermelons! Come! Come!) and someone else would start to scream back what he had to sell. We got to see a man extract cane juice and we got to drank the fresh juice. It was so good, but so sweet! We saw people walking on  the side of the road in the mountains with big heavy pots on their backs and other with freshly cut banana leaves that were probably gathering at some family member's home to prepare tamales together for the Christmas meal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;C'est agréable de voir à quel point nous sommes plus à l'aise chaque semaine au marché, et c'est tellement exaltant quand on commence à mieux comprendre! Aujourd'hui, nous attendions que notre voiture se fasse réparer (un thème récurent dans notre vie...), alors nous sommes restés  4 heures au marché. Les vendredis, il y a seulement les 2/3 des vendeurs qui sont là habituellement les jeudis et c'est beaucoup plus tranquille. Nous avons eu de super bons prix quand nous sommes allés voir les vendeurs et que nous prenions tout ce qui leur restait d'ananas, de mangues, de bananes, etc. C'était agréable d'être assis à l'ombre dans un coin venteux et de regarder les vendeurs interagir les uns avec les autres et se taquiner. Il y en avait un qui se mettait à crier : Sandias! Sandias ricas! Venga! Venga! (Melons d'eau! Délicieux melons d'eau! Venez! Venez!) et quelqu'un d'autre se mettait à crier en réponse ce qu'il avait à vendre. On a vu un homme extraire le jus de la canne à sucre et on a bu le bon jus frais. C'est vraiment sucré! 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meaning windows, there are windows in the rock where  the sea comes in. It is beautiful and the sound of the waves crashing in  there is pretty powerful).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Aujourd'hui,  nous sommes allées à l'une de nos plages préférées jusqu'à maintenant,  qui s'appelle playa ventanas (&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;ventanas&lt;/span&gt; signifie fenêtres, il y a des  fenêtres dans les rochers où entre la mer. C'est magnifique et le le son  des vagues qui cassent sur la paroi intérieure est vraiment puissant).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sS9OdWi39ug/TvFRT_a0hTI/AAAAAAAAKjg/09o4rOrLSMU/s1600/-0021.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sS9OdWi39ug/TvFRT_a0hTI/AAAAAAAAKjg/09o4rOrLSMU/s320/-0021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688417208228939058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CO930r6POI4/TvFR2eicpdI/AAAAAAAAKkU/tGZyWcV5a4U/s1600/-0009.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CO930r6POI4/TvFR2eicpdI/AAAAAAAAKkU/tGZyWcV5a4U/s320/-0009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688417800697980370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: We can find the most beautiful shells there too, "real shells" as the girls say. &lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/08/our-not-back-to-school-vacation.html"&gt;I already told you&lt;/a&gt; how much I love looking for shells on the beach/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;On y trouve aussi de magnifiques coquillages, des « vrais coquillages » comme disent les filles. &lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/08/our-not-back-to-school-vacation.html"&gt;Je vous ai déjà dit&lt;/a&gt; combien j'aimais chercher des coquillages à la mer&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Om1EYSa-oyI/TvFR1lKv_XI/AAAAAAAAKkM/1zlp29MxJI4/s1600/-0013-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Om1EYSa-oyI/TvFR1lKv_XI/AAAAAAAAKkM/1zlp29MxJI4/s320/-0013-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688417785297763698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EjfbEpP7a_E/TvFRSgmuizI/AAAAAAAAKjM/NsYkLKgC6Ew/s1600/-0037-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EjfbEpP7a_E/TvFRSgmuizI/AAAAAAAAKjM/NsYkLKgC6Ew/s320/-0037-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688417182777510706" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5gnDazdoabg/TvFUiXhLfyI/AAAAAAAAKks/5rqbuPddzOc/s1600/-0019-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5gnDazdoabg/TvFUiXhLfyI/AAAAAAAAKks/5rqbuPddzOc/s320/-0019-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688420753751113506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: The girls played with the hermit crabs for hours on the beach, they are everywhere!/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Les filles ont passé des heures à jouer avec les Bernard l’Hermite, il y en a partout!&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-v6EanNb1N_8/TvFQqy6FpFI/AAAAAAAAKig/XIKgrRWgsFE/s1600/-0047.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-v6EanNb1N_8/TvFQqy6FpFI/AAAAAAAAKig/XIKgrRWgsFE/s320/-0047.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688416500495787090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--DHEF1f1Ho0/TvFQqctaJnI/AAAAAAAAKiU/u2gg32WL-SU/s1600/-0056.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--DHEF1f1Ho0/TvFQqctaJnI/AAAAAAAAKiU/u2gg32WL-SU/s320/-0056.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688416494537025138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jT7daTeOeGE/TvFQpgbylDI/AAAAAAAAKiI/3AKgaXs-Ylg/s1600/-0058.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jT7daTeOeGE/TvFQpgbylDI/AAAAAAAAKiI/3AKgaXs-Ylg/s320/-0058.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688416478357001266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: At low tide, there are many caves to explore/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;À marée basse, il y a plusieurs grottes à explorer&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jTk72msE55c/TvFQpd3NddI/AAAAAAAAKh8/EUQ5aTXnD7Y/s1600/-0059.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jTk72msE55c/TvFQpd3NddI/AAAAAAAAKh8/EUQ5aTXnD7Y/s320/-0059.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688416477666702802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H7hjMyvGr6A/TvFQrfrGEAI/AAAAAAAAKis/TuoAgcWRBLo/s1600/-0044-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H7hjMyvGr6A/TvFQrfrGEAI/AAAAAAAAKis/TuoAgcWRBLo/s320/-0044-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688416512512495618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WJN4lwToZng/TvFRTe_oAQI/AAAAAAAAKjU/ze74wJ0T96g/s1600/-0029.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 234px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WJN4lwToZng/TvFRTe_oAQI/AAAAAAAAKjU/ze74wJ0T96g/s320/-0029.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688417199524937986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Free snack on the beach/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Collation gratuite sur la plage&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--ygCVhCH5II/TvFPIRv3y4I/AAAAAAAAKhU/S0SjnFCSaKs/s1600/-0074.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--ygCVhCH5II/TvFPIRv3y4I/AAAAAAAAKhU/S0SjnFCSaKs/s320/-0074.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688414807967386498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QTh2wjhjIFw/TvFPIh3velI/AAAAAAAAKhk/Cnt9sCdFYUE/s1600/-0072.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; 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It is a beautiful walk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jl1SSiNqNH8/TvFOAezeePI/AAAAAAAAKg0/SbgJcS8WsOs/s1600/-0086.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jl1SSiNqNH8/TvFOAezeePI/AAAAAAAAKg0/SbgJcS8WsOs/s320/-0086.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688413574521583858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OMh0Ia8M3SM/TvFOAR5U51I/AAAAAAAAKgk/q4wa2CyJBxA/s1600/-0088.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OMh0Ia8M3SM/TvFOAR5U51I/AAAAAAAAKgk/q4wa2CyJBxA/s320/-0088.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688413571056461650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XlkwHTxej_Y/TvFN_Z2kVkI/AAAAAAAAKgc/jj0xNxB6Al8/s1600/-0089.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XlkwHTxej_Y/TvFN_Z2kVkI/AAAAAAAAKgc/jj0xNxB6Al8/s320/-0089.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688413556012504642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then, on our way back, we stopped in Dominical to watch the sunset. The beach was crowded with surfers and young people. Dominical has that hippie vibe that is very different from the other beaches in the area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Puis, sur le chemin du retour, nous sommes arrêtés à Dominical pour regarder le coucher de soleil. La plage était pleine de surfeurs et de jeunes gens. Dominical a vraiment une énergie hippie, bien différente des autres plages de la région.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5cA8YhLKiOs/TvFN-1xFvvI/AAAAAAAAKgM/VJu1aKOB-KM/s1600/-0092.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5cA8YhLKiOs/TvFN-1xFvvI/AAAAAAAAKgM/VJu1aKOB-KM/s320/-0092.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688413546325851890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jl1SSiNqNH8/TvFOAezeePI/AAAAAAAAKg0/SbgJcS8WsOs/s1600/-0086.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-6509454693596740060?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/6509454693596740060/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=6509454693596740060' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/6509454693596740060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/6509454693596740060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/playa-ventanas.html' title='Playa ventanas'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sS9OdWi39ug/TvFRT_a0hTI/AAAAAAAAKjg/09o4rOrLSMU/s72-c/-0021.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-3829788946656535138</id><published>2011-12-19T19:03:00.010-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-19T19:53:23.295-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Célébrations et festivals'/><title type='text'>Noël au Costa Rica</title><content type='html'>Yesterday, we went to a Christmas celebration in a nearby town. It felt pretty good to do something social (even if we did not speak to anybody really...).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Hier, nous sommes allés à une célébration de Noël dans un village voisin. C'était agréable de faire quelque chose de social (même si nous n'avons pas vraiment parlé à personne...).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SVetlErf0Ck/Tu_SH8BY3dI/AAAAAAAAKcM/qrC4eGf_gHs/s1600/-0081-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SVetlErf0Ck/Tu_SH8BY3dI/AAAAAAAAKcM/qrC4eGf_gHs/s320/-0081-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687995888205094354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There was a beautiful Nativity play. The girls were so excited!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Il y avait une belle pièce de théâtre de la nativité. Les filles étaient tellement contentes! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XQ1jF05C_Ww/Tu_UdgTRaII/AAAAAAAAKfM/RIM4oX8Bftg/s1600/-0084.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XQ1jF05C_Ww/Tu_UdgTRaII/AAAAAAAAKfM/RIM4oX8Bftg/s320/-0084.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687998457744287874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: La posada: the inn/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;l'auberge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--cUaaylX2Do/Tu_UdaDRgtI/AAAAAAAAKfE/D-IOG9JeKZE/s1600/-0049-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 185px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--cUaaylX2Do/Tu_UdaDRgtI/AAAAAAAAKfE/D-IOG9JeKZE/s320/-0049-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687998456066573010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: No hay espacio: there is no room/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Il n'y a pas de place&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-x1Zg708i8Fs/Tu_SKi_DIcI/AAAAAAAAKdA/8_qR6Qligl8/s1600/-0050.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 220px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-x1Zg708i8Fs/Tu_SKi_DIcI/AAAAAAAAKdA/8_qR6Qligl8/s320/-0050.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687995933024002498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The three Kings were beautiful!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Les trois rois étaient superbes!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fa2cFq-2fyA/Tu_SKXaFhpI/AAAAAAAAKcw/IDcVWbgPD-U/s1600/-0063.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fa2cFq-2fyA/Tu_SKXaFhpI/AAAAAAAAKcw/IDcVWbgPD-U/s320/-0063.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687995929916180114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-26qJNlrSnD8/Tu_SIeeJkWI/AAAAAAAAKco/q7uryzy7w-I/s1600/-0067.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-26qJNlrSnD8/Tu_SIeeJkWI/AAAAAAAAKco/q7uryzy7w-I/s320/-0067.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687995897452532066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GWyd4D-8Fp4/Tu_RrCmj2LI/AAAAAAAAKb4/Uast4ZYnGYQ/s1600/-0089.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GWyd4D-8Fp4/Tu_RrCmj2LI/AAAAAAAAKb4/Uast4ZYnGYQ/s320/-0089.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687995391755409586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: A great choir sang Christmal carols in Spanish/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Une magnifique chorale a chanté des chants de Noël en espagnol ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lZ8ajsis0E0/Tu_RsMVKZ-I/AAAAAAAAKcA/1DThjrFWGmE/s1600/-0076.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lZ8ajsis0E0/Tu_RsMVKZ-I/AAAAAAAAKcA/1DThjrFWGmE/s320/-0076.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687995411546662882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Tired, but very concentrated audience/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Un public fatigué, mais très concentré&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;We got to eat &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamale"&gt;tamales&lt;/a&gt;, a typical Christmas meal in Costa Rica, cooked in banana leaves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Nous avons eu l'occasion de manger des &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamal"&gt;tamales&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;, un repas de Noël typique au Costa Rica, cuit dans des feuilles de bananier.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UsjW_HCUsCY/Tu_U1HqheKI/AAAAAAAAKf0/soZzSxEHgqE/s1600/-0035.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UsjW_HCUsCY/Tu_U1HqheKI/AAAAAAAAKf0/soZzSxEHgqE/s320/-0035.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687998863447783586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HJLVxulhzds/Tu_UBR_gkOI/AAAAAAAAKeU/J14H8ld6JmI/s1600/-0032.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HJLVxulhzds/Tu_UBR_gkOI/AAAAAAAAKeU/J14H8ld6JmI/s320/-0032.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687997972866961634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And at home...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Et à la maison...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UaLsKaBnBQM/Tu_RqZyTLgI/AAAAAAAAKbo/by-qJuE_g5w/s1600/-0010-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UaLsKaBnBQM/Tu_RqZyTLgI/AAAAAAAAKbo/by-qJuE_g5w/s320/-0010-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687995380798795266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: We made &lt;a href="http://artfulparent.typepad.com/artfulparent/2010/12/candy-cane-playdough.html"&gt;candy-cane playdough&lt;/a&gt;/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Nous avons fait de la &lt;a href="http://artfulparent.typepad.com/artfulparent/2010/12/candy-cane-playdough.html"&gt;pâte à modeler canne de bonbons&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-irn7gN995ew/Tu_UBz107XI/AAAAAAAAKec/Gc1qQ8WneGk/s1600/-0011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-irn7gN995ew/Tu_UBz107XI/AAAAAAAAKec/Gc1qQ8WneGk/s320/-0011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687997981953158514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Made some window stars (a model Mara made up)... but we can't hang them or give them since most houses don't have proper windows/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Nous avons fait quelques étoiles (un modèle inventé par Mara)... mais nous ne pouvons pas les accrocher ou les donner car la plupart des maisons n'ont pas de fenêtres qui conviennent&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XjmH-HMB3Nk/Tu_UCpIem0I/AAAAAAAAKe0/2CrhcLajAoY/s1600/-0008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XjmH-HMB3Nk/Tu_UCpIem0I/AAAAAAAAKe0/2CrhcLajAoY/s320/-0008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687997996258466626" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: And we found some glittery pipecleaners at the farmer's market last week so we made some ornaments/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Et nous avons trouvé des cure-pipes brillants au marché la semaine passée et nous avons fait quelques décorations &lt;/span&gt;::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fc3WruorBYY/Tu_UCGyqdQI/AAAAAAAAKes/4KPTt2zvLxc/s1600/-0009.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fc3WruorBYY/Tu_UCGyqdQI/AAAAAAAAKes/4KPTt2zvLxc/s320/-0009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687997987040163074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Mathilde made a Christmas palm tree/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Mathilde a fait un palmier de Noël&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZxK5mnZbD2w/Tu_Rp_IeSfI/AAAAAAAAKbQ/mbDPaGcH5K4/s1600/-0043-4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 274px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZxK5mnZbD2w/Tu_Rp_IeSfI/AAAAAAAAKbQ/mbDPaGcH5K4/s320/-0043-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687995373644040690" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Yes, there is a market for Christmas tree in Costa Rica!/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Oui, il y a un marché pour les sapins de Noël au Costa Rica!&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We even saw Santa in the streets of San Isidro! Poor guy, we were sweating big time in our shorts and t-shirts!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;On a même vu le Père Noël dans les rues de San Isidro! Pauvre gars, on suait à grosses gouttes dans nos shorts et t-shirts!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GJ4QcKWhpLI/Tu_RqIJhXXI/AAAAAAAAKbY/0bqS20fI68w/s1600/-0037.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 176px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GJ4QcKWhpLI/Tu_RqIJhXXI/AAAAAAAAKbY/0bqS20fI68w/s320/-0037.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687995376064355698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZxK5mnZbD2w/Tu_Rp_IeSfI/AAAAAAAAKbQ/mbDPaGcH5K4/s1600/-0043-4.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lZ8ajsis0E0/Tu_RsMVKZ-I/AAAAAAAAKcA/1DThjrFWGmE/s1600/-0076.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-3829788946656535138?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/3829788946656535138/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=3829788946656535138' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/3829788946656535138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/3829788946656535138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/noel-au-costa-rica.html' title='Noël au Costa Rica'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SVetlErf0Ck/Tu_SH8BY3dI/AAAAAAAAKcM/qrC4eGf_gHs/s72-c/-0081-3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-3331481955354348733</id><published>2011-12-18T22:35:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-18T23:57:51.569-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>I am so done with all the mold and rain...</title><content type='html'>OK, so I did not talked about this since I thought it was not fair to complain when you live in a tropical paradise. But as a good friend said to me today: even in paradise we are human... and mold is gross. We decided to come to Costa Rica at this time of year especially because usually the rainy season is over. But this year, it clearly is not. Someone told us that trying to predict when the rainy season will end is like trying to guess the lotery numbers... But let me just tell you that if we come back it will be between January and June. I will take snow anytime instead of rain... It has rained more in 3 weeks here than in the 5 years we lived in the Yukon. And I am not kidding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;OK, je ne vous ai pas parlé de cela encore parce que je trouvais que je n'avais pas le droit de me plaindre comme nous sommes dans un petit paradis tropical. Mais comme une bonne amie m'a dit aujourd'hui : même au paradis, on est humain... et la moisissure, c'est dégueulasse! Nous avons décidé de venir au Costa Rica à ce temps-ci de l'année précisément parce qu'habituellement la saison des pluies est terminée, mais cette année ce n'est évidemment pas le cas. Quelqu'un nous a dit que d'essayer de prédire la fin de la saison des pluies était comme essayer de deviner les numéros chanceux à la loterie... Laissez-moi juste vous dire que si on revient, ce sera sans aucun doute entre janvier et juin. Je prendrais de la neige n'importe quand contre de la pluie... Il a plu plus en 3 semaines que pendant les 5 ans que nous avons habité au Yukon. Et je suis sérieuse. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V5K0BHOekos/Tu6xYyWq_vI/AAAAAAAAKY4/AtVh2vjvOAo/s1600/-0019.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V5K0BHOekos/Tu6xYyWq_vI/AAAAAAAAKY4/AtVh2vjvOAo/s320/-0019.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687678418807357170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ru6MvZAcwNA/Tu6xZW64uoI/AAAAAAAAKZA/Vgda1uSUbnQ/s1600/-0014.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ru6MvZAcwNA/Tu6xZW64uoI/AAAAAAAAKZA/Vgda1uSUbnQ/s320/-0014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687678428622928514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today, there was an inch of water in the bathroom... and it is still sitting there. Fortunately, there are two other bathrooms in this house!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Aujourd'hui, il y avait un pouce d'eau dans la salle de bain... et elle est encore là. Une chance qu'il y a deux autres salles de bain dans cette maison!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EimIAq5Dsa4/Tu6xYokZkuI/AAAAAAAAKYo/XLTw5i1cDms/s1600/-0023.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EimIAq5Dsa4/Tu6xYokZkuI/AAAAAAAAKYo/XLTw5i1cDms/s320/-0023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687678416180581090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And there is mold everywhere...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Et il y a de la moisissure partout...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BF6Yxh2g3K4/Tu6zAMgBVlI/AAAAAAAAKZ0/GSo2UJHjZYY/s1600/-0022.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BF6Yxh2g3K4/Tu6zAMgBVlI/AAAAAAAAKZ0/GSo2UJHjZYY/s320/-0022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687680195352417874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take a closer look (all the white spots is mold)... It has been cleaned now (when I sent the owner theses photos...).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Regardez de plus près (toutes les tâches blanches sont des moisissures)... Le plafond a été nettoyé depuis (quand j'ai envoyé ces photos au proprio...).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SmX53rBwJ40/Tu6y_gwic2I/AAAAAAAAKZk/t3Kd9_V_mTs/s1600/-0025.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SmX53rBwJ40/Tu6y_gwic2I/AAAAAAAAKZk/t3Kd9_V_mTs/s320/-0025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687680183610536802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most "American" houses built to rent are not lived-in during the rainy season and many owners do not pay for someone to come and clean and air the place every week (a necessity in such a climate), so the houses get terribly moldy...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;La plupart des maison « américaines » construites pour être louées ne sont pas habitées pendant la saison des pluies et de nombreux propriétaires négligent de payer pour les faire nettoyer et aérer toutes les semaines (une nécessité dans un tel climat), alors les moisissures s'installent...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NpSkbL9auPQ/Tu6y_qbxfbI/AAAAAAAAKZY/p_E02LlCUcs/s1600/-0033.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NpSkbL9auPQ/Tu6y_qbxfbI/AAAAAAAAKZY/p_E02LlCUcs/s320/-0033.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687680186207796658" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Most of the pillows and mattresses are full of mold. &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;La plupart des oreillers et des matelas sont plein de moisissures&lt;/span&gt;. ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uSRdVj5BO50/Tu6zBNg4UBI/AAAAAAAAKaM/0-GtrXjPtws/s1600/-0011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uSRdVj5BO50/Tu6zBNg4UBI/AAAAAAAAKaM/0-GtrXjPtws/s320/-0011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687680212804325394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Chairs and couches cushions too/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Les coussins des chaises et des divans aussi &lt;/span&gt;::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today, we started to pack because we are finally getting out of this place this week. Most of our clothes stink terribly of mold and some of them even have fuzzy mold on them, as well as our all our suitcases and backpacks, everything leather, and many more items. I am very sensitive to smell and the smell of mold is almost unbearable to me right now...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had to move the girls clothes from their room shelving (that was so full of mold, even after we washed it with vinegar, that the clothes were damp and mold just from being on them and because of the lack of air circulation) to the living room under the ceiling fan (and we need to rotate them so the shirt under the pile doesn't get moldy)...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Aujourd'hui, nous avons commencé à faire nos valises car nous sortons enfin d'ici cette semaine. La plupart de nos vêtements puent la moisissure et certains ont même du « mou-mou », ainsi que toutes nos valises et sacs à dos, tout ce qui est en cuir et beaucoup d'autres choses. Je suis très sensible aux odeurs et l'odeur de moisissure est presque insupportable pour moi à l'heure actuelle...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il a fallu déplacer les vêtements des filles qui étaient dans l'étagère dans leur chambre (qui était tellement pleine de moisissures, même après que nous l'ayons lavé au vinaigre, que les vêtements devenaient humides et moisis juste à y être et à cause du manque de circulation d'air) dans le salon sous le ventilateur de plafond (et nous devons faire la rotation afin que le morceau de linge qui est sous la pile ne moisisse pas)... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N1562y09vdI/Tu6xZvQ_eAI/AAAAAAAAKZQ/OMAOD2ZkDuo/s1600/-0008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N1562y09vdI/Tu6xZvQ_eAI/AAAAAAAAKZQ/OMAOD2ZkDuo/s320/-0008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687678435158095874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Mold on JF's vest/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;De la moisissure sur la veste de JF&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The dryer is finally working, so we have been able to wash and dry all our clothes before putting them back in our suitcases. However, two hours later, everything was damp again... It is the same for sheets and pillows, they are always damp. Yuk! There won't be any dryer in our new house since it comes with rentals that are usually a thousand dollars or more per month... but it the sun can come out, we will be able to line-dry our clothes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;La sécheuse fonctionne finalement, alors nous avons enfin pu laver et sécher nos vêtements avant de les remettre dans nos valises. Cependant, deux heures plus tard, tout était à nouveau humide... C'est la même chose avec les draps et les oreillers. Ils sont toujours humides. Beurk! Il n'y aura pas de sécheuse dans notre nouvelle maison, étant donné que seules les locations qui coûtent plus de mille dollars par mois comprennent habituellement  une sécheuse... mais si le soleil peu sortir, nous pourrons faire sécher nos vêtements sur la corde&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7y8NINRexlE/Tu602sW136I/AAAAAAAAKaU/3AmJLtNSOL0/s1600/-0006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7y8NINRexlE/Tu602sW136I/AAAAAAAAKaU/3AmJLtNSOL0/s320/-0006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687682231128416162" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-InYn-_7AEW4/Tu7DDA6miEI/AAAAAAAAKbE/zu5D9CkjWsQ/s1600/-0001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-InYn-_7AEW4/Tu7DDA6miEI/AAAAAAAAKbE/zu5D9CkjWsQ/s320/-0001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687697835968333890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Aisha's drawing of our clothes dripping on the line from all the rain (and of the leaf-cutting ants)/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Dessin d'Aisha de nos vêtements dégoulinant de pluie sur la corde (et des fourmis coupeuses de feuilles)&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When we moved in, the house had not been lived-in for a while, nor been cleaned yet (we arrived two days earlier than planned) and the fridge was so moldy that the food we put in it tasted of mold... The appliances are old and the fridge is leaking...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Quand nous avons emménagé, la maison n'avait pas été habitée depuis un certain temps et n'avait pas encore été nettoyée (nous sommes arrivés deux jours plus tôt que prévu) et le frigo était tellement plein de moisissures que la nourriture qu'on y mettait goûtait la moisissure... Les électros sont super vieux et le frigo coule...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9IEmbfr6Ct8/Tu603wYeIDI/AAAAAAAAKas/2E8vVxJ6rGQ/s1600/-0003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9IEmbfr6Ct8/Tu603wYeIDI/AAAAAAAAKas/2E8vVxJ6rGQ/s320/-0003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687682249388859442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, this place is gross, I tell ya! So why are we still here? Well, because we paid for the first month and December is usually extremely expensive and most places are all booked already. We found a great new home and they are expecting the remaining furniture to be delivered this week. Needless to say, we can't wait to live in a NEW house! If the rain can stop, the mold situation should be under control too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Oui, cette maison est plutôt dégueulasse! Alors, pourquoi sommes-nous encore ici? Et bien, parce que nous avions payé le premier mois et que décembre et un mois extrêmement cher et que la plupart des endroits sont déjà loués. Nous avons trouvé une super maison neuve et ils attendent le reste des meubles qui devrait être livrés cette semaine. Inutile de vous dire que nous avons très hâte de déménager dans une NOUVELLE maison! Si la pluie peut cesser, la moisissure sera sous contrôle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wKeIPTI6YhI/Tu603SIUF3I/AAAAAAAAKag/qjNIGXEExgs/s1600/-0004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wKeIPTI6YhI/Tu603SIUF3I/AAAAAAAAKag/qjNIGXEExgs/s320/-0004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687682241268029298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So dear friends and family members who worried we will never come back and move here for good: do not worry! We could never live here during the rainy season!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Alors, chers amis et membres de la famille qui s'inquiétaient que nous ne revenions jamais et que nous décidions de déménager ici : ne vous inquiétez pas! Nous ne pourrions jamais vivre ici pendant la saison des pluies!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7y8NINRexlE/Tu602sW136I/AAAAAAAAKaU/3AmJLtNSOL0/s1600/-0006.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-3331481955354348733?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/3331481955354348733/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=3331481955354348733' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/3331481955354348733'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/3331481955354348733'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/i-am-so-done-with-all-mold-and-rain.html' title='I am so done with all the mold and rain...'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V5K0BHOekos/Tu6xYyWq_vI/AAAAAAAAKY4/AtVh2vjvOAo/s72-c/-0019.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-7205900163612870680</id><published>2011-12-17T17:13:00.016-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-17T21:45:43.709-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>What we rarely see in guidebooks...</title><content type='html'>... is that between the touristy villas, condos and restaurants, there  is the real Tico life. Small and simple tico houses (and some are simply  some pieces of metal scraps held together...), sodas (the Tico version  of the roadside diners that often serve delicious casado or gallo pinto  for next to nothing), fruit trucks delivering the roadside sellers their  stock for the day, children walking to school for pretty long distance  sometimes on the side of very narrow and busy roads...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;...  c'est qu'entre les villas, les condos et les restos touristiques, il y a  la vraie vie des Ticos. De petites maisons très simples (et d'autres qui sont simplement quelques grands morceaux de tôles retenus ensemble), des  sodas (la version tica de la patate du coin, mais qui sert souvent des  délicieux casado ou gallo pinto pour trois fois rien), des camions de  fruits qui livrent la marchandise aux vendeurs installés sur le bord de  la rue, des enfants qui marchent à l'école le long de routes très  étroites et achalandées, parfois sur de longues distances...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uu7ceBkq0FU/Tu06sWI-6BI/AAAAAAAAKYE/4-gSL8alB7g/s1600/-0006-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uu7ceBkq0FU/Tu06sWI-6BI/AAAAAAAAKYE/4-gSL8alB7g/s320/-0006-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687266437970716690" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iKLf0iLKukM/Tu06rts-GKI/AAAAAAAAKX8/amgglWw5wD4/s1600/-0007.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iKLf0iLKukM/Tu06rts-GKI/AAAAAAAAKX8/amgglWw5wD4/s320/-0007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687266427115804834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UgcK6xIDH-0/Tu06skSHJlI/AAAAAAAAKYU/01PVbalG7ps/s1600/-0005-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UgcK6xIDH-0/Tu06skSHJlI/AAAAAAAAKYU/01PVbalG7ps/s320/-0005-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687266441767102034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;There are Pepsi signs on every soda/restaurant name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il y a des affiches de Pepsi sur tous les noms de sodas/restaurants&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Suoq9pdRJy0/Tu06rMPUWaI/AAAAAAAAKXs/D9DPr8neDNY/s1600/-0008-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Suoq9pdRJy0/Tu06rMPUWaI/AAAAAAAAKXs/D9DPr8neDNY/s320/-0008-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687266418133064098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mk3QY4JCdbQ/Tu06VBaFe6I/AAAAAAAAKW8/c7Kz-VlYZ3k/s1600/-0045.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mk3QY4JCdbQ/Tu06VBaFe6I/AAAAAAAAKW8/c7Kz-VlYZ3k/s320/-0045.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687266037268315042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g1lwPJcz_wk/Tu060jBEAfI/AAAAAAAAKYc/JfDLf3qY88o/s1600/-0002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 235px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g1lwPJcz_wk/Tu060jBEAfI/AAAAAAAAKYc/JfDLf3qY88o/s320/-0002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687266578866110962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Ticos are not rich, but they sure seem to be happy and hard-working  people. It is a great lesson for our girls to see poverty with their own  eyes and not like an abstract concept. The other day, we saw some  people that made a checkers game out of water bottle tops on a board  that had been painted on a cement block. Aisha asked me innocently why  they did not buy one instead. And that led us to a discussion about  money and how some people just don't have the luxury to buy everything  they want and they get very creative. We also had to explain to the  girls why we have to be very careful of not leaving anything in our  truck, of not leaving our belongings unattended at the beach (why we  cannot all be in the sea together if we bring the camera). They were  pretty shocked to find out that people can steal from us, but I think  they understand better now. Travel broadens the mind!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Les  Ticos ne sont pas riches, mais ils semblent heureux et travaillants.  C'est une leçon incroyable pour nos filles de voir la pauvreté avec  leurs propres yeux, et non pas comme un concept abstrait. L'autre jour,  nous avons vu des gens jouer aux dames avec des bouchons de bouteilles  d'eau sur une planche qui avait été peinte sur un bloc de ciment. Aisha  m'a candidement demandé pourquoi ils n'en n'achetaient pas un à la  place. Et nous avons eu une discussion sur l'argent et comment certaines  personnes n'ont pas le luxe d'acheter tout ce qu'ils veulent et  qu'ils sont donc très créatifs. Nous avons aussi dû expliquer aux filles  pourquoi nous devions être très prudents de ne rien laisser dans le  camion et de ne pas laisser nos choses sans surveillance à la plage (et  pourquoi nous ne pouvons pas tous nous baigner ensemble quand on amène  l'appareil photo). Elles étaient plutôt dérangées par l'idée que les  gens pourraient vouloir nous voler nos choses, mais je pense qu'elles  comprennent mieux maintenant. Les voyages forment la jeunesse comme on dit!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a-JTgnMr6fE/Tu06q0LUvLI/AAAAAAAAKXg/CAei1ygJ94c/s1600/-0012-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a-JTgnMr6fE/Tu06q0LUvLI/AAAAAAAAKXg/CAei1ygJ94c/s320/-0012-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687266411673861298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: School/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;École&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-26Ct_UzWxwA/Tu06WIzGLHI/AAAAAAAAKXU/kj7e3n8ogzI/s1600/-0016.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-26Ct_UzWxwA/Tu06WIzGLHI/AAAAAAAAKXU/kj7e3n8ogzI/s320/-0016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687266056432135282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Morning fruit delivery in Dominical/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Livraison matinale de fruits à Dominical&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MEi53HirFZQ/Tu06BTGmMiI/AAAAAAAAKWw/EkZdCU60s60/s1600/-0049.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 176px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MEi53HirFZQ/Tu06BTGmMiI/AAAAAAAAKWw/EkZdCU60s60/s320/-0049.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687265698421027362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: School/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;École&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YxcEkH77AY4/Tu0U5Pi2CdI/AAAAAAAAKUk/ORj3LpcDQEI/s1600/-0044-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-7205900163612870680?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/7205900163612870680/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=7205900163612870680' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/7205900163612870680'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/7205900163612870680'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/what-we-rarely-see-in-guidebooks.html' title='What we rarely see in guidebooks...'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uu7ceBkq0FU/Tu06sWI-6BI/AAAAAAAAKYE/4-gSL8alB7g/s72-c/-0006-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-5262904446289712866</id><published>2011-12-15T18:36:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-16T08:19:45.623-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>Meeting another raw food family</title><content type='html'>Today, we were blessed to spend part of the day with a wonderful family on the farm where they live right now. The caretaker took us around  the  farm and showed us all the different fruit trees (start fruit  trees,  papaya trees, passion fruit trees, mamon trees, a little  durian tree  and we even tasted a strange and interesting fruit called  huevo de mono -  monkey's egg) and wild greens.   We tasted honey right from the hive (it was a very small type of bee   that doesn't sting), then we went to the green house and picked all we   needed to fix ourselves a salad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Aujourd'hui, nous avons eu l'honneur de passer une partie de la journée avec une merveilleuse famille&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;   sur la ferme où ils habitent. Le responsable de la ferme nous a fait   faire le tour et nous a montré différents arbres fruitiers (caramboles,   papayes, fruits de la passion, mamons (litchi rouge poilu), un petit arbre  de durian et nous  avons même goûté un drôle de fruit plutôt bon qui  s'appelait huevo de mono -  œuf de singe) et des verdures sauvages&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;.   Nous avons goûté à du miel directement de la ruche (produit par de   toutes petites abeilles qui ne piquent pas), puis nous sommes allés dans   les serres récolter ce dont nous avions besoin pour préparer une   salade. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8jH5gwcQTrQ/Tup2DuvM1cI/AAAAAAAAKSw/QsnuxkKCaL0/s1600/-0055.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8jH5gwcQTrQ/Tup2DuvM1cI/AAAAAAAAKSw/QsnuxkKCaL0/s320/-0055.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686487285966362050" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YcOXVxl7k0s/Tup2C8RAB3I/AAAAAAAAKSo/oRFJEwQbKco/s1600/-0060.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YcOXVxl7k0s/Tup2C8RAB3I/AAAAAAAAKSo/oRFJEwQbKco/s320/-0060.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686487272417920882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LOcbe7tEg9s/Tup2CiessKI/AAAAAAAAKSY/mT1ccCmlpcM/s1600/-0061.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LOcbe7tEg9s/Tup2CiessKI/AAAAAAAAKSY/mT1ccCmlpcM/s320/-0061.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686487265496051874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WJicZb--7fw/Tup2E-j4qOI/AAAAAAAAKTI/1kym4t7d6EM/s1600/-0052.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WJicZb--7fw/Tup2E-j4qOI/AAAAAAAAKTI/1kym4t7d6EM/s320/-0052.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686487307393738978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While we shared our meal in their beautiful open house,  we got to ask them tons of questions on the raw food diet and living in  Costa Rica, Thailand and unschooling too. They are such gentle and  enlightened souls and their children are just beautiful and glowing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Pendant que nous partagions le repas dans leur belle maison ouverte&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;,  nous avons pu leur poser des tonnes de questions sur l'alimentation  vivante, la vie au Costa Rica et en Thaïlande et sur l'apprentissage  libre. Ils sont vraiment de belles âmes douces et inspirantes et leurs  enfants rayonnent. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iR_J5JkXbWA/Tup2D9vFc7I/AAAAAAAAKTA/TRRZ6D92Kq8/s1600/-0053.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iR_J5JkXbWA/Tup2D9vFc7I/AAAAAAAAKTA/TRRZ6D92Kq8/s320/-0053.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686487289992410034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We also went to the &lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/couleurs-du-marche.html"&gt;Feria&lt;/a&gt; with them so they could tell us where to find the good organic fruits, where to buy the kale, the best raw cookies, the best local Macadamia nuts,etc. It was so helpful! They gave us a pretty good tip: they said that in any market, just look for the old farmers with a small booth and not many fruits and veggies of each type. They are the ones who don't have the money to buy pesticides and other chemical fertilizers...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Nous sommes aussi allés à la &lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/couleurs-du-marche.html"&gt;Feria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;  avec eux afin qu'ils nous disent où trouver les bons fruits bio, ou  acheter le kale, les meilleurs biscrus, les noix de Macadam locales,  etc. C'était tellement aidant! Ils nous ont donné un bon conseil : peu  importe le marché, chercher les vieux fermiers qui ont  un petit kiosque  avec peu de fruits et de légumes de chaque sorte. Ce sont ceux qui ont  probablement moins d'argent pour acheter des pesticides et des engrais  chimiques...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tivCRDZQA6g/Tup3ilKM2iI/AAAAAAAAKTY/s60rgy2TRn0/s1600/-0020.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tivCRDZQA6g/Tup3ilKM2iI/AAAAAAAAKTY/s60rgy2TRn0/s320/-0020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686488915482827298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then,  I spoke on the phone to a contact a friend gave me who lives in Ojochal  where we will be. It just became so clear to me that here, everything  is shared and learned by word of mouth! She gave me such great  information in that 20 minute conversation! Wow! I have the name of  another French-speaking homeschooling family in the area, I know where  the library is located and what their opening hours are, I know of a  great secret spot to access (another!) waterfall, I know that the best  pest control is having 5-6 chickens roam free around your house all day  (they will eat all the insects, fire ants, scorpios, snakes eggs and  baby snakes, I know that you can be a foster family for a dog even for  only 4 months and that they are by far the best alarm system you can get  and many many other things too...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Puis,  j'ai parlé au téléphone à un contact qu'une amie m'avait laissée qui  habite à Ojochal où nous déménagerons bientôt. C'est maintenant très  clair pour moi qu'ici, tout s'apprend par le bouche à oreilles! Elle m'a  donnée tellement de bons renseignements en 20 minutes! Wow! J'ai le nom  d'une autre famille francophone qui fait l'école-maison dans le coin,  je sais où se situe la bibliothèque et quelles sont les heures  d'ouverture, je connais maintenant un bel endroit secret pour avoir  accès à une (autre!) chute, je sais que le meilleur moyen de contrôler  les insectes, fourmis piquantes, scorpions et serpents est d'avoir 5 à 6  poules qui se promènent librement autour de la maison, je sais qu'on  peut être famille d'accueil pour un chien, même si on est ici seulement  4-5 mois et que c'est de loin le meilleur système d'alarme qu'on peut  avoir, et beaucoup, beaucoup d'autres choses...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MlHHGSDE8p0/Tup3i7Ia_hI/AAAAAAAAKTo/6OuKCVv5BNg/s1600/-0023-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MlHHGSDE8p0/Tup3i7Ia_hI/AAAAAAAAKTo/6OuKCVv5BNg/s320/-0023-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686488921380945426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And &lt;a href="http://zenhabits.net/improve/"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;, my friends, is exactly how I feel since we are here. Here are some excerpts of this great article (&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;extraits d'un &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://zenhabits.net/improve/"&gt;excellent article&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt; qui traduit parfaitement comment je me sens depuis que je suis ici&lt;/span&gt;) :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="font-style: italic;"&gt;One  of the driving forces of my life for many years was the need to   improve myself. It’s one of the driving forces for people who read my   work as well.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;It’s an incredibly pervasive urge: we are always trying to improve, and if we’re not, that’s something we should improve.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;" class="commentBody"&gt;You  might have achieved a  thousand goals, but do you have defined abs? Do  you own fewer than 100  things, or a small house?  Can you Crossfit? Can  you do yoga, meditate,  juggle and do magic? Can you recite Shelly,  Shakespeare, Homer? Are you  the perfect friend, the perfect lover, a  romantic husband, a wife who  meets her husband’s needs, a master  craftsman, a hacker and a  programmer, a knitter or sewer, a home-repair  expert, knowledgeable in  investing and real estate, do you know the  perfect system for goals and  use the perfect to-do software, is your  phone as nice as his, or your  bag as nice as hers, do you have cute  boots or a manly shave? Are you  debt free, or car free or gluten free?  Do you give to charity or  volunteer at shelters or build schools for  Africa? Is your TV as large  as mine, or your penis?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Would   we stop striving to improve? Would that be horrible, if we were just   content and didn’t need to better ourselves every minute of every week?   Would we be lazy slobs, or would we instead be happy, and in being  happy  do things that make us happy rather than make us better? And in  being  happy, perhaps we would show others how to be happy? And crazy as  it  might sound, maybe we’d start a little mini-revolution of  happiness, so  that people wouldn’t feel so inadequate, or need to spend  every dime on  products, or spend all their time on self-improvement.&lt;br /&gt;A revolution of contentment.&lt;br /&gt;Amen!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-5262904446289712866?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/5262904446289712866/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=5262904446289712866' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/5262904446289712866'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/5262904446289712866'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/meeting-raw-food-family_15.html' title='Meeting another raw food family'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8jH5gwcQTrQ/Tup2DuvM1cI/AAAAAAAAKSw/QsnuxkKCaL0/s72-c/-0055.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-8372441801329255021</id><published>2011-12-13T18:29:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-13T21:28:23.948-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>Two waterfalls in a day</title><content type='html'>OK,  I know I already posted about &lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/gringo-pricing.html"&gt;gringo pricing&lt;/a&gt; this morning, but we had  such an exceptional day, I can't wait to share some photos with you...  So two posts today it will be!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;OK,  je sais que j'ai déjà mis un billet en ligne ce matin sur les &lt;a href="http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/gringo-pricing.html"&gt;prix de  gringos&lt;/a&gt;, mais on a tellement passé une belle journée que je ne peux pas  attendre pour partager des photos avec vous... Alors, ça sera deux  billets en date d'aujourd'hui!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We decided to go explore the waterfalls near where we live.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Nous avons décidé d'aller explorer les chutes près de chez nous.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2irNIfr-i7c/Tuf80jMBm2I/AAAAAAAAKKg/AusqiUxunL8/s1600/-0012-4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2irNIfr-i7c/Tuf80jMBm2I/AAAAAAAAKKg/AusqiUxunL8/s320/-0012-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685791034307615586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Waterfall in Dominicalito/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Chute à Dominicalito&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jhoB2gCbuhs/Tuf6Kn-us-I/AAAAAAAAKKM/ShIX61Wgr9g/s1600/-0026.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jhoB2gCbuhs/Tuf6Kn-us-I/AAAAAAAAKKM/ShIX61Wgr9g/s320/-0026.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685788115016266722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;::&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; Is this paradise, or what? &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;C'est le paradis ça ou non?&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BhJFkWLvz1c/Tuf6LU1sW5I/AAAAAAAAKKU/ExIoZKhKRyI/s1600/-0048.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BhJFkWLvz1c/Tuf6LU1sW5I/AAAAAAAAKKU/ExIoZKhKRyI/s320/-0048.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685788127057959826" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then, we headed to La Catarrata, 15 km further South, in Uvita&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Puis, nous sommes allés à La Catarrata, 15 km plus au sud, à Uvita&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7qZIn7vpXZo/Tuf6KKj-E2I/AAAAAAAAKJ8/nUrY9jcDn3M/s1600/-0053.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7qZIn7vpXZo/Tuf6KKj-E2I/AAAAAAAAKJ8/nUrY9jcDn3M/s320/-0053.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685788107119399778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q3cYnVdGR5w/Tuf6JaG9iAI/AAAAAAAAKJw/Qgr81iaykr4/s1600/-0054.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q3cYnVdGR5w/Tuf6JaG9iAI/AAAAAAAAKJw/Qgr81iaykr4/s320/-0054.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685788094112827394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I tried to get close to the waterfall, but the current was so strong I did not succeed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;J'ai essayé de m'approcher de la chute, mais le courant était tellement fort que je n'y suis pas arrivée.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qLk-cNqEUQ0/TufpfuPXKCI/AAAAAAAAKIY/TD_55EqBdAo/s1600/-0058.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qLk-cNqEUQ0/TufpfuPXKCI/AAAAAAAAKIY/TD_55EqBdAo/s320/-0058.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685769785776220194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C9S3wYl5TTE/Tuf6JG5rKgI/AAAAAAAAKJk/CKpT0yG9u2E/s1600/-0055-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 251px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C9S3wYl5TTE/Tuf6JG5rKgI/AAAAAAAAKJk/CKpT0yG9u2E/s320/-0055-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685788088956824066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yjWEGmrIQ_Y/TufpePunwlI/AAAAAAAAKIA/1zRYcERTrtc/s1600/-0061.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yjWEGmrIQ_Y/TufpePunwlI/AAAAAAAAKIA/1zRYcERTrtc/s320/-0061.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685769760405963346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: The audience/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Les spectatrices&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then JF tried... &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Puis JF a essayé...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RwhQP1aWZgs/TufpdKyrFWI/AAAAAAAAKH0/FJ-ye8KhG8o/s1600/-0062.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RwhQP1aWZgs/TufpdKyrFWI/AAAAAAAAKH0/FJ-ye8KhG8o/s320/-0062.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685769741900911970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And succeeded! &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Et a réussi!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mOBMFopu56U/TufpcxBVahI/AAAAAAAAKHo/WAN1OOJaHNk/s1600/-0070.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mOBMFopu56U/TufpcxBVahI/AAAAAAAAKHo/WAN1OOJaHNk/s320/-0070.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685769734983084562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-77II5PzdLKA/Tufl52mIOUI/AAAAAAAAKHg/jKmtQM66uOo/s1600/-0074.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-77II5PzdLKA/Tufl52mIOUI/AAAAAAAAKHg/jKmtQM66uOo/s320/-0074.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685765836649281858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/---Il7Df6y18/Tufl5Km3q9I/AAAAAAAAKHQ/HuMtmVeAlWc/s1600/-0077.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/---Il7Df6y18/Tufl5Km3q9I/AAAAAAAAKHQ/HuMtmVeAlWc/s320/-0077.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685765824841231314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Off to the lower more quiet pool/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;On s'en va dans la piscine du bas, plus tranquille&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wznYwIoAn30/Tufl4P2l_cI/AAAAAAAAKHE/6sLNUOB7BUs/s1600/-0078.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wznYwIoAn30/Tufl4P2l_cI/AAAAAAAAKHE/6sLNUOB7BUs/s320/-0078.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685765809069489602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can you believe that we were totally alone? This is one of the thing that surprises me the most about Costa Rica so far... I know it is not the super high season yet, but the beaches and touristy spots are deserted (OK, not Manuel Antonio, but all the rest is!). I am not going to complain!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Pouvez-vous croire qu'on était totalement seuls? C'est une des choses qui me surprend le plus du Costa Rica jusqu'à maintenant... Je sais que ce n'était pas encore la super haute saison, mais les plages et les endroits touristiques sont déserts (OK, pas Manuel Antonio, mais tout le reste l'est!). Je ne vais pas me plaindre!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w1Cp1UISow8/Tufl36Zqt4I/AAAAAAAAKG0/1aDD8Nfn3f0/s1600/-0084.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w1Cp1UISow8/Tufl36Zqt4I/AAAAAAAAKG0/1aDD8Nfn3f0/s320/-0084.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685765803311019906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;And a huge bag of bananas (for $1, 20!) to feed the troops/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Et un gros sac de bananes (pour 1, 20 $ for nourrir la troupe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RK4GMxpPQBg/Tufl3sA4cWI/AAAAAAAAKGs/SnXqWQ54UdI/s1600/-0096.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RK4GMxpPQBg/Tufl3sA4cWI/AAAAAAAAKGs/SnXqWQ54UdI/s320/-0096.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685765799448965474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What a great day for $3,20 (Dominicalito is free and Uvita was 2 $ for all of us)!/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Quelle journée extraordinaire pour 3,20 $ (Dominicalito est gratuit et Uvita a coûté 2 $ pour nous tous)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-77II5PzdLKA/Tufl52mIOUI/AAAAAAAAKHg/jKmtQM66uOo/s1600/-0074.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-8372441801329255021?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/8372441801329255021/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=8372441801329255021' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/8372441801329255021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/8372441801329255021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/two-waterfalls-in-day.html' title='Two waterfalls in a day'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2irNIfr-i7c/Tuf80jMBm2I/AAAAAAAAKKg/AusqiUxunL8/s72-c/-0012-4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-2260061249451413426</id><published>2011-12-12T20:36:00.012-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-13T08:55:40.266-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>Gringo pricing</title><content type='html'>Have you ever heard the expression Gringo pricing? Well, here is a good definition that I borrowed from &lt;a href="http://www.travelcostaricanow.com/index.php/Gringo_Pricing"&gt;these guys&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Avez-vous déjà entendu l’expression « prix de gringos »? En voici une bonne définition que j’ai prise &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://www.travelcostaricanow.com/index.php/Gringo_Pricing"&gt;ici&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Gringo  Pricing: the seemingly inalienable right or practice of  indiscriminately raising the price (often substantially) of a product or  service solely because the purchaser of said product or service is  caucasian. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Prix  de gringos : le droit ou la pratique apparemment inaliénable  d’augmenter le prix à tort et à travers (et souvent substantiellement)  d’un produit ou d’un service seulement parce que l’acheteur dudit  produit ou service est caucasien. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Gringo  pricing is a fact of life in Costa Rica. They think we’re rich; or at  least richer than them, which may or may not provide the rationale for  this behavior, it’s hard to say, but they really do seem to believe this  practice is justified. Hell, maybe it is. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102); font-style: italic;"&gt;Les  prix pour les gringos sont une réalité ici au Costa Rica. Les Ticos  pensent que nous sommes riches, ou du moins, plus riches qu’eux, ce qui  peut ou non leur donner une bonne raison d’adopter ce comportement,  c’est dur à dire, mais ils ont vraiment l’air de croire que cette  pratique est justifiée. Et peut-être qu’elle l’est, qui sait!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pQyv5_MgE98/TudQN2-1kII/AAAAAAAAKE0/UFKfTuTB-pQ/s1600/-0010-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 244px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pQyv5_MgE98/TudQN2-1kII/AAAAAAAAKE0/UFKfTuTB-pQ/s320/-0010-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685601253606133890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4L7NzyHtef8/TudQNrUxYrI/AAAAAAAAKEs/a-jADqtYotc/s1600/-0004-4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4L7NzyHtef8/TudQNrUxYrI/AAAAAAAAKEs/a-jADqtYotc/s320/-0004-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685601250476909234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GP6etnwzOyE/TudQPgQmLFI/AAAAAAAAKFc/V3khiSIEPUQ/s1600/-0016.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g-8P2K76iwY/TudOlMATUcI/AAAAAAAAKEY/e9fGEcTfBVM/s1600/-0007-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 264px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g-8P2K76iwY/TudOlMATUcI/AAAAAAAAKEY/e9fGEcTfBVM/s320/-0007-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685599455363158466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TvvRK1iaLrI/TudOlx5FP-I/AAAAAAAAKEg/8Ko31d1Zg3M/s1600/-0006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TvvRK1iaLrI/TudOlx5FP-I/AAAAAAAAKEg/8Ko31d1Zg3M/s320/-0006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685599465533423586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Mangas verdes (Green mangoes)/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Mangues vertes&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tDuLf30oeqQ/TudOkZNPuUI/AAAAAAAAKEI/sTk4RXagauI/s1600/-0003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tDuLf30oeqQ/TudOkZNPuUI/AAAAAAAAKEI/sTk4RXagauI/s320/-0003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685599441727240514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In her great book &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Living abroad in Costa Rica&lt;/span&gt;, Erin Van Rheenen says: &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Travelers  who know the vast public markets of Mexico, Guatemala, and other  developing countries may be surprised to see few such places in Costa  Rica. Forget offering a quarter of the asking price, then settling in  for 20 minutes of animated haggling, including the old ruse of  pretending to walk away so that the merchant will call you back with a  better deal&lt;/span&gt; (Cat’s note: we tried it, didn’t work, we only  insulted the seller…). In Costa Rica, you pretty much pay the asking  price. There’s a little bit of room to move, but not much. The best way  to do it is to go with someone who knows what a decent price is for what  you need.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Dans son excellent libre &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Living abroad in Costa Rica&lt;/span&gt;, Erin Van Rheenen écrit : &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Les  voyageurs qui connaissent les vastes marchés publiques du Mexique, du  Guatemala et d’autres pays en voie de développement seront peut-être  surpris de voir qu’il n’y a que peu d’endroits du genre au Costa Rica.  Oubliez la possibilité d’offrir un quart du prix demandé, puis de vous  engager dans un débat animé de 20 minutes, y compris la vieille ruse de  faire semblant de partir afin que le marchant vous rappelle pour vous  offrir un meilleur prix&lt;/span&gt; (note de Cat : nous l’avons essayé, ça  n’a pas fonctionné, nous avons seulement insulté le vendeur…). Au Costa  Rica, vous payez pas mal le prix demandé. Il y a un petit peu de place à  la négociation, mais pas beaucoup. La meilleure chose à faire est  encore d’y aller avec quelqu’un qui sait ce que serait un prix décent  pour ce dont vous avez besoin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ElWVYScVZMk/TudOj8t5d4I/AAAAAAAAKD8/rturjR2wLeE/s1600/-0014-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ElWVYScVZMk/TudOj8t5d4I/AAAAAAAAKD8/rturjR2wLeE/s320/-0014-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685599434079565698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KrzDyaW9cgo/TudOjtSDEqI/AAAAAAAAKDw/Tb19ELifgcU/s1600/-0046.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KrzDyaW9cgo/TudOjtSDEqI/AAAAAAAAKDw/Tb19ELifgcU/s320/-0046.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685599429936222882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course, if you shop in highly touristic areas, like Dominical, gringo prices are the norm, so expect to pay more, even at the grocery store. Even the locals don't shop there!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Bien sûr, si vous magasinez dans les zones très touristiques, comme à Dominical, les prix de gringos sont la norme, alors attendez-vous à payer plus, même à l'épicerie. Même les locaux ne font pas leur course là!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sM-9i_P603c/TudQPC9hyPI/AAAAAAAAKFQ/v3862eNpBDs/s1600/-0044-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 194px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sM-9i_P603c/TudQPC9hyPI/AAAAAAAAKFQ/v3862eNpBDs/s320/-0044-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685601274001737970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: When you have signs in English and prices in US dollars, you sure will pay more!/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Quand il y a des affiches en anglais et des prix en $ US, vous pouvez être certains de payer plus! &lt;/span&gt;::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9pMoFyqEJIU/TudQOGhGZOI/AAAAAAAAKFE/UifkiwhQZps/s1600/-0043-4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9pMoFyqEJIU/TudQOGhGZOI/AAAAAAAAKFE/UifkiwhQZps/s320/-0043-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685601257776375010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: The all-gringos San Clemente Bar &amp;amp; Grill in Dominical/ &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Le San Clemente Bar &amp;amp; Grill à Dominical qui fourmille de gringos&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GP6etnwzOyE/TudQPgQmLFI/AAAAAAAAKFc/V3khiSIEPUQ/s1600/-0016.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GP6etnwzOyE/TudQPgQmLFI/AAAAAAAAKFc/V3khiSIEPUQ/s320/-0016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685601281866345554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Dominical main street/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Rue principale de Dominical &lt;/span&gt;::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At first, we felt like we needed to bargain and make sure we would not get ripped off… The more we are here, the more we realize that this is not true. Some prices are higher, some are lower, but that's the same back at home. It is a fact of life and it’s OK. I am happy to pay 1 $ for a pineapple instead of 75 cents, it’s still very cheap for such quality fruits. Often, we ask if there is a discount for more volume. When I see the Tico houses and the rate for which they work (the cleaning lady here works for $3/hour and she gets a lot of things done in an hour!) and how hard they work, I am glad to give them what they ask for without arguing. I think this is a fair exchange.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Au début, nous avions l’impression que nous devions négocier et s’assurer de ne pas se faire avoir… Mais plus nous sommes ici, plus nous prenons conscience de combien ce n'est pas vrai. Certains prix sont plus élevés, d'autres sont plus bas, c'est la même chose à la maison. Ça fait partie de la vie ici et c’est correct. Je suis contente de payer 1 $ pour un ananas au lieu de 0,75 $, c’est encore bien peu chère pour des fruits de si grande qualité. Souvent, on demande s’il y a un prix spécial pour une plus grosse quantité. Quand je vois les maisons des Ticos et le taux horaire pour lequel ils travaillent (la femme de ménage travaille à 3 $ de l’heure ici et elle en accomplit du travail en une heure!) et combien ils travaillent dur, je suis contente de leur donner ce qu’ils me demandent sans argumenter. Je pense que c’est un échange équitable.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-2260061249451413426?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/2260061249451413426/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=2260061249451413426' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/2260061249451413426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/2260061249451413426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/gringo-pricing.html' title='Gringo pricing'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pQyv5_MgE98/TudQN2-1kII/AAAAAAAAKE0/UFKfTuTB-pQ/s72-c/-0010-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-5668688547625380850</id><published>2011-12-11T21:31:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-11T21:52:13.014-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>The blessing of boredom</title><content type='html'>When was the last time you felt bored? Ah! I hear you laugh all the way from up there!To be honest, until the last couple of days, I could not think of when I last felt bored… We say that boredom is healthy for children, that through boredom, they find their inner creative voice. Some even call it Constructive boredom. But which adult has time to be bored?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;C’est quand la dernière fois que vous avez ressenti de l’ennui? Ah, je vous entends rire jusqu’ici! Pour vous dire la vérité, jusqu’à il y a quelques jours, je n’aurais pas pu dire moi non plus… On dit que l’ennui est sain pour les enfants, que grâce à l’ennui, ils connectent avec leur créativité intérieure. Certains parlent même de l’ennui constructif. Mais quel adulte a le temps de s’ennuyer?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know what, at first, as weird as it may sound, feeling bored did not feel very comfortable… Not knowing how the day (and days!) ahead will unfold, no plans, no to-do list, no specific goals… Then, I came accross &lt;a href="http://zenhabits.net/100-days/"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; and it struck a chord…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Vous savez quoi, au début, aussi étrange que cela puisse paraître, m’ennuyer n’était pas très agréable. Ne pas savoir comment la journée (les journées!) qui viennent vont se dérouler, pas de plans, pas de liste de choses à accomplir, pas d’objectifs spécifiques… Puis, je suis tombée sur &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);" href="http://zenhabits.net/100-days/"&gt;ceci&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt; et ça a touché une corde sensible…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DfVzF8gi048/TuVoNXQPe8I/AAAAAAAAKBw/pLXtIxbQR3U/s1600/-0019-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DfVzF8gi048/TuVoNXQPe8I/AAAAAAAAKBw/pLXtIxbQR3U/s320/-0019-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685064683414846402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: It was pouring rain all afternoon/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Il a plu à boire debout tout l'après-midi&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You see, it’s like somewhere in my personal software it is written that boredom can be anxiety-producing. So until I had my children (at 25 yo), I tried to fill up my life as much as I could, because it was my way of protecting myself against anxiety (not that it worked great!). Now, I am not anxious anymore and since having children, having time to do nothing is something that I look forward to… Now that the girls are bigger and can spend hours on hand playing together (sometimes!), pockets of time are freed during the day where I can read or create. This is new and I still have a bit of guilt around it, like I should be engaging with them or doing something productive, but I am finding peace with this and when I can truly let go and enjoy that time for myself, creativity emerges, and I feel really free.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Vous voyez, c’est comme si dans mon logiciel personnel, c’est inscrit que l’ennui peut provoquer de l’anxiété. Jusqu’à ce que je devienne maman (à 25 ans), j’ai essayé de remplir ma vie le plus possible, parce que c’était ma façon de me protéger de l’anxiété (pas que ça marchait tellement!). Maintenant, je ne suis plus anxieuse et depuis que j’ai eu des enfants, le fait d’avoir du temps pour ne rien faire est désormais quelque chose que je recherche. Comme les filles sont plus grandes et qu’elles peuvent passer des heures à jouer ensemble (parfois!), j’ai des petits moments qui se libèrent dans la journée où je peux lire ou créer. C’est nouveau et je me sens un peu coupable par rapport à ça, comme si je devais être avec elles ou faire quelque chose de productif, mais je me sens de plus en plus en paix avec ça et quand je peux vraiment m’abandonner et profiter de ce temps qui m’est donné, je sens la créativité monter et je me sens vraiment libre.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oG9uMDbJpKI/TuVoOA7cIcI/AAAAAAAAKB4/j4UqTYBUmXM/s1600/-0014-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 285px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oG9uMDbJpKI/TuVoOA7cIcI/AAAAAAAAKB4/j4UqTYBUmXM/s320/-0014-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685064694601884098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Maybe one day we will have dry clothes.../&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Peut-être qu'un jour on aura des vêtements secs...&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Boredom is such a luxury in today’s society. Actually, boredom is the luxury of people who have time. Since I am here in Costa Rica, I have been reading the same great blogs I usually follow, but feeling distant and witnessing all the hustle and bustle of holiday preparation, handmade gifts, baking, rushing here and there, and I have been feeling so grateful to not be in that space this year, and hopefully not next year, and the next, and the next... I am finally really getting how less is more and much less is even more…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;L’ennui est vraiment un luxe dans notre société actuelle. En fait, l’ennui est le luxe des gens qui ont du temps. Depuis que je suis au Costa Rica, j’ai continué à lire les super blogs que je suis depuis quelques années, mais je me sens loin et je suis témoin de tout ce branle-bas de combat en vue de la préparation des Fêtes, des cadeaux faits main, des biscuits et chocolats qui sont confectionnés, des courses ici et là, et je me sens tellement reconnaissante de ne pas être dans ce tourbillon cette année, et j’espère l’an prochain, et l’autre encore… Je comprends vraiment à quel point moins, c’est plus, et encore moins, c’est encore plus…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gEIGHqNi3Zw/TuVoNO-_mOI/AAAAAAAAKBg/h2QdMRH4kLQ/s1600/-0004-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gEIGHqNi3Zw/TuVoNO-_mOI/AAAAAAAAKBg/h2QdMRH4kLQ/s320/-0004-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685064681195018466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: A little someone's project was born out of boredom/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Un beau projet né de l'ennui d'une petite fille &lt;/span&gt;::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I remember when we had the farm a couple of years ago and my grandma was staying with us. I would sit with her 5 minutes at night before she went to bed (when I had time!) and feel the huge gap between her an me. She was bored. She had so much time, she did not know what to do with it. I had no time. I was rushing from one thing to the other all day long. And I wanted my life to be simpler. And now it is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Je me souviens quand on avait la ferme il y a quelques années et que ma grand-mère habitait avec nous. Je m’assoyais avec elle 5 minutes le soir avant qu’elle aille au lit (quand j’avais le temps!) et je sentais l’incroyable écart entre nous. Elle s’ennuyait. Elle avait tellement de temps qu’elle ne savait quoi en faire. Je n’avais pas de temps. Je courais d’une chose à une autre toute la journée. Et je voulais simplifier ma vie. Et maintenant, ça y est.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, I feel extremely grateful and rich. Because I have time to be bored.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Je me sens incroyablement reconnaissante et riche. Parce que j’ai le temps de m’ennuyer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-5668688547625380850?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/5668688547625380850/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=5668688547625380850' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/5668688547625380850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/5668688547625380850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/blessing-of-boredom.html' title='The blessing of boredom'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DfVzF8gi048/TuVoNXQPe8I/AAAAAAAAKBw/pLXtIxbQR3U/s72-c/-0019-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-1090968586554379934</id><published>2011-12-09T21:31:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-09T22:04:10.223-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Animaux'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='École à la maison'/><title type='text'>All the life around us...</title><content type='html'>Inspired by all the fruits that we saw at the market yesterday, we draw and wrote in our scrapbook today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Inspirées par tous les fruits que nous avions vus au marché hier, nous avons dessiné et écrit dans notre scrapbook aujourd'hui.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--uXwMNUcH8o/TuLG0TF0yGI/AAAAAAAAKBU/y38fJ8l4Dhw/s1600/-0004-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--uXwMNUcH8o/TuLG0TF0yGI/AAAAAAAAKBU/y38fJ8l4Dhw/s320/-0004-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684324281475188834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZVHj30ukhos/TuLG0D7S8QI/AAAAAAAAKBI/xNHPoqENgJ0/s1600/-0006-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZVHj30ukhos/TuLG0D7S8QI/AAAAAAAAKBI/xNHPoqENgJ0/s320/-0006-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684324277404496130" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We went to &lt;a href="http://www.haciendabaru.com/"&gt;Hacienda Baru&lt;/a&gt;, a nice ecotourism lodge near where we are staying to get some nice plastified wildlife, tropical fruits and insects (and arachnids) guides. We also looked at the tours they offer since they had been recommanded to us by many people (they even have French tours on request, which is pretty rare here!) and considered the &lt;a href="http://www.haciendabaru.com/flight-of-the-toucan"&gt;canopy tour&lt;/a&gt; (zipline, adapted to all ages), but at $35 box for 2-3 hours, we decided it could wait...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Nous sommes allées à &lt;a href="http://www.haciendabaru.com/"&gt;Hacienda Baru&lt;/a&gt;, un centre de villégiature écotouristique près de chez nous pour se procurer des dépliants plastifiés sur la faune, les fruits tropicaux et les insectes (et les arachnides). Nous avons aussi regardé les activités organisées qu'ils proposaient comme ils nous ont été chaudement recommandé par plusieurs personnes (ils offrent même des visites guidées en français sur demande, ce qui est plutôt rare ici!) et nous avons considéré le &lt;a href="http://www.haciendabaru.com/flight-of-the-toucan"&gt;tour de la canopée&lt;/a&gt; (tyrolienne, adaptée pour tous les âges), mais à 35 $ par personne pour 2-3 heures, nous avons décidé d'attendre un peu...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dT7sm-oEjTU/TuLGmriFdWI/AAAAAAAAKAw/CrAnk-zF6Ac/s1600/-0031-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dT7sm-oEjTU/TuLGmriFdWI/AAAAAAAAKAw/CrAnk-zF6Ac/s320/-0031-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684324047518004578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Vr-61B1UJP8/TuLGmVmwObI/AAAAAAAAKAg/Gt5HSscMhN4/s1600/-0037-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Vr-61B1UJP8/TuLGmVmwObI/AAAAAAAAKAg/Gt5HSscMhN4/s320/-0037-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684324041632004530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Having now an insect guide totally changes the dynamic around the insects for the girls. They are now curious to identify them instead of being scared/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Le fait de maintenant avoir un guide des insectes change totalement la dynamique des filles par rapport aux insectes. Elles sont maintenant curieuses de les identifier au lieu d'en avoir peur.&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--w9doyT3Lks/TuLGl9bVVsI/AAAAAAAAKAY/wF-ZZ2xo_90/s1600/-0002-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 312px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--w9doyT3Lks/TuLGl9bVVsI/AAAAAAAAKAY/wF-ZZ2xo_90/s320/-0002-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684324035141654210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;JF gently moved a&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;beautiful Great owl butterfly out of the house last night/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;JF a doucem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;ent sorti un beau papillon-chouette de la maison hier soir&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-E6bn5MY7xmw/TuLGltEw5EI/AAAAAAAAKAM/mxJ4fq_OOHM/s1600/-0038.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 178px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-E6bn5MY7xmw/TuLGltEw5EI/AAAAAAAAKAM/mxJ4fq_OOHM/s320/-0038.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684324030752023618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Little gecko on the porch/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Un petit gecko sur le balcon&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2z8yNeBBGD8/TuLGnTPv2qI/AAAAAAAAKA4/2KkeYh6TXPI/s1600/-0021-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2z8yNeBBGD8/TuLGnTPv2qI/AAAAAAAAKA4/2KkeYh6TXPI/s320/-0021-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684324058178509474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Little lizard in my saucepan!/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Un petit lézard dans mon chaudron!&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-1090968586554379934?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/1090968586554379934/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=1090968586554379934' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/1090968586554379934'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/1090968586554379934'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/all-life-around-us.html' title='All the life around us...'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--uXwMNUcH8o/TuLG0TF0yGI/AAAAAAAAKBU/y38fJ8l4Dhw/s72-c/-0004-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-2788131364724667487</id><published>2011-12-08T17:47:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-08T18:13:34.756-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cuisine'/><title type='text'>Couleurs du marché</title><content type='html'>Here are some snapshots taken at this morning's market (Feria de San Isidro de El General).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Voici quelques clichés pris ce matin au marché (Feria de San Isidro de El General).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BKM-ihT9w7A/TuE_SeiZH3I/AAAAAAAAJ-c/QBsv-vATVqs/s1600/-0021.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BKM-ihT9w7A/TuE_SeiZH3I/AAAAAAAAJ-c/QBsv-vATVqs/s320/-0021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683893791385788274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RpNpwFvwx3E/TuE_r-OW_AI/AAAAAAAAJ_c/LOjuSvQEvFU/s1600/-0009.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RpNpwFvwx3E/TuE_r-OW_AI/AAAAAAAAJ_c/LOjuSvQEvFU/s320/-0009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683894229388426242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UNAkyIVOhEQ/TuE_q6ubNoI/AAAAAAAAJ_U/DQCxItrOIOw/s1600/-0010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 264px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UNAkyIVOhEQ/TuE_q6ubNoI/AAAAAAAAJ_U/DQCxItrOIOw/s320/-0010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683894211269310082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VrHxqggaW0Q/TuE_qrH6h5I/AAAAAAAAJ_E/YLDgECjlO-I/s1600/-0011-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VrHxqggaW0Q/TuE_qrH6h5I/AAAAAAAAJ_E/YLDgECjlO-I/s320/-0011-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683894207081252754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gPzJLDt7G9E/TuFAmLk7TVI/AAAAAAAAJ_0/XBJZft5McZM/s1600/-0015.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gPzJLDt7G9E/TuFAmLk7TVI/AAAAAAAAJ_0/XBJZft5McZM/s320/-0015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683895229405154642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Freshly squeezed orange juice for 75 cents/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Du jus d'orange fraîchement pressé pour 75 sous&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aD1bJaUDrrw/TuE_TYqNkxI/AAAAAAAAJ-o/JuSwJJCJtug/s1600/-0018.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aD1bJaUDrrw/TuE_TYqNkxI/AAAAAAAAJ-o/JuSwJJCJtug/s320/-0018.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683893806987842322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xXN7WRzbUFM/TuE_SXZ0yrI/AAAAAAAAJ-M/qdexUg8bmVg/s1600/-0023.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xXN7WRzbUFM/TuE_SXZ0yrI/AAAAAAAAJ-M/qdexUg8bmVg/s320/-0023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683893789470804658" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;:: Our bag of young coconuts (20 for $5) for the week/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Notre sac de jeunes noix de coco (20 for 5 $) pour la semaine&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K8yMsYgBMuU/TuE_R-2D4XI/AAAAAAAAJ-E/u5k4xCjDPCc/s1600/-0027.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 243px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K8yMsYgBMuU/TuE_R-2D4XI/AAAAAAAAJ-E/u5k4xCjDPCc/s320/-0027.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683893782878347634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: All the organic growers wear those green shirts (and are located at the back of the market) so they are easy to recognize. This is the lady who sells the kale and the raw goat milk/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Tous les fermiers bio portent des chemises vertes (et sont installés au fond du marché), ils sont ainsi faciles à reconnaître. Voici la femme qui vend le kale et le lait de chèvre cru que l'on achète&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xt3x0OU17xU/TuE_T6au9_I/AAAAAAAAJ-0/Y92gujpIzX4/s1600/-0017-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 202px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xt3x0OU17xU/TuE_T6au9_I/AAAAAAAAJ-0/Y92gujpIzX4/s320/-0017-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683893816049727474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-chH6_0yX794/TuE-3EPHknI/AAAAAAAAJ90/nKL1bdrIgXQ/s1600/-0028-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 191px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-chH6_0yX794/TuE-3EPHknI/AAAAAAAAJ90/nKL1bdrIgXQ/s320/-0028-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683893320469156466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jyYu_Jgpl04/TuE-2H07lqI/AAAAAAAAJ9s/tJGTg9s7nFg/s1600/-0029.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jyYu_Jgpl04/TuE-2H07lqI/AAAAAAAAJ9s/tJGTg9s7nFg/s320/-0029.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683893304253191842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G-dTIAB9xmc/TuE-1qsdYpI/AAAAAAAAJ9c/SjvEnWJcD3A/s1600/-0032.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G-dTIAB9xmc/TuE-1qsdYpI/AAAAAAAAJ9c/SjvEnWJcD3A/s320/-0032.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683893296433029778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: A booth that sells a lot of different seedlings. I hope we will find a house with some space to plant things.../&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Un kiosque qui vend plein de différents semis. J'espère que nous trouverons une maison &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;où&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt; il y a de l'espace pour planter des choses...&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And we discovered something so delicious... &lt;a href="http://www.nicaliving.com/node/4595"&gt;Sapote&lt;/a&gt; pudding! No need to add any sugar, just a tad bit of cinnamon and ginger (and raw milk if you want!) and you have raw pumpkin pie!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-size:100%;" &gt;Et nous avons découvert quelque chose de délicieux.. Du pouding de &lt;a href="http://www.nicaliving.com/node/4595"&gt;sapotille&lt;/a&gt;! Pas besoin d'ajouter du sucre, simplement un peu de cannelle et de gingembre (et de lait cru si vous voulez!) et vous avez de la tarte à la citrouille crue!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1pfHH24gz-A/TuE-0tEjF4I/AAAAAAAAJ9E/san_ZoLvUc4/s1600/-0050.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1pfHH24gz-A/TuE-0tEjF4I/AAAAAAAAJ9E/san_ZoLvUc4/s320/-0050.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683893279891068802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Add more raw milk and you have pumpkin pie milkshake (sugar-free and super sweet!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-size:100%;" &gt;Ajoutez plus de lait cru et vous avez un lait fouetté à la tarte à la citrouille (sans sucre mais super sucré!).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--XdUNWBEkak/TuE-03bEW_I/AAAAAAAAJ9U/RMF-EZbGcpA/s1600/-0047.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--XdUNWBEkak/TuE-03bEW_I/AAAAAAAAJ9U/RMF-EZbGcpA/s320/-0047.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683893282669878258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And last night, we made some delicious sushis with the best red tuna I ever had!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Et hier soir, nous avons fait des sushis avec le meilleur thon rouge que j'ai mangé de ma vie!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-chH6_0yX794/TuE-3EPHknI/AAAAAAAAJ90/nKL1bdrIgXQ/s1600/-0028-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gam12mT-v6Q/TuE_sFvhPkI/AAAAAAAAJ_s/OaUZ9V-e7JY/s1600/-0003-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gam12mT-v6Q/TuE_sFvhPkI/AAAAAAAAJ_s/OaUZ9V-e7JY/s320/-0003-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683894231406558786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-2788131364724667487?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/2788131364724667487/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=2788131364724667487' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/2788131364724667487'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/2788131364724667487'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/couleurs-du-marche.html' title='Couleurs du marché'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BKM-ihT9w7A/TuE_SeiZH3I/AAAAAAAAJ-c/QBsv-vATVqs/s72-c/-0021.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-4268520468230257075</id><published>2011-12-06T20:08:00.015-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-07T14:07:17.926-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='École à la maison'/><title type='text'>At home...</title><content type='html'>I did yoga outside with the rising sun and the jungle awakening around me this morning. Pure bliss... Can someone pinch me?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;J'ai  fait du yoga dehors avec le soleil levant et la jungle qui se  réveillait autour de moi. Du pur bonheur... Est-ce que quelqu'un peut me  pincer?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XoWBfhfSEHc/Tt-4ay7t86I/AAAAAAAAJ84/YtbaI623TeQ/s1600/-0040.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XoWBfhfSEHc/Tt-4ay7t86I/AAAAAAAAJ84/YtbaI623TeQ/s320/-0040.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683464025253213090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gS2uesMP-YU/Tt-4aQl7NTI/AAAAAAAAJ8s/2atbwUls7a0/s1600/-0042.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 219px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gS2uesMP-YU/Tt-4aQl7NTI/AAAAAAAAJ8s/2atbwUls7a0/s320/-0042.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683464016035001650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-641SBNCrDWs/Tt-4aHHCozI/AAAAAAAAJ8g/em0P0xnAL7s/s1600/-0043-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-641SBNCrDWs/Tt-4aHHCozI/AAAAAAAAJ8g/em0P0xnAL7s/s320/-0043-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683464013489546034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We started a Costa Rica scrapbook that the girls will fill with drawings, pictures, tickets and all they feel like putting in it...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;On a commencé un scrapbook sur le Costa Rica que les filles vont remplir de dessins, de photos, de billets et de tout ce dont elles ont envie...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pEbK85QeWoQ/Tt7AGshj8uI/AAAAAAAAJ4Q/q7P6Fd7zBjQ/s1600/-0006-5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pEbK85QeWoQ/Tt7AGshj8uI/AAAAAAAAJ4Q/q7P6Fd7zBjQ/s320/-0006-5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683191001051820770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wp8MzguVqrA/Tt7AGQdJEuI/AAAAAAAAJ4A/jw_4EFSW5pE/s1600/-0008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wp8MzguVqrA/Tt7AGQdJEuI/AAAAAAAAJ4A/jw_4EFSW5pE/s320/-0008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683190993517089506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yy2lZTfbbgg/Tt7AHc58NLI/AAAAAAAAJ4Y/OhyWmLNsXzY/s1600/-0004-8.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 251px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yy2lZTfbbgg/Tt7AHc58NLI/AAAAAAAAJ4Y/OhyWmLNsXzY/s320/-0004-8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683191014038975666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: The girls are spending a lot of time teaching themselves to read/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Les filles passent beaucoup de temps à apprendre à lire d'elles-mêmes&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b4AvcQJq-AI/Tt7BeRN3P5I/AAAAAAAAJ4k/cGLmOW_nelw/s1600/-0002-4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b4AvcQJq-AI/Tt7BeRN3P5I/AAAAAAAAJ4k/cGLmOW_nelw/s320/-0002-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683192505549930386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XHGxc2SMego/Tt7AFN4PVII/AAAAAAAAJ34/leIxrcGtmE0/s1600/-0019-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XHGxc2SMego/Tt7AFN4PVII/AAAAAAAAJ34/leIxrcGtmE0/s320/-0019-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683190975645570178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;:: &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Regardez la couleur de ces mangues!&lt;/span&gt;/Check the color of those mangoes! ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lJEfIS8gTcA/Tt7AE5mrfEI/AAAAAAAAJ3o/ttAzbZsu5Ns/s1600/-0021-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lJEfIS8gTcA/Tt7AE5mrfEI/AAAAAAAAJ3o/ttAzbZsu5Ns/s320/-0021-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683190970203208770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yy2lZTfbbgg/Tt7AHc58NLI/AAAAAAAAJ4Y/OhyWmLNsXzY/s1600/-0004-8.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-4268520468230257075?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/4268520468230257075/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=4268520468230257075' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/4268520468230257075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/4268520468230257075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/at-home.html' title='At home...'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XoWBfhfSEHc/Tt-4ay7t86I/AAAAAAAAJ84/YtbaI623TeQ/s72-c/-0040.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-5916695580710293685</id><published>2011-12-06T10:17:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-06T14:35:30.236-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>The waves</title><content type='html'>After working a bit this morning, we left for the beach soon after lunch. We are starting to learn when is the best time to go (low tide) and what beaches has which type of waves, which have strong rip currents at which moment of the tide, and we are sure enjoying our time at the beach!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Après avoir travaillé un peu ce matin, nous sommes partis pour la plage peu de temps après dîner. Nous commençons à savoir quand c’est le bon temps d’y aller (à marée basse) et quelles plages ont quels types de vagues, lesquelles ont de gros courants à quel moment de la marée, et nous y passons vraiment du bon temps!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eZG3Z5sHxPw/Tt47KogrqzI/AAAAAAAAJ3c/KlsmVBUOLOA/s1600/-0034.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eZG3Z5sHxPw/Tt47KogrqzI/AAAAAAAAJ3c/KlsmVBUOLOA/s320/-0034.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683044833647373106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i2S5GeNIQU0/Tt46zvcK1RI/AAAAAAAAJ24/xi7OaM_gv9o/s1600/-0041-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 203px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i2S5GeNIQU0/Tt46zvcK1RI/AAAAAAAAJ24/xi7OaM_gv9o/s320/-0041-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683044440370500882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt; À l’aller, nous sommes arrêtés pour rencontrer un agent d’immeuble  responsable de la location de maisons dans le coin. Nous sommes allés  visiter une superbe maison avec une vue incroyable sur la mer… et nous y  sommes allés en maillot de bain!! Il y a bien juste ici qu’on ferait  ça!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the way there, we stopped to meet a realtor that is responsible for  some house rentals in the area. We went to visit an amazing house with  an incredible view of the sea… and we went in bathing suit!! Only in  Costa Rica!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-967ONN8CxiA/Tt46zPBvQDI/AAAAAAAAJ2s/BFurWBAmRDc/s1600/-0053-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-967ONN8CxiA/Tt46zPBvQDI/AAAAAAAAJ2s/BFurWBAmRDc/s320/-0053-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683044431669706802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BUdgiwacNSM/Tt47KYYnNzI/AAAAAAAAJ3Q/53K8xjZKvME/s1600/-0038-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BUdgiwacNSM/Tt47KYYnNzI/AAAAAAAAJ3Q/53K8xjZKvME/s320/-0038-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683044829318559538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x0LwCcsDCDM/Tt46yswJepI/AAAAAAAAJ2g/31068aqd-PM/s1600/-0060-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x0LwCcsDCDM/Tt46yswJepI/AAAAAAAAJ2g/31068aqd-PM/s320/-0060-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683044422469122706" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9SqhjLixljk/Tt46yTUlfcI/AAAAAAAAJ2U/Rgt4LF7H6Mk/s1600/-0065-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9SqhjLixljk/Tt46yTUlfcI/AAAAAAAAJ2U/Rgt4LF7H6Mk/s320/-0065-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683044415642631618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Puis, au retour, nous sommes allés à Ojochal, la communauté francophone  dont je parlais l’autre jour, rencontrer Léo (une recommandation de  Gilles-le-boulanger) qui est là depuis 20 ans et qui est au courant de  tout ce qu’il y a à louer au village. Il nous a amené voir une  magnifique maison avec une vue imprenable sur un autre versant de  montagne (on se serait cru en Toscane) qui est en train d’être finalisée  (une maison neuve, qui n’a jamais passé de saisons des pluies! Des  matelas neufs! Pas de moisissures!). On attend des nouvelles de tout  cela dans les prochains jours. On ira sans doute en voir d’autres  bientôt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then, on the way back, we went to Ojochal, the French community I  mentionned the other day, to meet Leo (a recommandation given by  Gilles-the-baker) who has been living here for 20 years and who knows  about most of what is available for rent in the village. He brought us  to see a beautiful house with a stunning view of the other mountain side  (it felt like we were in Tuscany) that is about to be finished (a new  house, that never went through any rainy season! New mattresses! No  mold!). We are waiting to hear from those in the next few days. We will  probably go see more soon.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8589290063273869746-5916695580710293685?l=catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/feeds/5916695580710293685/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8589290063273869746&amp;postID=5916695580710293685' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/5916695580710293685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8589290063273869746/posts/default/5916695580710293685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://catherine-et-les-fees.blogspot.com/2011/12/after-working-bit-this-morning-we-left.html' title='The waves'/><author><name>Catherine</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17513911177615259519</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V20OlM5vsxg/STNmlA40Q-I/AAAAAAAAAFI/cxuR5jzz4tA/S220/PA300023+copy.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eZG3Z5sHxPw/Tt47KogrqzI/AAAAAAAAJ3c/KlsmVBUOLOA/s72-c/-0034.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589290063273869746.post-6531636472144087782</id><published>2011-12-04T01:10:00.009-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-04T14:05:18.626-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voyage'/><title type='text'>Feria de Uvita</title><content type='html'>This morning, we went to the farmer's market in Uvita which is closer to where we stay than San Isidro's. We knew it was smaller, but we did not expect it to be that small... It really is an expats' market actually. The sellers and buyers are almost all gringos (except for the only organic greens booth) and the prices are very high (similar to what we would pay in Canada). However, we were quite happy to find some turmeric, good Madras curry, natural peanut butter, delicious homemade sauerkraut and organic focaccia (a treat for the girls' lunch baked by Gilles from Deauville who has been living in Ojochal for 7 years, the biggest French community in CR, 15 min from Uvita!). There were some goji berries, raw macadamias (and other out of price nuts!), dried pineapples and papayas (about 8 times the price of fresh - I would make a fortune with my Excalibur dehydrator here!), hibiscus tea, organic cacao, fresh cheese ($5 for a small piece), organic sourdough bread ($10!), chocolate bread  ($7 for a very small loaf) and homemade bulgar yogurt ($4 for a small container and $6 for one a bit bigger). We didn't buy any of that, of course!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Ce matin, nous sommes allés au marché fermier d'Uvita qui est plus près d’où on habite que celui San Isidro. Nous savions que c'était un plus petit marché, mais nous ne pensions pas qu'il était aussi petit... C'est en fait plutôt un marché d'expats. Les vendeurs et les acheteurs sont pour la plupart des gringos (mis à part le kiosque de verdures bio) et les prix sont très élevés (semblables à ceux du Canada). Cependant, nous étions bien heureux de trouver du curcuma (oui, Nini!), du bon cari de Madras, du beurre d’arachides naturel, de la succulente choucroute maison et de la focaccia bio (un petit spécial pour le dîner des filles, faite par Gilles de Deauville qui habite à Ojochal depuis 7 ans, la plus importante communauté francophone au CR, à 15 min d'Uvita!). Il y avait des baies de goji, des noix de macadams crues (et d'autres noix hors de prix!), des ananas et des papayes séchées (environ 8 fois le prix des fraîches - je ferais fortune avec mon déshydrateur Excalibur ici!), de la tisane d'hibiscus, du cacao bio, du fromage frais (5 $ pour un petit morceau),  du pain au levain bio (10 $!), du pain au chocolat  (7 $ pour une toute petite miche) et du yogourt bulgare maison (4 $ pour un tout petit contenant et 6 $ pour un contenant à peine plus gros). Nous n'avons rien acheté de cela, bien entendu!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, we got to meet some nice expats that gave us really good info too. We met with Sabina, a Canadian woman with Polish origins that has been living here for 13 years. She went to the supermarket with us to help us find tahini, integral flour and other goodies... (I finally found some natural laundry detergent!). She also  took us to her Bed and Breakfast in Hatillo (10 minutes from where we  live) and we talked for a good hour. She is such a gold mine of  information! This is priceless! We will probably stay in her cute (and clean!) little cabina for the x-mas week (more on this later). She has a  salt-water pool and a beautiful outdoor restaurant surrounded by nature  with trails and yoga platforms (she actually have Vipassana retreats at  her place in January and February).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Nous avons par contre rencontré de gentils expats qui nous ont donné de bons renseignements. Nous y avons aussi rejoint Sabina, une canadienne d'origine polonaise qui est ici depuis 13 ans. Nous sommes allés avec elle au supermarché pour trouver du tahini et de la farine complète bio, et d'autres trucs... (j'ai finalement trouvé du savon à linge naturel!). Elle nous a amené à son Bed and Breakfast à Hatillo (à 10 minutes d’où  nous habitons) et nous avons parlé avec elle pendant une bonne heure.  C'est une vraie mine d'or de renseignements! Ça n'a pas de prix! Nous  resterons sans doute dans sa petite cabine (très propre!) pour la  semaine après Noël (plus de détails à venir). Elle a une piscine à l'eau  salée et une beau resto extérieur dans la nature entouré de sentiers et  de plate-formes de yoga (il y a des retraites de Vipassana chez elle en  janvier et février d'ailleurs).  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p15_jDHPSyk/TtsPMSJXLYI/AAAAAAAAJ18/xbDTHrvybDQ/s1600/-0009-4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p15_jDHPSyk/TtsPMSJXLYI/AAAAAAAAJ18/xbDTHrvybDQ/s320/-0009-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682152058561965442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;:&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;: The oranges here don't look really attractive from the outside, but they are extremely juicy and a little less sweet than the Florida and Californian oranges we know/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Ici, les oranges ne sont pas très jolies, mais elles sont extrêmement juteuses et un peu moins sucrées que celles de Floride ou de Californie que l'on connaît&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G-glTKYSeJk/TtsPLzO7H9I/AAAAAAAAJ1w/pOWKF1QebHQ/s1600/-0011-4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G-glTKYSeJk/TtsPLzO7H9I/AAAAAAAAJ1w/pOWKF1QebHQ/s320/-0011-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682152050263793618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: A piece of Gilles'focaccia with kale salad (with Madras curry, local honey, olive oil and apple cider vinegar dressing - it was a hit with the girls!)/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Une pointe de focaccia de Gilles avec une salade de kale (avec une vinaigrette au cari de Madras, miel local, huile d'olive et vinaigre de cidre - un succès auprès des filles!)&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O7YwOB3KHbc/TtsPLu_oouI/AAAAAAAAJ1k/jzLqhlYG4UQ/s1600/-0014-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O7YwOB3KHbc/TtsPLu_oouI/AAAAAAAAJ1k/jzLqhlYG4UQ/s320/-0014-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682152049125925602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Tahini, turmeric, cumin sauerkraut, natural peanut butter, as well as delicious organic lancinato kale and bok-choy/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Du tahini, du curcuma, de la choucroute au cumin, du beurre d’arachides naturel, ainsi que du délicieux kale lancinato et du bok-choy bio&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We were all craving greens so much that we ate a whole bunch of kale and another one of bok-choy as is on our way back. It was so cool to see the girls munching away! They had been asking for Hibiscus leaves everytime we drive by a bush and we tought it was the sheer pleasure of picking wild greens that made it more attractive to them, but we realize their bodies was asking for some greens. They also drank the whole green smoothie I made myself for breakfast this morning... I definitely miss my juicer more than anything... I am so glad Geneviève convinced me to bring my Vita-mix!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Nous avions tous besoin de verdures! Nous avons dévoré tout un bouquet de kale et un autre de bok-choy tels quels sur le chemin du retour. C'était vraiment génial de voir les filles aller! Elles demandaient pour des feuilles d'Hibiscus chaque fois que nous passions à côté d'un buisson, mais nous pensions que c'était tout simplement par plaisir de cueillir leur nourriture, mais nous avons constaté que leurs corps avaient vraiment envie de vert. Elles ont aussi tout bu le smoothie vert que j'avais préparé pour mon déjeuner... Je m'ennuie vraiment de mon extracteur à jus... 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Quelle abondance, mes amis! Je n’avais pas amené mon appareil photo pour des raisons de sécurité, mais comme c’est plutôt tranquille à ce temps-ci de l’année, je l’apporterai la semaine prochaine pour vous faire voir à quoi ça ressemble.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today, we went to San Isidro de El General farmer’s market, that is held every Thursday from 8 am, about 40 minutes from where we live. So much abundance, my friends! I didn’t bring my camera for safety reasons, but since it is still pretty quiet at this time of year, I will bring it next week to show you what it looks like.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Malgré le fait qu’il est inévitable qu’ils nous fassent des prix de gringos, nous sommes déjà rendus un peu plus habiles dans le négoce. L’avantage est aussi qu’on achète en grande quantité et que nous sommes en position de faire baisser le prix. Nous avons acheté une caisse d’ananas (20 succulents gros ananas pour 16 $ — 80 sous chacun!), une caisse de petites bananes (6 grosses mains pour 3 $), 15 jeunes noix de coco, 5 gros sacs d’oranges et 5 grands jus d’orange fraîchement pressés pour 10 $!! On a des mangues (de type piña), mais elles sont quand même chères, car ce n’est pas la saison (20 mangues pour environ 15 $), des fruits de la passion, des sapotes, des melons, des mûres, et plus encore.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Despite the fact that it is unavoidable that they give us gringo prices, we are becoming more skilled at negociating. The advantage is also that we are buying in bulk and we are in a position to drop the prices. We bought a pineapple box (20 juicy and sweet big pineapple for 16 $ - 80 cents each!), a box of small bananas (6 big hands for 3 $), 15 young green coconuts, 5 big bags of oranges and 5 tall glasses of freshly squeezed orange juice for 10 $!! We have mangoes (piña variety), but they are still expensive since they are not in season (20 mangoes for about 15 $), passion fruits, mammey sapote, melons, boysenberries, and more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OXinE-4wEx0/Ttjw6pJhBoI/AAAAAAAAJ1M/HgCfKPzA5lc/s1600/-0004-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OXinE-4wEx0/Ttjw6pJhBoI/AAAAAAAAJ1M/HgCfKPzA5lc/s320/-0004-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681555820196726402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Raw goat milk and raw cow's milk with lots of yellow cream!/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Lait de chèvre  et lait de vache cru avec plein de crème jaune! &lt;/span&gt;::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;On a aussi trouvé du lait de chèvre et de vache cru, du bon fromage frais, de l’huile de coco bio et crue, du miel et des tortillas fraîches à très bon prix. C’est drôle, tous les produits liquides se vendent dans des bouteilles de Coke réutilisée! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We also found raw goat and cow’s milk, great fresh cheese, raw organic coconut oil, honey and fresh tortillas at a good price. It’s funny, all the liquid products are sold in reused Coke bottles!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jI50EyI7o-k/Ttjw6RwRedI/AAAAAAAAJ1A/1NojelL70ws/s1600/-0005-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jI50EyI7o-k/Ttjw6RwRedI/AAAAAAAAJ1A/1NojelL70ws/s320/-0005-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681555813916834258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Local raw organic coconut oil and wild raw honey/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Huile de coco bio crue et miel cru sauvage locaux&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ypwgezGudps/Ttjw7cCtTbI/AAAAAAAAJ1Y/T1CRrOBuE0M/s1600/-0002-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ypwgezGudps/Ttjw7cCtTbI/AAAAAAAAJ1Y/T1CRrOBuE0M/s320/-0002-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681555833858379186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Puis, nous sommes allés à l’épicerie pour nous équiper des ingrédients de base, mais aussi de bottes d’eau pour pouvoir aller cueillir des fruits et des feuilles (et des fleurs) d’hibiscus – saviez-vous que les feuilles d’hibiscus sont super nutritives? Et il y en a partout autour de la maison!- sans craindre les serpents, des pailles pour boire l’eau des noix de coco, mais aussi (et surtout!) un oreiller sans tâches de moisissures et confo pour moi (à 6 $)! Sans aucun doute le meilleur achat de la journée!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then we went to the grocery to get the basic ingredients, but also rubber boots to be able to pick fruits and hibiscus leaves (and flowers) – did you know those were super nutricious wild greens? They grow everywhere on the property! - without fearing the snakes, straws to drink the coconut water, but also (and especially!) a comfortable pillow for me without mold (for 6 $)! Undoubtedly the best buy of the day!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2Tk1rwpP1uM/TthBhGI5-9I/AAAAAAAAJyA/zZh1LKs-Vrg/s1600/-0023.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2Tk1rwpP1uM/TthBhGI5-9I/AAAAAAAAJyA/zZh1LKs-Vrg/s320/-0023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681362966767336402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Ce que nous n’avons toujours pas réussi à trouver, c’est du savon à lessive et à vaisselle naturel et surtout, non parfumé…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What we still haven’t found is some natural, and especially unscented dish soap and laundry detergent…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Puis, il va falloir perfectionner notre technique de retour… Ça fait deux fois qu’on revient à la maison avec du beurre tout fondu partout dans le fond des sacs…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And we will have to work our our return technique… We came back home with melted butter spread everywhere in the bag… twice!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Après avoir fini les courses, nous sommes allés dîner dans un soda (tous les petits restos Ticos s’appellent des sodas), où nous nous sommes régalés d’arroz con pollo et de taco doble pour trois fois rien!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After we were done shopping, we went to have lunch in a soda (all the little Ticos restaurant are called sodas), where we had some delicious arroz con pollo and taco doble for very little!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AlGnQtqcpno/TthBiW4MFEI/AAAAAAAAJyc/9FUizYyc5sk/s1600/-0013-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AlGnQtqcpno/TthBiW4MFEI/AAAAAAAAJyc/9FUizYyc5sk/s320/-0013-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681362988440491074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: We have many, many pineapple! We will freeze them for smoothies! &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Nous avons beaucoup, beaucoup d'ananas! Nous les congèlerons pour faire des smoothies!&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Mais là, c’est bon, j’ai tout ce qu’il me faut pour me remettre totalement au cru! Puis, j’ai trouvé mes repères en cas d’urgence-faim : Chapy’s à Dominical fait des smoothies juste fruits et glace (c’est d’ailleurs eux qui nous ont fait découvrir le succulent combo ananas-fruits de la passion-glace) et il y a quelques kiosques de fruits dans les environs qui ont presque toujours des bananes mûres ou des ramboutans qui peuvent être mangés immédiatement!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But now, I am good, I have all I need to get back to full raw! And I found some places where I can go in case of hunger-emergency : Chapy’s in Dominical makes fruits-only smoothies (it is there that we discovered the amazing passion fruit-pineapple-ice combo) and there are some fruit vendors in the area where there is almost always ripe bananas or rambutan that can be eaten on the spot!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A-dBXm2yQ_U/TthBg2ePoFI/AAAAAAAAJx0/OYuBv7sYVNc/s1600/-0025.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A-dBXm2yQ_U/TthBg2ePoFI/AAAAAAAAJx0/OYuBv7sYVNc/s320/-0025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681362962561867858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Let's play name that fruit! It is manga-something, it's like a tiny unripe mango, very acidic and eaten with salt. Do you know the name of it?/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Jouons à nommer ce fruit! C'est manga-quelque chose, c'est comme une petite mangue pas mûre, très acide qui se mange avec du sel. Connaissez-vous le nom?&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;C’est tellement humide à cause de toute la pluie, les vêtements ne sèchent pas… et tout est humide (les draps, les coussins du divan, les vêtements qu’on a apportés et qui n’ont pas encore été portés, les livres, les feuilles de papier…). Vivement la fin de la saison des pluies!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is so humid because of all the rain, the clothes don’t dry up… and everything is damp (the sheets, the couch, the clothes that we brought and did not even wear, the books, the paper sheets…). Let’s hope the rainy season will end soon!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BJFsldGZUC0/TthBjXJsxiI/AAAAAAAAJyk/Se8bark3WuY/s1600/-0009-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BJFsldGZUC0/TthBjXJsxiI/AAAAAAAAJyk/Se8bark3WuY/s320/-0009-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681363005693806114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt; Et vous savez quoi? Nous avons aperçu notre premier couple de &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxITSCIBPkg"&gt;toucans&lt;/a&gt; aujourd’hui! Juste à côté de la maison!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And you know what? We spotted our first &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxITSCIBPkg"&gt;toucan&lt;/a&gt; couple today! 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This park is probably the most visited of Costa Rica and it can be seriously packed during the high season. It has some of the most amazing beaches of Costa Rica and so many animals can be spotted along the trails.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Nous avons décidé de visiter le parc national Manuel Antonio avant l'invasion des touristes de décembre. Ce parc est probablement le plus visité de tout le Costa Rica et il peut y avoir foule pendant la haute saison. Il recèle certaines des plus belles plages du Costa Rica et de nombreux animaux peuvent être aperçus sur les sentiers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We were lucky to be able to see a white face monkey family grooming each other near the beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);font-size:100%;" &gt;Nous avons eu la chance d'observer une famille de singes capucins qui se mangeaient les puces près de la plage.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AiEzYMiyBh8/Ttb6dmxPubI/AAAAAAAAJxY/-iABLrUodyI/s1600/-0029.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AiEzYMiyBh8/Ttb6dmxPubI/AAAAAAAAJxY/-iABLrUodyI/s320/-0029.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681003366504708530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;:: Mama and baby/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Maman et bébé&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ay7kRLvB2OM/Ttb6c27051I/AAAAAAAAJxM/IuSkzdijufE/s1600/-0042-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 253px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ay7kRLvB2OM/Ttb6c27051I/AAAAAAAAJxM/IuSkzdijufE/s320/-0042-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681003353664186194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QG7eLLcZ2R4/Ttb6cGvDt6I/AAAAAAAAJxA/zr_cS8I3-UM/s1600/-0011-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QG7eLLcZ2R4/Ttb6cGvDt6I/AAAAAAAAJxA/zr_cS8I3-UM/s320/-0011-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681003340725729186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x9tNLx3bslk/Ttb6buz9N0I/AAAAAAAAJw0/HlckTmL23RQ/s1600/-0038-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x9tNLx3bslk/Ttb6buz9N0I/AAAAAAAAJw0/HlckTmL23RQ/s320/-0038-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681003334303823682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Look at the baby yawning on the mother's lap. He was so tired, he could not keep his eyes open.../&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Regardez le bébé qui baille sur les cuisses de sa mère. Il était si fatigué, il avait de la difficulté à garder les yeux ouverts...&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D4wbmMeSOWA/Ttb6bYwOihI/AAAAAAAAJwo/dwAxofuGGI8/s1600/-0041.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D4wbmMeSOWA/Ttb6bYwOihI/AAAAAAAAJwo/dwAxofuGGI8/s320/-0041.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681003328382601746" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LBRMCf3hRYU/Ttb5WevmGkI/AAAAAAAAJwY/fB5Em-C3W8Y/s1600/-0050.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LBRMCf3hRYU/Ttb5WevmGkI/AAAAAAAAJwY/fB5Em-C3W8Y/s320/-0050.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681002144579590722" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3EijelGALI/Ttb5VRO0w4I/AAAAAAAAJwE/iRrSXoSR-0g/s1600/-0054.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3EijelGALI/Ttb5VRO0w4I/AAAAAAAAJwE/iRrSXoSR-0g/s320/-0054.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681002123772609410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: Mom with baby finally sleeping on her back/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Maman avec son bébé qui dort finalement sur son dos&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;Nous avons marché environ 1 km jusqu'à Playa Manuel Antonio, une superbe plage de sable blanc et d'eau turquoise.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We walked about 1 km to Playa Manuel Antonio, a beautiful white sand and blue-green water beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UIgoftqKau4/Ttb5UnFzicI/AAAAAAAAJv4/hhJ_YpQheZs/s1600/-0002-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 174px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UIgoftqKau4/Ttb5UnFzicI/AAAAAAAAJv4/hhJ_YpQheZs/s320/-0002-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681002112460491202" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7K2rVjBm40I/Ttb5UXOko3I/AAAAAAAAJvs/BklBB9OUCpY/s1600/-0016.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7K2rVjBm40I/Ttb5UXOko3I/AAAAAAAAJvs/BklBB9OUCpY/s320/-0016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681002108202296178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-byd8WQNbDBI/Ttb2Q5IWsYI/AAAAAAAAJvg/YizVVT3oM1k/s1600/-0065.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 224px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-byd8WQNbDBI/Ttb2Q5IWsYI/AAAAAAAAJvg/YizVVT3oM1k/s320/-0065.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680998750048661890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;:: This is what we did for most of the day!/&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"&gt;C'est ce qu'on a fait pendant presque toute la journée&lt;/span&gt; ::&lt;/span&gt
