Being quarantined is making us, like many people, stir crazy. We want to get out and continue to see the world! It has also made us reminisce about past travel. Since we are not able to go out and explore and share new adventures with you, we are looking back at some of the amazing travel we did in the…
We have been in quarantine in Nicaragua for a little over 4 weeks. We have only left our house to buy food and one trip in the early morning to the beach (which was practically deserted). We are lucky to be in a beautiful house up on a hill overlooking San Juan Del Sur, but as our days melt together…
Grocery shopping in San Juan Del Sur is different than grocery shopping in Atlanta. There is one large grocery store called Palí on the outskirts of the town. It is the size of a CVS drugstore, and offers the variety of food that a CVS drug store offers. There is some produce (the quality is not great) and a meat…
Some days we wake up with the feeling that an elephant is sitting on our chests. The gravity of what is happening can feel overwhelming if you sit and think about it, which is easy to do right now. We are settled in, in Nicaragua for a while. We will be staying here until the coronavirus calms down and we…
We were lucky to stumble upon our Spanish teacher Fernando and his wife Maria on our second day in Nicaragua. We visited a few different Spanish schools. Most of them only offered classes in 2 or 4-hour blocks, five days a week and their times were not flexible. That was too intense for us. As we were walking around town…
Our first month of travel in Central America was fast. A week here, a week there. That sort of travel, for us, is not sustainable. We decided to slow it down a bit and spend one month in San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua. We chose this town because of the things we read about it online. We read that is beautiful, family-friendly…
Many people might think we are living a glamorous and exotic life in Nicaragua. Many people might think we are crazy for deciding to stay here. The reality is that we are staying at home like most everyone else that we know. The only time Michael or I leave the place we are staying is to get groceries. The kids…
Lucas and Henry love each other, but for the past several months they have spent most of their time together. They are developing a strong bond, but we are also always on the lookout for opportunities to socialize. Judy found the hotel on Ometepe by reaching out on Facebook before heading to Nicaragua. We decided to alter our plans and go…
We decided to build in a few days in Ometepe, an island in Lake Nicaragua. Ometepe is made from two volcanoes joined by an isthmus (a narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land). Concepción is the active volcanos on the northern half of Ometepe, Maderas is the dormant volcano…
Tamarindo is a melting pot. The owner of our hostel told us that it is a city built by immigrants. He is Argentinian. The restaurants reflect the diversity of the city. We enjoyed poke, Mediterranean food, vegan burritos. Henry even got a hamburger he liked (he had not found one yet since we arrived in Costa Rica). We went out and…