My sister, Elena's, visit to Costa Rica

My sister, Elena, and two of her daughters came to visit Cindy and I in Costa Rica. Elena, Sara, Kimberly, Cindy and I went to a beach called Conchal which means sea shells. It was a beautiful beach with beautiful clear blue water. Instead of stand there were millions of tiny sea shells. Sara, Kim, Elena and I went to stand in the ocean. A wave knocked me over. It was a lot of fun. We laughed very hard on our trip.

We went over the largest bridge in Costa Rica and we took a ferry back across the Gulf of Nicoya. Cindy drove the car onto the ferry. The rest of us walked over a wooden bridge onto the ferry. When I was on the ferry I did a scene from the movie Titanic...I am queen of the world. I

I had to throw away my beach shoes because they stunk so badly. For two two days we were at the beach we at a little restaurant or what they call a soda. It is not the drink, it is a very small restaurant. The family that ran it became our good friends. The mother made really good Costa Rican food.

After Sara and Kim went back to the states, Elena, Cindy, myself, Carlos and his cousin, Teresa, went on a day trip. We saw a really huge decorated cart that is on display in the central park of a city called Sarchi. It was painted beautifully. We also visited the shop where we saw them painting small carts of different sizes. We visited a lady and I got to make empanadas. I really enjoyed making them.

Elena, Cindy and I had a really good time playing Skip-o, Rummikub and King's corner. It was good to see Elena. It has been a long time since I saw her. The last time was when I left Boise in 2003. I hope she comes back and sees us again soon.