Up at zero dark thirty to catch the 7 am bus to Grecia ... which, on Sunday, turns out to be the 8 am bus. Whatever! Took it to Grecia, immediately hopped on the bus to Alajuela and got there right around 10. Mind you, once we get a vehicle, it will take much less than 1/2 that long. More like 40 minutes. Anyway, set out to find a Birthday card for Mari ... in the morning, on a Sunday ... and finally found one. Not much selection. Walked down the street a bit, and grabbed a coffee & a juice @ the new McDonalds near Price Smart and called Marco for a lift to the party.
Alberto (second youngest son) picked us up in his new little Renault and we wound our way to Lourdes & Eric's house and were the first to arrive. Their new home is VERY nice with 3 bedrooms & 2.5 baths, compact but comfy. The rest of the family began to arrive shortly and we started drinking beers around 11 ... it IS a party, after all. Eric is a total "grill master" and was busily cooking up two different types of chorizo, chichirones, chicken and topped it off with a HUGE slab of beef!
The whole family was there!!
This is Mari & 6 of her 7 kids. Gabrielle had already left, so from left to right: Juan, Javier, Lourdes, Mari, Aurelia, Alberto and Marco's nephew, Marco, who is "one of their kids" ... they really only have 6.
Marco, Mari & the Gringo part of the family!
Mari & her grandchildren (Young Marco, age 17, had to leave earlier) Also in the photo, Javier & Aurelia. What a handsome family!
Marco, Roy & Eric talking about their upcoming fishing trip. You can tell that there are lies being told ... their mouths are moving!
So, around 4:30, Javier & Juan ran us up to Alajuela Centro to catch the bus back to Grecia for the SuperBowl. We got there not too long after kick off (Ravens 7, 9ers 0) and proceeded to drink, watch football and swap lies w/some of our new Gringo friends. As it was appearing to be a blowout, Tony ran Steve, Brenda and the two of us home ... we were all beat! Got home, booted up the computer and found USTVnow.com ... where we watched the rest of the game live! Whoot!
Near the end of the game, an ambulance went screaming up the road with siren blaring (mind you there are only 10 houses above us), followed by a couple of cop cars and numerous private vehicles! Whoa! Neighbors below us were all out in the street talking and gawking, but we didn't go out, as we were watching the game. After about 20 minutes, the ambulance came back down with no siren ... not a good sign unless it simply wasn't needed ... followed by speeding personal vehicle and cop right on his tale! Don't know at this point what the heck was going on, but will update when details are available, if they ever are!
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