Going Back "Home"

Today we all got up early and packed up for our trips. We're going "home" and the Grandparents are going back to San Jose. They'll catch a flight tomorrow and head home. We all said our good-byes and wished them a safe trip home.

It's a four hour Interbus ride back to our house. The Interbus is a great way to get around longer distances in Costa Rica without having the stress of driving yourself and the expense of renting a car. They are typically a large van holding about a dozen people. You pay in advance and they pick up and drop off at hotels. It's a nice way to meet other travelers, find out what other people are seeing/doing and compare notes (so to speak).

All our Interbus trips so far have included a 20 minute break after about 2 hours of riding. Sometimes we switch buses to get to our final destination. It is the same place we have always stopped. There is a gift shop, restaurant, cafe, restrooms and birds (both in a small zoo and flying around freely).

Imagine our surprise when we arrived and saw Grandma and Grandpa sitting in the cafe! We got to visit with them for 10 more minutes and say good-bye again. The boys were so excited to see them too.

We made it back home around 1:00 and settled back in. Now it's time for us to switch gears from being tourists in Costa Rica to "living" here. We'll take the next week or so to figure out what exactly that's going to look like.