Costa Rica - Day 2

We had a lot of fun in the sun on this trip. The first few days we did nothing but play on the beach, and when we were tired of sand, swim in the pool. On this day I went for an hour walk along our main beach, Playa Flamingo. Conveniently, two full laps on the beach is 5K in length. This beach was closest to our apartment and had great sand, few people, and great sunsets that we were able to enjoy. We made sandcastles, buried various body parts in the sand, collected shells, collected mini sea snails, fought the waves with sand balls and other techniques (Jonathan), and had fun getting tossed by and over waves by me (Dad).

A couple hundred yards past the northern end of the beach is Angelina's, our favorite restaurant for pizza. At the foot of the restaurant is also our favorite ice cream stand. For dinner this night we went back to Angelina's and ordered two of their delicious brick oven thin crust pizzas. Afterwards we walked down the steps and bought a couple of small homemade ice cream cups and an ice cream sandwich made out of two chocolate chip cookies. In the last picture you can make out a cone shaped straw roof.  That's the ice cream stand. The ice cream is hand made by a guy from Calgary and his wife that have been in Costa Rica for about five years. They also own another ice cream stand and the miniature golf course in a nearby town. Talk about a different life.

It was fun to eat out, but I think we only ate out three meals on the entire trip. The food is a little different for the kids, and somewhat pricey. Plus, we prefer to buy all of our food from the local grocery store since we had a kitchen. In fact, the first night we arrived we went shopping and bought a fresh pineapple. It was the most juicy, delicious pineapple I have ever tasted!