We've been away

Regular readers may have noticed that we haven't posted in a little over a week. We left for vacation in Costa Rica on February 11 and returned on February 18. Fellow Chicagoans tell us our timing was perfect as we missed the sigle-digit temps and the blizzard conditions.

We highly recommend a vacation to Costa Rica and anyone planning such a trip should check out the website for The Real Costa Rica. The author, Tim, says

Here you will find the accurate answers to hundreds of questions about Costa Rica. The nice thing is that there are answers to questions you did not know to ask! It contains articles, statistics, photographs, movie clips, tables and charts, and above all, accurate information about Costa Rica. Many hundreds of hours have gone into developing this web site, and I (modestly) believe you will find no other complete source for 100% accurate information on Costa Rica.