31 oktober Halloween !!! er was een Halloween Party bij een kennis hier in de buurt. Eigenlijk was het een z.g. Fund Raising Event (geldinzamelingsactie) voor de bibiliotheek in Tilaran. Maakt ons niet uit, feest is feest ! De meiden zijn de hele week crea bea bezig geweest om een outfit in elkaar te zetten, zelfs op details werd gelet. Anja ging als heks en had een spinneweb met spin aan haar hoed gemaakt, erg crea hoor. Christa was een troetelbeer, maar die kenden de amerikanen niet, andere generatie haha. Kees had op het laatste moment besloten om ook mee [View Full Entry]

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Na een week hard werken, hadden we een uitje verdiend, vonden we. Samen met Anja en Christa onze tijdelijk aangenomen dochters gingen we op pad. Ze werken tegen kost en inwoning bij ons en hebben nog weinig van Costa Rica gezien. Hoog tijd voor een trip ! Moeder Wil had de vorige avond lekkere hapjes gemaakt, de koelbox werd volgeladen, klapstoelen en krukjes in de auto geparkeerd, kinders achterin de auto en wegwezen. Eerst een koffie stop maken bij Cafe Macadamia, je raadt het al, gebak met macadamia noten hmmm errug lekker. Vier verschillende gebakjes genomen en proeven maar, we hadde [View Full Entry]

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Hello again, This is our final blog about our trip to the US.....after beautiful and cold Alaska we went to visit our friends in Philadelphia. Well, close to Philadelphia anyway, only an hour drive from the airport to their house in Mannington. Nice and quiet, same as our place in Costa Rica, and very important: it was nice and warm....after Alaska Willeke needed some sunshine badly.... We met the family, had a BBQ with them, and visited all kinds of places. Offcourse we went to New York with Rich right after we got there...still smiling when I think about that, [View Full Entry]

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Just some pictures of the animals and flowers we have seen in Alaska ! New Jersey follows...... See ya Kees and Willeke .................................................................................................. Een aantal fotos van dieren en bloemen die we in Alaska hebben gezien ! New Jersey volgt ook nog...... Hasta la pasta Kees en Willeke [View Full Entry]

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Waz Up ? After Alaska we went to stay with other friends in the Philadelphia area. The day after we arrived there we went to NEW YORK !!!! Rich came with us and played tour guide for the day, he did a really good job. It took us two hours in the car to get to the Big Apple, parked the car and went walking for about 7 hours. And yes, after that we were pretty tired....pfff We went to: Broadway 42nd street were all the theaters/musicals are, lots of advertisements in neon lights Visited St. Patricks cathedral, very impressive with [View Full Entry]

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Hello again, Yes, this is right ! we actually went to Alaska. Ken and Peggy invited us some time ago and we decided to just go ! it took us three flights to get there, almost mist the one from Chicago to Anchorage but fortunately for us the flight was delayed as well and we were the last people boarding pffff. The luggage didn’t make it though, that arrived a day later when we already were in Homer. We arrived in Anchorage at midnight and it was still light, very strange. Next morning our first run was to a store to [View Full Entry]

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Hola amigos, Just a short one this time, was home alone (Willeke) because Kees was taking our friends on a tour through a big part of Costa Rica. They are filming all the Holland Hotels Costa Rica www.hollandhotelscr.com to make a promotion dvd, great huh ? yep ! so didn't have much time to do anything actually, been busy all the time. Early may Willeke went with guests to visit a vanilla project, the guests invested in this and wanted to see if the plants were actually there....and yes....after a 3 hour drive we finally looked at the plants and ALL [View Full Entry]

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Just for all the animal lovers among you....some pictures of Chica and her babies. They are so very cute, the two dogs Lucky and Pluto love to help mama Chica with cleaning the babies and she lets them. It’s amazing to watch the big dogs being so carefull with the tiny kittens. No need for a lot of words, so just enjoy ! **** Voor alle dierenliefhebbers onder jullie....wat foto’s van Chica en haar kindjes. Ze zijn zo schattig, en de twee honden Lucky en Pluto helpen Chica graag met het schoonlikken van de kleintjes, wat Chica ook toe laat. Het [View Full Entry]

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We moved ! no kidding ! Our house is a different colour now, so it feels like we live in another house....we love it, it’s much more cosier than white! It was a lot of work but the result is great. Kees started in january already, sanding and varnishing the wood so he is done with painting for a year ..... Togehter with our Tico friends Jolie and Nelson and some other Ticos which we didn’t know, we went to Rio Celeste. It’s a national park an hour and a half away from us. Nelson’s brother owns a couple of cabinas [View Full Entry]

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Hi everyone, How are you ? we would like to hear that.... We are doing great, getting some guests and in between we are doing a lot of other things. Thanks to the people who send us the grape cuttings from Holland. Twelve out of fourteen are getting leaves, so we have to find a place in the sun and without a lot of wind for them to grow. Maybe in a couple of years we will have our own grapes....can’t wait. Our neighbours surprised us with black berries from their garden hmmm, we’ll get a cutting from that one too. [View Full Entry]

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