Today we spend the day in Costa Rica. We took a tour that we actually took the last time we were here which was 4 years ago and boy have things changed. Now they actually have a 2 lane toll road that looks like a highway! It took 1 1/2 hours to travel by bus from the sea port up to the Cloud mountain where the coffee plantation is. The Costa Rican coffee is grown in volcanic ash which makes it taste different. They have won again the best coffee in the world title. We will have a taste test when we get home since we also bought coffee from Columbia! It was very interesting to watch how the coffee grows how it gets picked and cleaned and roasted. We had a nice lunch and headed back to the port via the Pan American Highway. Now this road I remember, they call it a highway and it is one lane each way. And the traffic gets backed up. Think GW bridge or Tappan Zee Bridge on a Sunday!
We stopped halfway back for a Bano break and a gift shop. All in all we were gone 7 1/2 hours. Got back to the ship and and Bill went to have a cigar and I was so thirsty I went up to the ice cream bar this is only the 3rd time since we have been on here! I had the best chocolate shake! Then time for a little reading and more advil. Tonight is a casual night and I have seen the menu and they have veal saltimbocca and I forget which fish bill will probably have. The big production show tonight we have not seen it is called Route 66 and I am looking forward to seeing that. Tomorrow is a sea day and we have the cocktail party in the captain’s quarters tomorrow evening before dinner. I can’t beleive that we will be home a week from today. My how fast time flies when you are having so much fun!
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