To blog or to tweet, that is my question

I've decided that I want to chronicle the moments in my world - however random they may be. With life quickly passing by, I enjoy looking back on the random moments so I'm back to writing them all down now.

When I first started this blog in 2007, the words Twitter or tweet or # were a figment of some geek's imagination. Fast forward 5 years and I'm in between keeping this blog going to capture those moments or tweeting. Hmmmm. Some moments are short and one thought #ilovegoatcheese which would be totally tweetable. Others are long winded (okay most may be. . . ) and more blogable. Such modern dilemmas! To be continued. . .

In the meantime, here's another picture from my day. #ilovemyfamily

Testing, one two

Just checking to see how this blogging app works. I'm so 2 years ago right now. . .

Also posting a pic to see how that works. Double rainbow night at the giants game this week. Wrahoooo!

Costa Rica hightlights (so far!)

so far:

• the Pura Vida hotel in Alajuela - just north of san jose and beautiful!
• the breakfast at PV. . .yum!!
• leaves and lizards (name of our hotel) near Arenal. like being in a tree house
• going on a night hike up to the arenal volcano - and seeing lava. cool!
• going horse back riding to a water fall
• monica getting bucked off the horse - and getting back on! (okay, maybe not a highlight, but memorable!)
• the waterfall. . . ahhhhhh
• zip lining. awesome!
• finding the free hot springs under the highway.
• doggy - the house dog at l + l
• driving to manuel antonio. beautiful
• the beach here. unforgettable.

gotta go back to the beach now.

cheers, m + k

Ahhhh.....Puerto Viejo

That about sums up Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica. It´s all about relaxing on the beach, drinking $1.80 beers and surfing (if you are into that sort of thing. . .) Since we got to CR 3 days earlier, we decided to head to the east coast and check out this town. It took us about 3.5 hours to get there, including about an hour on a super bumpy road into town, but it was well worth it. it´s the most relaxed beach town we´ve ever seen. it felt like jamaica (although neither of us have been to jamaica, but who cares!) we were sad to leave it today, even if we did get nice sunburns as souvenirs.

today, we are in san jose, waiting to pick up olivia and eithne who arrive at 9 pm. kieran is getting a hair cut now (will he look like ricky martin?!) and i am online for just 500 soles an hour! sounds expensive, right? not! the exchange rate is like 500 to $1. I took out 10,000 colones bills. it´s only a $20, but boy does that make you feel rich!

cheers, monica + kieran

Mucho Humo

Today is our last day in BA. There are some major grass fires about 60 miles north of Buenos Aires that are producing major smoke. It was suppossed tob e 80 degrees and clear today, and the city is just covered in smoke. We were actually going to head north for a few days (to Rosario), but that is exactly where the fires our. our luck, right? we had actually decided against rosario before we knew about the smoke. just call us psychic!

the smoke looks like fog, but only dirtier. We were going to rent bikes and cycle through the city, yet the smoke is just too heavy. We are off to costa rica tomorrow morning - we have a 6:30 am flight - and we can´t wait!! sun, beaches, fresh fruit. . .yum

see you later buenos aires! or as the locals woulds say - ciao!

punta del este

we hung out in buenos aires until monday morning. we caught a football (aka soccer) match on sunday between 2 local teams, Racing + Arsenal (not the british arsenal). It was cool. the stadium shook a few times when the home team, Racing, scored. i really want to start my own crazy fan section for the SF Giants when I get home. It will be at the top of my to do list, for sure!

on monday, we took a 3 hour ferry to uruguay, then picked up our rental car in montevideo to head to punta del este. punta del este is considered the french riviera of south america. the problem, though, is that we decided to come in the start of their winter and on weekdays. the place is like a ghost town! the beaches are incredible though - and we did get in the water. even if it was cold to the locals, it was hot compared to sf and ocean beach! it's just eerie around here. it reminds us of Maui, but without anyone around. spoooookkkky. . . .

the saving grace of this trip is our cool hotel, L'Auberge. It's a 5 star hotel that we would not be able to afford had this been the high season. our room was on the top floor of their tower. i felt even more like a princess! also, we ordered room service (sooooo nice!) and the food was delicious!! we are getting tired of all of the meat and cheese that argentine people love around here, so it was nice to get some fresh veggies.

Today, we are heading back to buenos aires. being in a beach town makes us really want to be in the sun. we are thinking of heading to costa rica a few days earlier to get started on our sun bathing. the weather in BA is suppossed to be in the 70's, yet it is in the 80's in CR. . . ahhhhh. ..

cheers, m + k

Buenos Aires

We arrived into BA on Wednesday morning (around 4 am). we stayed at a hostel for just that morning - but then decided to find something nicer. spoiled, yes! we found a great hotel in San Telmo - the Don Telmo. San Telmo is one of the oldest BA neighborhoods. it reminds me a lot of the lower east side in NYC. Cool, trendy, yet sorta sketchy. I love it!

We met up with our inca trail friends, Jaime, Geoff & Jen the first night here to see a tango show. super cool. then, we went out until like 4 in the morning. This city is a SUPER LATE city. many restuarants don´t open until 8 pm for dinner and 10-11pm is the normal time to eat. last night, we ate at 11 and it was crowded! we have had our share of argentine beef. good, for sure, but i´m kinda done with beef right now!

yesterday, the olympic torch came through BA. we parked ourselves near the obelisk (a big monument in BA) and saw it come through. well, wait until you see the video i took. it was like being in a melee. i totally got manhandled by argentine police. but it´s all good. no big protests like in sf, london, paris.

today, we are going to mosey around again. BA is the city of walking, eating (late) and drinking. we love it! on monday, we go to uruguay for a few days.

cheers, monica + kieran