Costa Rican Birthday

This year I got to celebrate my birthday in Costa Rica.  It was really cool to experience my first ever warm birthday (I’ve never worn shorts and a t-shirt on my birthday before). 

I had a great start to the day with a 7 am outdoor yoga class overlooking the beach.  I was in heaven.  

I got back to the apartment to find that Brad had secretly gone out to the grocery store while I was at yoga and purchased ingredients for a special birthday “cake” he knew I would love.  He put it together while I got ready (I even washed my hair for the occasion), and before we headed out the door for the day I was eating a very healthy fruit cobbler.  It was sooo good! 

Then it was off to the bus for the one-hour ride to the “big city” of Liberia.  We had to run to catch the bus (couldn’t stop eating that birthday cake).  I felt like a little kid again.  And like Tommy Boy. 

We got to Liberia and saw the Harry Potter movie (with subtitles).  We had the whole theatre to ourselves.  It was awesome.  We even got in trouble for putting our feet on the seats in front of us.  An employee came into the theatre in the middle of the movie and shone the flashlight in our eyes and everything (yes, I did mention we were the only two people in the theatre).  For pushing further into my thirties, I was really enjoying all the opportunities to feel like a little kid again.

Before we knew it, it was time to catch the bus back to Coco.  As we were waiting at the bus stop we watched a street vendor that sells pipa fria (coconut water in the actual coconut) cut discarded coconut shells in half and give it to anxiously-awaiting squirrels.  It reminded me of watching an old man on a park bench feeding pigeons.  When the bus arrived at our stop, it was already so crowded we barely made it on, and for the first half of the ride we each had one foot balanced on a 3-inch ledge.  

Back in Coco we watched a gorgeous sunset on the beach as we ate dinner at a great fish and sushi restaurant.  It was a great birthday.