There’s a difference in the way people greet one another in Costa Rica as opposed to the U.S. For sure you have the cultural tradition whereby females are greeted with a light kiss on the cheek. And that is certainly a distinguishable custom. But I am talking about things below surface level observations. Compared to […]
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I have to admit that sometimes life in Costa Rica gets under my gringo skin. We gringos don’t live very contemplative lives for the most part. We don’t have time to, or at least we don’t take the time to. There is simply too much to do, too much money to make, too much pressure […]
When folks visit Costa Rica they often hear a phrase that may sound unfamiliar, even to those who know a little Spanish. That phrase is “Pura Vida” (pronounced as POO-rah VEE-dah) and can be viewed as the Costa Rican “national motto.” Literally translated it means “Pure Life.” Contextually, it means “Full of Life,” “Purified life,” […]
In the immortal words of Kris Kristofferson in the song Me and Bobby McGee, “freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.” Maybe that is why the pain of this economic “crisis” runs so deep. That is, because in the U.S. folks do have so much to lose. So I guess the question to pose is, are we […]
Pretentious is defined by Webster’s Dictionary a couple of ways. My favorite is the one that is “expressive of affected, unwarranted, or exaggerated importance, worth, or stature.” I realize that I am often critical of society in the U.S. There may be someone who reads this that is put off by that. After all, I […]
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