With great directions so we only had to ask 3 other people to reconfirm, we got the bus from Cartago to Orosi. This is a peaceful, tranquil valley area about 45 minutes from Cartago and an hour and a half from San Jose. We started out at the church as we pretty much always do. We stopped to take a few pictures and just as we were getting to the church, the doors closed and locked. Adriana started talking to Señor Juan and found out everything was closed for an hour. Señor Juan is from another town and he and his nephew came to visit the church and the river. So we head for the river - I will never again believe the phrase - it is only a little ways. After what seemed like miles and miles we stopped and talked to a lady in her front yard and she called a taxi. Seems Señor Juan usually comes hiking with a group and hadn't been to the church in 30 years so he didn't really know how far it was to the river.
Off we go in the taxi and finally arrive at the river. It is a lovely river and there is river rafting in some areas. People were fishing and we took a bunch of pictures. It was the first river Adriana had gotten into and she enjoyed it thoroughly.
So, we finish and head out. No taxi. So we start walking and walking and walking. Part way back Señor Juan and his nephew stopped and said "this is where we catch the bus so we will say good bye." Well, they said it in Spanish. and we walked and we walked and we walked. Finally we arrived at a lovely restaurant and had a cool refreshing drink and some lovely food. Little by little we made it closer to town center. We never did make it back to the church before it closed.
So, back to our day. Adriana wants to spend more time there and we see an add on a gate for a cabin for rent. While talking to a lady about it, Adriana mentioned that I was interested in living there and did she know of any rentals. Well, it turned out she knew a lady so she called her and the lady, Luz, agreed to meet us. Now I have said before that directions are a problem. Well she told us to go up the street 100 meters and turn left and go 100 meters. We went up the street to the hot springs and when you turn left there are 3 choices. We took the one on the left after talking to 2 different people. Poor Luz was chasing all over looking for us. We had gone too far. It turns out that Luz and her husband, their daughter and her family and their son and his family all live in separate houses around this fabulous garden with all kinds of fruit trees and flowers. There are 2 other houses, one on each side of the garden. The other house has a chef in it. The one I looked at is 2 bedroom, living room, really nice large kitchen and laundry room. There is a front porch with 2 great rocking chairs. There is a yard and an area where I can plant flowers and fruit trees all over the place, all kinds. The kitchen has an oven which was important to me so I can do baking. The laundry room has a regular washer, not the Costa Rican version. No dryer but plenty of lines to hang the clothes.
At one point we were walking around and the kids were so great. One young boy first spoke in Spanish, then tried his English out on us and then switched to French. These are bright, sharp kids.
So, to make an already long story shorter, we are going back tomorrow. I am sure I will think of more because so much happened today but I will put it on the pictures.
This is Señor Juan at the church.
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