Beach Trip

We had a long break from school this past weekend so we decided to take a family trip to the beach. We went to the closest beach to San Jose, Playa Hermosa. It is off the Pacific side of Costa Rica and is known as a surfer beach. It was very different from any beach we had ever been too, the sand was black, and the waves were huge! Overall we had a great time and really enjoyed our time to relax and see more of Costa Rica.

Before we left Lucy and I decided to paint our toenails for the occasion. This was all Lucy's idea, it is fun to watch her want to do girly things.


This was Lucy's first trip to the beach and although she wasn't too sure about the ocean she seemed to really enjoy sitting in the sand and watching the surfers.


You can see from this picture the black sand and the beautiful palm trees in the background. Playa Hermosa is a little bit of a undiscovered place and therefore it is very remote and quiet.


Our place we stayed at had a wonderful pool which we loved. Lucy especially enjoyed riding on the turtle.


Home at last! This is how we all felt today when we finally arrived back in our house in San Jose. It is a 3 hour bus ride, plus about a total 30 minute taxi ride to get there so by the end we were all beat.



We will post many more pictures this week about all our adventures we had while at the beach. We decided that Lucy was in great need of a vacation because when we arrived Lucy proceeded to sleep 14 hours each night, and take 3 hour naps during the day. We all enjoyed our R&R.