Comments on: Week 2 in Grecia, Costa Rica

By: Brandon Pearce

Brandon Pearce — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:59:56 +0000

Hi Alice – We homeschool our girls, so I don’t have first-hand experience at what the schools are like here, but there are a number of international schools I’ve heard people are happy with. I don’t know about the application process or visa requirements for Europeans. We leave every 90 days to renew our visa, but will soon be applying for residency.

The weather is great in Costa Rica, but depending on the time of year, it could be very hot at the beaches, or a little cool up in the mountains, so you may want to plan your location according to the time of year you’ll be here. If you’ve got a few months, I recommend driving around and checking out a few different places before settling down. Feel free to send me an e-mail from my contact form if you have more questions.

By: Alice Sequeira

Alice Sequeira — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:22:10 +0000

Hi again
Would love to know about health and education in Costa Rica as I have a 7 years old doing 2nd grade at the moment in USA and we may after next summer in the Algarve working like to return and live somewhere where the weather is all year round nice.
Where we come from is pleasant in the winter and mild but there isnt a lot of work for us and as we can work online we would love to porvide our son with another experience of maybe moving abroad and stay at Costa Rica on school year is it difficult to enroll and documentation wise we are Europeans ?
Your help would be much appreciated and knowing your experiences on that too. Much appreciated
Alice x

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:30:33 +0000

Thanks for responding. I like the unschooling ideas as well. I’m getting frustrated with searching for a new curriculum and it’s not how I want to feel on top of packing our house, planning to leave etc. Things do just fall into place don’t they. Your new home is beautiful.

By: Brandon Pearce

Brandon Pearce — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:14:47 +0000

@Heather – Congratulations on your decision to move abroad! We are loving it here so far. For homeschool, we don’t use a set curriculum. Life seems to bring its own teaching opportunities, and we try to go deeper into the subjects our kids are showing interest in. (Kind of an Unschooling approach). We read with them a lot and they enjoy educational games on the computer as well for math and language. We’re still pretty new at homeschooling, and our kids are young, but this is working well for all of us so far.

Good luck in your preparations. We would love to meet you when you come down. Keep us posted!

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:04:16 +0000

I just found your blog and I am getting butterflies just reading it. Our family of 4, 2 girls ages 13 and 11 will be leaving from Colorado to Costa Rica in June and staying for 3 months. We are hoping to relocate as well and reading your blog has been very inspriational. I started homeschooling my 8th grade daughter this year and it has been hard but worth it. She is a much happier girl at home then at a public school. Good luck with the homeschooling. Do you have a curriculum yet? I will have to change curriculums once we make the move. Thanks for sharing your life. I hope you continue to write.
Heather

By: Dad

Dad — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:30:49 +0000

Thanks again for the stories and pictures. I didn’t realize how much I would miss you guys until you were actually gone.

I can’t wait to hear about your new home.

By: Irene

Irene — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:40:56 +0000

Oh So good to read your post and watch the video and see all the pictures.
I’m very anxious to see pictures of and hear all about your house :o) I can hardly wait.
I sure hope Jen doesn’t get any more bites and that she’s feeling all better very soon. IF she has a reaction like that from a bug. It would sure be good if you know just what bit her.
The girls are so cute. It’s sure nice they had a little friend to play with.

By: Jennifer Pearce

Jennifer Pearce — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:49:20 +0000

Thank you all for your concern about my bug issue. Thank goodness for ibuprofen. I am feeling substantially better today, which is quite a relief. I’d never experienced anything like that before, and it was a bit unsettling.

I’m very pleased with my new haircut! It’s a nice cut for making the most of my curly hair. :)

I’m really enjoying the people we are meeting and the friends we are making. That little boy, Brian, at the library was so sweet. I’m glad we could catch his smile on video. :)

By: Kristin

Kristin — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:03:52 +0000

I’m sorry about Jen’s bite! They can be miserable. I hope she’s doing much better.

Looks like the girls are having a great time. I’m glad you are meeting interesting people and having adventures.

By: the mom

the mom — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:48:07 +0000

The look on that little boy’s face while you’re taking his picture is precious. He was so happy.

So do the girls think bananas right off the tree taste better than those in the store?

Is Jen feeling any better? Sounds like a horrible allergic reaction. Costa Rica is supposed to have a very good health care system….