Our housekeeper, Maritza, and her husband, Alexis, could possibly be the most genuine, selfless, and caring people we have met in life. Though I am excited for our new adventure in Santa Teresa, I will def. miss the friends we have made here and their whole family most of all. Words cannot describe how highly we think of them and how much they have taught us and given us. We spent one of our favorite New Year’s eve with there enormous family and got to experience the simple happiness of life and love.
They have 8 people living in one small house and will still gladly give you the shirt off their back wanting nothing in return. From our first week here we just bonded with one another and our friendship (and spanish) has only grown stronger over the past 3 months. I feel blessed to have met them and will def. try my hardest to stay in touch with them forever. They hold a dear place in our hearts and always will. Just to know them truly is a blessing.
They invited us over for lunch/dinner this saturday and we ended up staying there from 3-8pm. We hung out in the yard and then walked over to Alexis’s mom’s house where they were having a celebration called “Rosario del Niño”. It is a Costa Rican tradition to close the holiday season and give thanks for friends/family, health, etc. from the previous year. The house was full of family and friends and they had a whole church like set up in the front yard where they had rows of chairs and everyone was singing and praying for about an hour. After that, they had tons of food, coffee, tea and some eggnog tasting stuff (rum popo- not sure how u spell it) that was all getting passed around. There is something about a grandma’s kitchen that is just comforting no matter where you are in the world. Will and I were laughing b/c she had the typical grandma magnets on the fridge and the grandma housecoat on…ah, gotta love grandma’s! Anyway, it was just a great day and again just feel blessed to be in the presence of their family and able to experience their traditions with them.
Below are some pics from hanging out at Maritza/Alexis’s house. We didnt get pics at Grandma’s house b/c it was dark and we left our camera in the car.
Also notice Will’s new hottie shaven look. We finally bought a new clipper here since we forgot his in Chicago or lost it somewhere along the way.