I enjoy the anticipation of a countdown so I’ve started another one. Matt’s arrival. For those that don’t know, Matt is Mike’s younger brother who currently lives in Georgia. About two years ago, he asked if he could tag along on our travel adventures. He has the desire to see and experience as many places as he can and it doesn’t hurt having some family members to do it with (especially really cool ones).
We’ve already spent New Year’s Eve 2009 in Miami, a summer weekend in Charleston, SC and most recently Easter week in Oahu (with a day trip to Maui). Once he heard our travels were headed internationally again, he didn’t hesitate to get a passport and a plane ticket. I have no clue how he did it but he also managed to get one month off. And so begins countdown #2. 11 days and we’re headed to San Jose to pick him up from the airport before he gets attacked by taxi drivers (aka anyone with a car).
We haven’t really put together our plan but we’ll be renting a car for the trip to San Jose and keeping it for about a week while we explore an area we have yet to see. Mike and I don’t really remember the airport or surrounding area. We were too busy taking it all in without absorbing any of it. San Jose sounds like a classic city with traffic congestion, overcrowded streets, tall buildings, modern shops and overpriced restaurants. I’m interested in what “modern” will look like though. We are in a place that puts zero value on fashion or pop culture so that’ll be interesting (the only noticeable trend that I’ve seen carried over are the Sillybandz decorating kids’ wrists). From there we plan on hitting up some popular hiking spots, the Caribbean side of the country, volcanoes and hot springs.
After reading about our old town of Parrita and house filled with creatures, he’s appreciative that we’ve paved his path. Here he’ll have his own bedroom, with a private balcony and hammock with his name on it (which currently acts as a drying area for our laundry). I’d like to say he’ll have a pool for the last few weeks of his visit but since the pool boy appears to work about ten minutes every day, we haven’t seen any progress. I highly doubt we’ll even be able to jump in before we leave mid December. But I have a feeling he’ll have a great time anyways.
We’re looking forward to his arrival. And the Claritin and book light he’s bringing me.
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