August 31, 2025: Welcome to our August cocktail hour. Let’s have a piña colada and pretend we’re drinking it on a rooftop. We can enjoy breezes and sunset views, and maybe we’ll be luck…| ~ wander.essence ~
1 post published by wanderessence1025 during August 2025| ~ wander.essence ~
Thursday, July 31, 2025: Welcome to our July cocktail hour. Let’s have some Flor de Caña 12-year-aged rum with Fresca, a drink easily made at home here in Costa Rica. We can congregate on the balco…| ~ wander.essence ~
Campagnano di Roma to Formello (walked) Wednesday, July 26, 2023: We left Hostel Gheltrude in Campagnano di Roma at 6:10 am this morning. I carried my pack today because the distance to Formello wa…| ~ wander.essence ~
3 posts published by wanderessence1025 during June 2025| ~ wander.essence ~
Monday, June 30, 2025: Welcome to our June cocktail hour.Let’s have some tequila with Fresca, a drink easily made at home here in Costa Rica. We can congregate on the balcony and enjoy breezes and …| ~ wander.essence ~
Thursday, June 12, 2025: I’ve started a new blog about our year living abroad in Costa Rica. If you’d like to follow me there, check it out here: a pura vida year in costa rica Some of my first posts […]| ~ wander.essence ~
Saturday, May 31, 2025: Welcome to our May cocktail hour. May was another busy month for us as we wrapped up our U.S. business and flew out to Costa Rica. Let’s have some margaritas, in some new margarita glasses I […]| ~ wander.essence ~
Wednesday, May 28, 2025: We are moving to Costa Rica for a year. The primary reason for our choice to live in Costa Rica is to visit our youngest son Adam and his Nicaraguan family at least 4-5 tim…| ~ wander.essence ~
Sunday, March 2, 2025: We were sad today to leave our apartment in San Miguel de Allende. We left and drove directly to Querétaro, our last stop for 3 nights before returning to the U.S. We were lu…| ~ wander.essence ~
Arrival in San Miguel de Allende Tuesday, February 25, 2025: We arrived at our two-story apartment at Calvario 8 in San Miguel de Allende on Tuesday late afternoon and promptly went out to a market to pick up some breakfast […]| ~ wander.essence ~
Driving from Guanajuato to San Miguel de Allende. First stop: Santa Rosa de Lima Tuesday, February 25, 2025: Tuesday morning, we left Guanajuato and drove over scrubby but scenic highlands to Santa Rosa de Lima, a small town known for […]| ~ wander.essence ~
Wednesday, April 30, 2025: Welcome to our April cocktail hour. It’s been a busy but not very fun month for us. Besides the ongoing degradation of our democracy, our economy, our foreign allia…| ~ wander.essence ~
A Challenging Drive from Mexico City to Guanajuato Friday, February 21, 2025: On Friday morning, we took an Uber at 9:30 am to Alamo Car Rental at the Mexico City Airport. By the time we signed all the paperwork and […]| ~ wander.essence ~
Bolsena to Montefiascone (by bus) Thursday, July 20, 2023: On Thursday morning, we slept in till 7 a.m. and ate breakfast at the Agriturismo at 8:00. Then we walked down the long & winding road…| ~ wander.essence ~
Friday, October 20, 2023: On our way from Carlsbad to Alamogordo, out in the middle of nowhere, we stopped for a few goodies at Tom & Pam Runyon Ranches, with its funky vibe and “non-gun-…| ~ wander.essence ~
