The biggest adventure of the trip awaited us at the top of a 2,500 foot mountain: the cave overnight. Eager to begin we woke up Monday...

This morning we awoke to a change in the breakfast routine: buffet. We picked all our favorite items and enjoyed one last breakfast at...

Papa and Dad woke up early this morning: Papa for pictures and Dad for a run. The rest of us enjoyed the luxury of sleeping in. After...

After an eventful dinner full of laughs last night, we headed to bed for an early morning. We left at 5:30 am for our Quetzal Quest....

Joelle's horse shimmied down the steep muddy embankment and splashed chest deep into the Savagre, shattering my preconceived notion of...

A slightly earlier morning than usual resulted in a more relaxing day at our destination. The same driver who brought us back to San Jose...

This morning I awoke to an eager mother ready to get her baby back. At least an hour before we needed to leave to pick her up, mom was...

After an exciting start to the vacation and many fun activities we were ready to take it easy for a day. We took the morning to sleep in...

Rolling out of bed this morning with my typical Costa Rican breakfast already delivered and ready was nothing short of amazing, aside...

Hace dos días, Joelle visitó Catarata Río Fortuna con sus compañeros de clase. Hoy buscamos el mismo destino, salvo vamos a pasar por...

"Ah! You are the Cheetahs!" Santos exclaims in the insightful tone that comes from finding the definitive clue to solve a mystery....

After connecting through Houston and narrowly missing the floods, we arrived in San Jose, Costa Rica at 12:30 am without complications....

Happy Birthday Mom!! We slept in a little and then packed up our bags in preparation of bringing everything over to the Keppler’s...

AYA SOFYA, BLUE MOSQUE, THE CISTERN, TOPKAPI PALACE Getting up nice and early we headed to the Keppler’s place to pick up Sierra and...

Last night Jo and I stayed at the Keppler’s apartment. Sierra and I woke up this morning to Joelle shaking us. Everyone except Joelle had...

The world’s oldest shopping mall is on the “must see” list of every visitor to Istanbul. A maze of old streets and alleys first plotted...

The sky is as dark as a cup of black coffee and the air is warm like a computer that has been used for several hours. A thumping and...

Today we got up at our leisure and had a nice breakfast in the apartment. We soon realized that we had to be at the movie theater in...

This morning dad woke up to go and watch people swim across the Bosphorus from Asia to Europe, an event that happens one a year. It is...

We woke up this morning to get ready to head to breakfast with the Kepplers and then it began to pour rain. There were rivers flowing...