March 2024 Updates (Happy Pi Day!)

The last blog post I did was just about a year ago while we were staying in Santa Lucia, a neighborhood just outside of Boquete, Panamá, after a very windy stretch of weather. Since then we’ve been mostly staying in our house in Fort Pierce, Florida. We’ve visited family in Pennsylvania, been visited by family here in Florida, welcomed a new grandchild (Hi Ifigenia!), and all in all, have had a pretty good year.

We have also had some house related catastrophes, mainly involving water. Last April, our house flooded from a failed plumbing connection, and at virtually the same time we had a roof leak. Recovering from a flooded house is nothing we would wish upon anyone!

Next month we are visiting Europe to see Nancy’s Old-World side of the family, and to take in some sights, and we will have plenty to share with you about our travels. I have never been to Europe and Nancy has not been for a very long time. We will be going from Port Canaveral, Florida to Rome, Italy on a repositioning cruise. We are planning to see sights in Rome and Venice, and then to travel to Slovenia to stay with family and do a little exploring around Slovenia and Croatia.

We are also looking forward to getting back to Panamá later this year. It’s their presidential election year and its hard to believe its been five years since the last election. We were in Panamá City then and it was an exciting time with lots of rallies and fireworks. On our next trip we are planning on staying in the town of El Valle de Antón which is much closer to Panamá City but still high enough in the mountains to have a comfortable climate. Of course we will have to get to Chirquí Province to visit our friends, but exploring a different part of the country will be exciting. El Valle de Antón is actually in the crater of an extinct volcano (hopefully extinct) and the terrain and roads can be very steep.

Please keep an eye out for our next post, we are looking forward to sharing more adventures with you!

Saludos,
Craig