Beaker and I spent one week in paradise, called Costa Rica. We had only six days to spare in this country, and because of the time shortage we settled in one location – Manuel Antonio. I am not going to write about Manuel Antonio. You can google it.

All I am going to say is the following:

Manuel Antonio is a very small place by the ocean.
It is very humid.
It is surrounded by jungles.
It is home to monkeys, lizards, bull frogs, sloths, and a lot of homeless dogs.

It is a place where you can relax, swim in the warm ocean, learn how(…)

In September Beaker, my husband, and I traveled to Lithuania, the country where I was born, raised and lived till the tender age of 26. We flew American Airlines all the way from Salt Lake City to Helsinki, Finland. There we had a six hour layover before getting on a small Finnair plane to fly to Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania and my home town.

Arriving to Helsinki at 8:00 AM local time (about two o’clock in the morning Salt Lake City time) meant the following:

 - a foggy head from jet lag;

 - exhaustion from a long nine-hour flight;

 - slight dehydration (not(…)