Visiting a Local Farm

I think this has been the best little trip that we have taken so far… I am kidding but also, I am not There are definitely way more scenic excursions that have beautiful wild fauna and flora, but there was something very special about visiting a local farm, learning about farmers life and being a part of their daily routine..  I think at some level this visit reminded me about my childhood and months spent camping in rural Poland with my parents. Rural Poland does not look like that anymore, but there is so much beauty in this simplicity and self-sustainability that I think it is really worth exploring, especially nowadays, and especially with the little ones..

Nicoya Peninsula is one of the geographic regions of the world identified as a Blue Zone; and what it means is that residents of these regions live healthier and longer lives, suffer fraction of the diseases that commonly kill people, and enjoy more healthy years of life due to their lifestyle choices which include food choices (self-sustainability), community and family connections as well as healthy lifestyle choices (movement, no alcohol, etc.) The local farm tour was designed to let us participate in a day of a typical Costa Rican farm, and to let us witness how the farmers live such a healthy lifestyle. 

With that said, we had a pleasure to tour and participate in some farm up-keping activities like feeding the chickens, ducks and turkey, milking the cows, checking on the pigs. While at the farm, we all had breakfast together that was made with ingredients exclusively sourced from the farm- lemonade, eggs, cheese, rice and more! We were a part of harvesting sugarcane to make sweet juice, and making cheese from the milk that we obtained from milking the cow in the morning. While we were waiting for the milk to settle so we could make cheese, we took the kids down to the river so they could play, and we could relax!