He was supposed to have his followup appointment today with the cardiologist, but due to the arrival of President Obama in Costa Rica, the appointment was rescheduled for Tuesday.
It was ironic that we got to be closer to the U.S. president today than we ever did when we lived in Texas! Air Force One flew by at almost eye level from our front yard which allowed us all to see the unique plane in it's majestic glory. The flight path for commercial flights landing at the Juan Santamaria airport is right in front of our house so we get to see the flights daily as they arrive. Today was definitely different since we did not see any flights this morning arriving, except for Air Force One.
Costa Rica is such a small country that every security resource has been allocated for the security of Mr Obama as well as the other Central American leaders that have gathered in San Jose.
From what I have read, the last U.S. president to visit Costa Rica was Bill Clinton in 1997, so it has been a long time and now it happens on my birthday!
The military planes had been flying in for at least for a couple of weeks so now that the big day is here, the city of San Jose is pretty chaotic and locked down in all areas where President Obama is scheduled to appear. It is good to live where we are about 30 miles from the mayhem.
For us, it was a nice relaxing day to spend having a nice lunch with two of our new great friends enjoying baked chicken, potato salad, coleslaw, and pinto beans. Okay, so the meal was not traditional Tico cuisine, but we figured it would be nice to have a taste of our old homeland for a change.
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