Father's Day

Mother's Day in Costa Rica falls in a different day and month than the US. However, it appears that Father's Day comes on the same day.

My two daughters Christie and Amanda, each called me this morning to wish me a happy Father's Day. It was great that they remembered me in spite of being 2,800 miles away. A few of our friends have the same situation with their kids not being close to be with them, so we decided to head to Grecia to have a late lunch at what is supposed to be a great steak house. Because it was Father's Day, we had to make reservations that were secured for 1:30 PM. Well, we all met up in Grecia (about 1/2 hr. north of Atenas, and known for being the cleanest city in Central America)

The Galeria restaurant turned out to be very nice and clean. It is located by the famous Grecia steel church that was a gift from Belgium. It was assembled in Belgium and shipped to Costa Rica where it was reassembled in Grecia.

I went back to get the camera out of the truck to get some pictures - This is a picture of the front of the building, Standing in the doorway is my friend "Big Lee" - remember the post where I told you that he played and coached football at UT?

The only problem with the restaurant was that it took a very long time to get our drinks and food. The first round of drinks took about 45 min. Although we were very thirsty, I can tell you it was worth the wait - and besides, we didn't have anything else to do today.

Seated around the table (going to the left) is the Big one himself, his lovely wife Kathy, the soon to be famous artist Stef, our friend Bek from Arkansas who is building here and will move down in a couple of years, Dennis and Karolyn Matthews who are a great couple from Colorado.

This is 2 1/2 hours after we ordered our meals. But, I can tell you that it was about the best steak that I have had since coming to Costa Rica. - In spite of the fact that we ended up having more Rum & Coke than we intended, we survived. No... Lee is not passed out, he is just ducking so you can see Dennis & Karolyn.

Based on the quality and price value for the food, we will be back again to eat here.