Karen (on your right – or my left) was the first Panama blogger I found when I started blogging about a year ago. We have followed each other ever since, so what a great pleasure to meet in person! Connie (on your left – or on my right) is another blogger who I’ve met on line more recently, and now also in person. Behind Karen is Mikkel, Connie’s husband who has been an involved blog reader for quite some time, and behind Connie and is is Joel, my husband. Behind the camera is Karen’s SU (spousal unit) who is not seen but is definitely present is this group.

We’ve had such a great time! Sunday evening we all got together for dinner at a nice Italian restaurant, and last night Karen had us all over for dinner and an evening of conversation and fun. We had such a good time that we kept her up entirely too late, but I wanted to savor this time with these good friends. We have a lot of places that we want to explore but this is definitely high on the list of places we plan to come back to. It’s a lovely area with great beaches and we’ve had a lot of fun (more news and photos will be coming at some point). The best part though was the opportunity to spend time with my on line friends, who are now also in person friends. Thank you, my friends!