Another Day in San Jose

…Too many as far are we’re concerned, but we leave tomorrow morning. :-)

Today was ok, we somehow managed to wake up in time for the complimentary hotel breakfast (before 9am) haha, which was pretty good standard fare. We ate by the pool’s waterfall and watched a hummingbird hover over this really pretty flower bush.

It was a clear warm morning so we went for a walk through the large park nearby called Sabana Park which seemed like maybe 10 or 20 years ago was probably pretty nice, but had since fallen into some disrepair. Nevertheless the trees, flowers and birds were pretty cool, and there were massive bamboo trees everywhere!

It got pretty hot during our walk so we took a dip and laid by the pool for about an hour which was fantastico. :-) Must get some sunscreen though cause I almost got burned just from the brief sun exposure here, and I never usually burn.

Hahaha Tyler is watching Football in Spanish here right now, it’s super funny. “TooochDowwn!” Don’t worry Tyler’s Fantasy Football League, he is fully on top of making sure his players are chosen perfecto via the fantasy football machine aka our netbook. Hahaha He keeps cracking up listening to the Spanish announcers Pablo and Raul.

So we finally found the restaurant we were looking for last night, La Granja, and it was totally worth finding. Muy delicioso and only about 8,000 colones which is about $14 dollars! We each had the special which was a typical Costa Rican dish including steak, rice, beans, this yellow potato salad stuff, a kind of a coleslaw but yummier, tortillas, and fried plantains. It was a huge plate and we loved all of it. :-) We also each had bottled water and a beer La Cerveza Costa Rica Imperial, which was much like a Pacifico so I was pretty happy.

Tomorrow we’re catching the “Interbus” (costs $39 US each but is air-conditioned), at 8am, for Puerto Viejo which is a supposedly beautiful Caribbean beach town in the south east of Costa Rica. It arrives at about 12pm and then we’re checking into a super nice hotel called Banana Azul that we found online for a special price ($55, including breakfast). Then we’re meeting up with my friend Erin who happens to be there and at the same hotel! Tomorrow is going to be awesome. :-)