The first week here we went to San José, the big city about an hour from Heredia. There are a lot of big famous buildings there and a huge craft market that has "tourist trap" written all over it.
This is the central plaza - there were a lot of people selling lottery tickets here and we may or may not have seen a mime.
There was no money in this big fountain. Apparently Costa Ricans don't have superstitions about wet coins the way we do.
One of the many theaters. They wouldn't let us go in because we looked too much like tourists.
Crossword 7down: inspiration for Costa Rican flag. Answer: The French flag. They are the same color and pattern but the Costa Rican flag is flipped and repeats the colors again backwards. Apparently they did this on purpose as a way of snubbing Spain.
I think this building was important.
Another theater. This one was cool inside and had a bunch of huge murals.
It also had this statue outside that looks exactly like Brendan.
This museum was supposed to be awesome inside but it was closed so we'll never know.
Here I am by some huge mariachis. You can't really see it, but I'm holding a cup of ice-cream that may have been pumpkin flavored. We never really found out what it was supposed to taste like, but it was awesome. (Also notice how I'm sporting the tennis shoes/dress look. It was too hot for pants and apparently no one wears shorts here ever)
I really liked the facades of all the buildings. There would be an ornate architectural statement next to a concrete-and-glass egg crate of an apartment building. Que wow!
I don't know why, but this statue reminds me of John. Like if John was a weird statue, he would be this weird statue. Just sayin'
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