San Jose

Further on our walk around some of our neighborhood in San Jose we found some beautiful pictures, like this one.  The mountains can be seen from almost any direction you look while in San Jose, which is hard to believe, given the size of the city.  The metro area of San Jose has a population of about three million people, which is more than half the total population of Costa Rica.  Anyway, I love the trees down here.  Like I said once before, I love the fact that there are no pine trees.  I makes me remember that I'm not in Nebraska.

Here's another picture of the razor wire atop the fences.  Some neighborhoods are safe in San Jose, but the people there protect their belongings nonetheless.

This is probably the pretties park we found in San Jose, and it was very near to where we were staying (I didn't explore all of San Jose, so I'm sure there were other pretty ones, but I think this one is worth a picture).

Back at COSI, all the students were treated to healthy snacks between classes.  We enjoyed all the pineapple for sure, and other fruits than were frequently enjoyed included papaya, mango, watermelon, and the daily fruit drink called fresca.  We also had some fresh bread and a jam (or marmalade) to accompany it.  It was a refreshing snack between sessions in the hot classrooms.

We arrived in San Jose on a Saturday night, and began school the following Monday.  In the middle of that first week there, we went on a tour of San Jose, and one of the most interesting things I found on that tour (there were a lot) was a story of Don Quixote embedded in a brick wall on a building.  I love the details in the pictures, and there is a caption under each one telling a little about that part of the story.  This is just one of several story plaques on this wall depicting the story.